New Bugatti sedan

After months of speculation, Bugatti has finally pulled the wraps off its new four-door supercar concept just ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show at an event for past customers and Bugatti-intenders. Up to this point, we've been referring to the French uber-sedan as the Bordeaux, but it seems the actual car's moniker will be Galibier – the name of a difficult Apline pass along the Tour de France.

 

One of the Galibier's most striking features is undoubtedly its two-tone outer shell, which is comprised of both polished aluminum for the doors and front fenders and a unique dark blue carbon fiber weave that shines through when illuminated. We also note a prominent center spine that recalls past Bugattis like the Type 35 and the classically beautiful Type 57.

 

Powering the Galibier concept will be a version of Bugatti's ridiculously powerful eight-liter W16 powerplant. Unlike the mill propelling the Veyron to ludicrous speed, this version is mounted up front and is capable of running on ethanol fuel, which may or may not allow the automaker to squeeze a few more ponies out of the engine... not that it needs it, of course.

 

Current reports peg the Galibier's top speed at 217 miles per hour (350 kilometers per hour), which, while slower than the Veyron's epic terminal velocity, is certainly nothing to sneeze at. Check out our gallery of high-res images below.

http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/

 

 

the interior looks incredible imo and unique

 

 

*edit* sorry i wanted to make the title new Bugatti not veyron sorry for any confusion, but i can't figure out how to change the title.

The headlights resemble to the new Saab 9-5 to me.

The headlights resemble to the new Saab 9-5 to me.

 

 

Or a giant OWL.

Front end looks great IMO. They absolutely killed it with the rear end. Looks like the Porsche Panamerica. HORRENDOUS!!!!!!!!!

I like the windshield and roof line. It could work for a 100k daily driver.

I love everything except the rear. I dont like the hatchback style trunks. I still love it for what it is.

Wow, I actually like it.

 

Do we know if this a 4-door Veyron with a $2M price tag or is it going to slot in above the Phantom (detuned no-turbos, something like 600hp sold for say $600k?)

 

They say it'll be a turbo engine, like the Veyron. Notice the dual hood openings.

oh noooooo.....is that FOUR tailpipes ON EACH SIDE!

 

I'd still rock one.

Interior is a piece of art! Love it!

Exterior reminds me of the Porsche Panamera - which isn't something I'd like to be reminded of.

Wow, I actually like it.

 

Do we know if this a 4-door Veyron with a $2M price tag or is it going to slot in above the Phantom (detuned no-turbos, something like 600hp sold for say $600k?)

 

 

I just checked. Still speculation but north of 600,000 almost certainly for the Bug sedan.

 

Veyron coupe 1.2MM Euro plus taxes, duties, etc. Grand Sport 1.4MM Euro.

 

 

 

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed/...er-concept.html

 

not sure if this article is correct but it says it will be twin supercharged instead of quad turbo

 

 

The question of what Bugatti is going to do with itself once it completes the Veyron's run of 300 cars (and potentially 150 Grand Sports) may have been answered today when Bugatti President (and Bentley Chief Executive) Franz Josef Paefgen unveiled the concept 16C Galibier at the company headquarters is Dorlisheim. With the Veyron's W16 engine turned around and put under the hood, and here fitted with two-stage superchargers (instead of the Veyron's four turbochargers), the Galibier will have ample low-end torque at low engine rpm, which is more fitting for a four-passenger car. Though Wolfgang Schreiber, Bugatti's head of technical development, declined to be specific, you can figure on between 920 and 1,000 pound-feet of torque. The company is targeting a top speed of 240 mph, which would handily establish the Galibier as the fastest four-door car in the world.

Bugatti has no clear idea what they should charge for such a car. The Veyron costs about $1.8 million, depending on the exchange rate at the moment. Paefgen said he was thinking "in the neighborhood" of the Veyron. Some neighborhood.

 

The Galibier -- the name comes from a French Alpine pass that was applied to Bugatti's historic four-door saloons -- is by no means a sure thing. Paefgen said the company will be taking the car to owner events and special showings around the world to gauge the potential market. Then Bugatti will have to take its case to the VW Group board for approval. The soonest a decision could come is next spring; after that, according to Schreiber, it would take three years to bring the car to market.

In person, the concept car -- overseen by Bugatti exterior designer Achim Anscheidt -- is stunning. It's a little larger than the Bentley Continental GT, with broad, scalloped flanks rolling into the front wings, all in polished aluminum, and the remaining bodywork is fabricated out of tinted carbon fiber. The structural chassis will be aluminum and carbon. Schreiber says the car will be lighter than any comparable four-door car, but what car he might be thinking of escapes me.

 

The fastback rear design strongly evokes the Type 57 SC Atlantic with a slight raised spine limned in LED, the curvature of the trunk lid opening echoing the Atlantic's trunk lid, and the quad exhausts -- two sets, for a total of eight tailpipes.

