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  1. AlexO91

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    #1 AlexO91, Sep 14, 2009
    This is the Bugatti Galabier 16C, a concept which heralds the introduction of a new high performance saloon due to go on sale in 2013, commanding a price tag of around £900,000.

    Officially the Galabier has been designed to gauge customer reaction to a four door, four seat Bugatti, but insiders are keen to make it once Veyron production ends in 2012.

    "This is what the Bugatti team wants to do now we have to convince customers and the [VW] group to make it," company boss Franz-Josef Pfeigen told Autocar.

    The company is staying tight-lipped about technical details. But technical boss Wolfgang Schreiber admitted that he wanted the production Galabier to "be the world’s fastest, highest accelerating and powerful four-door" and hinted that maximum power would end up at around 800bhp.

    The Galabier is four-wheel drive and power comes from the same W16 engine as the Veyron, albeit with twin mechanical superchargers, rather than the four-turbochargers of the mid-engined Sportscar.

    And unlike the sportscar the Galabier is thought to have a conventional 8-speed torque convertor automatic transmission, rather than a DSG system.

    The doors and wings of the Galabier are made from aluminium, but the rest of the body is constructed from carbon-fibre and Schreiber admitted that the front end of the chassis was also largely made from carbon-fibre to add stiffness and weight.

    Insiders won’t comment on the target weight of the production car, merely that it is set to be the lightest car in its class.

    The styling is said to be influenced by the famous Bugatti Type 57 Atlantique which is why the Galabier is a hatchback, rather than a conventional saloon and has a characteristic spine running down the entire body.

    The basic architecture is also said to be inspired by the so called ‘fuselage’ styling of the Type 35 and echoed by the Veyron. The four-seat cabin is more luxury oriented than the Veyron and extremely minimalist.

    The large wooden dash is dominated by two centrally mounted dials, showing available power and speed, topping out at 390km/h (242mph) on the concept. The clock has been manufactured by Swiss maker Parmigiani and is removes to be fixede on a specially designed wristwatch for customers.

    Bugatti’s sales director Alastair Stewart told Autocar that the decision to put the Galabier into production would be taken by Spring next year after the concept car has toured the world to be put in front of prospective customers. If it does see the light of day, he expects up to 300 to be made at the company’s Molsheim HQ every year.


    http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/243236/ link of article with pictures.
     
  2. Napolis

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    Bonfire of the Vanities
     
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    #4 amenasce, Sep 14, 2009
    Front looks like a Jag. Interior is very special indeed.
     
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    #5 Napolis, Sep 14, 2009
    Somehow, like with Babes, what's inside is important but it's often the exterior that interests you in finding out...
     
  6. solowmodel

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    The interior is incredible.
     
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    #7 SefacHotRodder, Sep 14, 2009
    8 tailpipes? Really?
     
  8. James_Woods

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    #8 James_Woods, Sep 14, 2009
    Tomorrow is September 15. (happens to be my birthday, too)...

    I wonder if Ettore is not "turning over in his grave" over what has been done to his name as the most artistic (and most impeccably tasteful) automaker of his day. Indeed, most say - up until Enzo.
     
  9. James_Woods

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    #9 James_Woods, Sep 14, 2009
    BTW, here is a link:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Bugatti

    This section really deserves a few comments on the anniversary tomorrow of the great man's birth. He would have been 128 this year - a nice round binary number which would have appealed, I think, to his love of the 8 cylinder engine.
     
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    #10 NWaterfall, Sep 14, 2009
    Somehow they managed to put the backside of a Panamera on it....
     
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    VW/Porsche bloodline after all - genetic defect?
     
  12. BillP00

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    #12 BillP00, Sep 14, 2009
    It's called the Octo-pipe! :D

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    #14 Apple Sauce, Sep 14, 2009
    Looks like a Panamera with an Audi Q7 front end. WTF!
     
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    Wow, you can polish a turd after all!
     
  17. lor2435

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    #17 lor2435, Sep 15, 2009
    front looks like a 1-series... certainly doesn't look like a 2 million dollar car.

    that interior though...
     
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    #18 James_Woods, Sep 15, 2009
    OK, speaking of the bad taste interior - was it really necessary to show some light-loafer playing the VIOLIN on the LCD screen?

    Almost as if they were telling the rap artististas - buy ME and you will have CLASS...
     
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    #20 Ferrarista3, Sep 15, 2009
    It certainly doesn't look good to me.

    The side and rear look similar to the Panamera...which is not a good thing IMVHO.
     
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    #21 TheBigEasy, Sep 15, 2009
    Looks like a re-body of the Panamera.... but in a weird way, I like it. I'd never buy one even if I had the money, but I like it. :)
     
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    #22 stevenwk, Sep 16, 2009
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    I like this 4 door more, not to mention the W 18 under the hood, however, this latest creation ain't all that bad. That interior looks so inviting it makes me want to take a nap.
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    #23 JM4re, Sep 16, 2009
    Uugh. There isn't enough chrome in Lil Wayne's mouth to compensate for the lack of originality in that design. A Royale this is not.

    $2m? :rolleyes: Go **** yourself.


    Perfect assessment.
     
  24. Andy348

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    #24 Andy348, Sep 16, 2009
    I like everything except the back..

    Mind you it could lose that chrome look.
     
  25. WILLIAM H

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    #25 WILLIAM H, Sep 16, 2009
    Interior is gorgeous

    Exterior is Ferociously Ugly
     
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