The more we see of the Bugatti 16C Galibier, the higher the chances that the VW Group will green light the super saloon for production - that is, if the Germans haven't signed it off already.
In this new batch of photos that were released after a special media presentation at the Volkswagen Group Evening on the eve of the Geneva Motor Show, Bugatti included pictures of the 16C Galibier in a black-only finish.
As a reminder, the almost production ready 16C Galibier gets an 8.0-liter 16-cylinder engine lifted from the Veyron supercar. Changes include the replacement of the Veyron's four turbochargers with two-stage supercharging and flex-fuel capability. The 16C Galibier also features four-wheel drive, specially developed ceramic brakes and a new suspension design.
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I'm actually unimpressed with this car.
Beautiful design - although surely that Bonnet wouldn't make production.. Has to be a mechanics nightmare... How would you get to the engine??
It certainly looks a sight better than the production versions of the Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide.
To be honest, I didn't like this car when I first saw it, probably because it just looked to me like a stretched Veyron. However, over time i must say that I've become attached the beauty, simplicity, and elegance of the design. Now I actually look forward to the release of this car. Also, it is undeniable that having that matching Veyron/Galibier pair like in the picture in your garage would be just plain awesome...
Am I the only one that suspects that this is essentially a reskinned
Porsche Panamera platform? If it is not - then the VW Group could have saved themselves a pile of cash, as the porportions seem identical. Other than the obvious corporate platform sharing,
it is, however, one slick ride.
No, thank you
It is a dual action hood. Look at mid height of the grill and at the cut-line between the fender and the hood, especially on the two-tone car.
Unlike the Pananightmera, Bugatti actually got it right. It is ostentatious, over-the-top, and outlandish, but it does so without taking hostages—and that's what makes it so good!
Veyron looks quite small compared to this beast 8 tail pipes hmm your butler will spend all day cleaning it.
Thank god, now all of a sudden the super rich and the even more super rich have a choice of three similar really big 4 door 4 passenger fastback giant trad GT type sportscars in the XKE sort of tradition where the poor things didn't have anything like that to choose from at all before.
Do not know what to say.
I agree that it is ostentatious and outlandish for all kind of buyers.
Octo-tailpipes? that must be a first!
Anyhow, I think it is a beautiful design. There are some simple elements in the details that are striking. The way the hood opens up and looks like a seagull. That bioluminscent instrument cluster is so warm and futuristic at the same time. The interior is quite elegant. I think it's the perfect car to aid in bringing back the legacy of Bugatti.
Some how all the good comments for this car have missed the latest comments section. The French hate.
I think this wil work better as a supe saloon...let's give it a boot and see how many people like it?
"Some how all the good comments for this car have missed the latest comments section. The French hate."
It just shows how smart some of our commenters are, one idiot went as far as saying Bugatti was not French because it was owned by VW...asked the idiot if it made Volvo an American/indian brand, if it made SAAB a Dutch brand, MINI a german,Bentley a German, Lambhorghini a German, Jaguar an Indian ..the idiot was stumped...it's quiet true this one has managed to escape the French hate the majority seems to have.
"It just shows how smart some of our commenters are, one idiot went as far as saying Bugatti was not French because it was owned by VW...asked the idiot if it made Volvo an American/indian brand, if it made SAAB a Dutch brand, MINI a german,Bentley a German, Lambhorghini a German, Jaguar an Indian ..the idiot was stumped...it's quiet true this one has managed to escape the French hate the majority seems to have."
Actually, if the itelectually property is owned by VW, then Bugatti is just a name owned by Germans and is not French.
Remember, they're just names tacked onto cars; names (and by extension, nation of origin) are ultimately meaningless when it comes to ownership of intellectual property.
"Actually, if the itelectually property is owned by VW, then Bugatti is just a name owned by Germans and is not French.
Remember, they're just names tacked onto cars; names (and by extension, nation of origin) are ultimately meaningless when it comes to ownership of intellectual property."