 

The interior is similarly spectacular, with a burled walnut surfboard-like console running between the front and rear cabin. There are only two instruments in the dash -- a speedo and tach. In front of the driver is an LCD screen with a kind of iPhone interface, allowing drivers to leaf through applications.

 

In a token bid of environmental responsibility, the car will run on petrol and be compatible with bioethanol, but you can tell talking to the Bugatti execs that their hearts simply are not into the carbon equation.

 

Quote of the day: "Our customers have said to us, when my neighbors ask about carbon, you [bugatti] must come up with an answer," said Paefgen.

 

--Dan Neil

 

Full release to follow.

< The Bugatti 16 C Galibier Concept

 

The most exclusive, elegant, and powerful four door Automobile in the World Molsheim, Elsass, 14 September, 2009 – As the climax of its centenary celebration ceremonies, Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. presented customers and opinion-makers with the Bugatti 16 C Galibier concept, intended to be the most exclusive, elegant, and powerful four door automobile in the world last weekend in Molsheim. At the historic site where Ettore Bugatti once laid the cornerstone of his company, Bugatti’s current president, Dr. Ing. Franz-Josef Paefgen emphasised that the Galibier is one of several concept studies with which the company is considering for the future of the Bugatti marque.

 

 

Art - Forme - Technique: those are the brand values to which Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean oriented themselves in order to develop even more powerful engines and even more noble body designs for each new model, which were without equal in quality, handling, speed and elegance. In the process, they experimented again and again without compromise with new materials; thus was Bugatti one of the first manufacturers to use aluminum parts for bodies, engine blocks and wheels.

 

Art - Forme - Technique are also the brand values to which the design and engineering team of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. oriented themselves in the development of the Galibier. With this new four-door concept car, Bugatti assumes anew a leading role in the use of new material combinations. Thus the body is constructed of handmade carbon fibre parts coloured dark blue so that, when illuminated, the woven structure shimmers through strikingly. Carbon fibre not only possesses unusually great rigidity but is also especially light. The wings and doors are out of polished aluminium.

 

The Galibier’s design masters the challenge of uniting sportiness with the comfort and elegance of a modern four-door saloon. The basic architecture picks up on the torpedo-like character of the Type 35,which was already revived in the Veyron, and reinterprets it. With the typical Bugatti radiator grille, big round LED headlights and the clamshell running the length of the vehicle which became synonymous with the brand identity under Jean Bugatti in the Type 57, this car transports the Bugatti genes into the modern world.

 

Beneath the bonnet, which folds back from both sides, there resides a 16-cylinder, 8-litre engine with twostage supercharging. What makes this engine special is that it was developed as a flex-fuel engine and can optional be run on ethanol. Four-wheel drive, specially developed ceramic brakes and a new suspension design enable the agile, always-sure handling of a saloon of this size.

 

The interior reflects the elemental design of the exterior. The dash panel has been reduced to the essential; two centrally located main instruments keep even the rear passengers constantly informed of the actual speed and previous performance. Parmigiani, the Swiss maker of fine watches, created the removable Reverso Tourbillon clock for the Galibier, which may be worn on the wrist thanks to a cleverly designed leather strap.

 

“Galibier” is not just the name of one of the most difficult alpine passes along the Tour de France but, in its time, was a version of the four door Type 57 unequalled in sportiness and elegance.

Interesting. Makes sense to have a twin s/c setup to get the car moving as quickly as possible with all that instantly available torque, particularly because it will likely tip the scales at 5,000lbs. (or more).

 

No word on AWD, though I'm sure that would be a given also.

 

 

Hell yes where do I sign!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh no wait...on second thought that ass is as fat as Kim Kardashian

Or a giant OWL.

 

_L_O_L_

that is one GAY looking car. It looks even worse than the porsche... Actually it looks like a bmw 7 front with a panamera ass..... I think they are trying too hard to design bugattis with retro styling elements...

I'm sure it will have monster presence, but I was hoping for something a little more "swoopy." I still like the old EB218 concept.

Erase post.

Interior is spectacular. Reminds me of an old wooden sport boat.

 

Thankfully you spend all your time inside the thing, because the outside is as bad as the interior is great.

 

A completely botched up amalgamation of crap.

Interior is spectacular. Reminds me of an old wooden sport boat.

Love it all except for the ass-end... WHY??? F.cked it up for me

front looks like an saab/audi a3. rear is all panamera. interior is cool. meh. just seems like a bugattized Continental GT.

If it was a true sedan with a proper trunk and not this sports coupe Panamera/CLS thing, i think it'd be one of the hottest cars on the road, well on a road since it probably won't show up in Canada for quite some time.

I love it! And the back end is nice, I can see the touches from the 57SC Atlantic. It's certainly a hell of a lot better than the Panamera!

I prefer the Estoque!