Fair enough, that I understand, but I think one thing you miss out is Heritage... regardless who owns the car, heritage distinguishes the car from a whole lot of other cars...cars like Volvos/SAABs/Lambhorghini/Jaguar ..would all be meaningless themselves if they never pinned much on their heritage...it's what makes them special and unique ... Bugatti is a French marque owned by a German company..it's NOT German...Lambhorghini is not German it's Italian, simple as that, Intellectual property does not convert nationality of an entity...bear in mind you can change as much as you want about the brand, but you can not mess around with the heritage, it's as simple as saying if VW and all these other companies never cared as much about brand heritage...they would just use the acquired IP to setup/empower their own brands then just kill the acquired one...if SAAB was owned all along by GM why was it still considered a Swedish brand? And why is Victor Muller so insistant that SAAB needs to be Swedish again? I understand what you are saying, but I'm not totally sold...your argument holds ground though, good point!
If this were an aspirant in the "America's Got Talent" show I'd bluntly say, "it's a no for me". Look at that....that..ugly butt.
I disreguard 'heritige' as i see that as an unneeded associated with human qualities; something humans unknowinly do to needlessly personify something that cannot be.
Humans boast about their own heritiage. I discredit such actions as having such a connection to the past in only done IN NAME. You share nothing beyond a name and a weak genetic link to your ancestors. The fact that you can claim such a thing doesn't make someone more or less important.
I treat the notion of 'heritige' with car brands in much the same way. Car brands just have a past track record of vehicles made for a lenght of time under the control of the owner. The badge is just a badge. It's not a gaureentee that the brand that made headlines 20 years ago is still anything to shout about today.
It's the public's seemingly innate need to personify the brand as a national symbol that ultimately leads to broken hearts and disapointment...especally when an action is done for the sake of the brand's long-term financial health at the expence of keeping the brand building cars within a country when it's not cost effective to do so.
Car brands have to make money for the owner. They can't stay as 'national symbols' if it jeopordizes the brands existance.
I'm dying to know what platform this was derived from. It seems larger than the Panamera..
Good Bugatti EB112 update. Interesting that Aston martin had Lagonda concepts like this in the 90ties as well, then again EB112 was actually produced.
I don't see a car's origins based on its heritage at all.
Whatever company is actually building the car is where I think the car originates from.
To me a Mini Cooper is German not British because BMW is responsible for designing it even though it's "put together" in England.
And VW coming Mexico is certainly not Mexican for God's sake.
Kid Voltron is probably British and can't deal with the fact that England no longer truly owns any car companies anymore, save maybe Morgan.
Kid Voltron is actually a "smart kid". Whether anyone cares to believe that brands mean anything -- or that heritage counts -- (especially for the one poster trying to escape his, I presume) it does. Period. Scientifically, undeniably and absolutely proven -- again and again and again. And again. If heritage didn't matter we wouldn't have wars, for example, nor would there be posts above wondering about "French" hate (I am French or origin). An if brands really didn't matter, we would not have them because they are hugely expensive to maintain (not to mention build). That LED rear window-dividing light is awesome. Speaking of brands attributes, it's one of the visual brand elements that translates really well to a modern era as such. And, I am guessing in another 100 years, all car companies will only be Japanese, German and India. Can you see it: a Cadillac sharing the platform with an Avalon. :-) Actually, the car industry as we know it is almost dead... long live the car industry!
The design is extraordinary. Even the 8-pipe tailpipes do not seem out of place in that design. The interior could be a little livelier though.
the fall of VolksWagen =(
@ "heritage counts" - it all depends in what regard you are attributing it towards. If it's in terms of quality or craftsmanship, it doesn't really bear much significance. Heritage 'origin' (think original) is storied history, nothing more. There may be influences from the past within a design group that pay tribute to original traits of the nameplate but that's about it really. Don't perceive something which it is not, or you will create from this, thing's which should not be.
Side profile reminds me of a Bentley Continental Flying Spur with a hatch.
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