Bugatti Will Launch A Second Model Line - And It'll Be An SUV
Bugatti is ready to expand with a second model line, according to reports – and it’s likely to be an SUV.
The French firm is said to have switched its plans away from a four-door ‘Galibier’ saloon based on a lengthened Chiron platform. Sales of such cars are still falling across the globe, in contrast to the continued SUV boom.
Quoting Bugatti CEO Stephan Winkelmann, Autocar has said that the company is ready to build a second model, with Winkelmann adding that “we would look at every body style and regional demand, and not put our money into something that is fading.” That would make a four-door, like the one above rendered by X-Tomi Design, look unlikely.
SUVs are the growth models in pretty much all North American, European and Asian markets right now, so if profits are the primary concern then it wouldn’t make sense for a second Bugatti to be anything else. Whether it would use the Chiron’s chassis modified for more ground clearance or an entirely new one remains to be seen.
Winkelmann has prior when it comes to high-level SUV production. He was in charge of Lamborghini during the design and initial engineering of the Urus, which only recently came to market. A Bugatti SUV could feasibly use a development of the same underpinnings.
Source: Autocar
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Car news in 2018:
“random car brand will launch a new car soon, and it’s going to be an SUV”
Random Supercar Brand*
I like SUVs. Dew sum bout it
Why Bugatti Why
It’s over everyone. It’s over. God has abandoned us.
It’s just a game of how many different Audi Q7s can VW build now isn’t it?
This will be such a great suv no doubt.
True, but a Bugatti SUV just feels wrong
Ok, heresy, a Bugatti needs to be fast and therefore it will at best either be a terrible SUV or a terrible Bugatti but most likely both, and all of that, but the only reason I am as mad as I am is because I know what we’ll be missing by not having a Bugatti sedan. Because, unlike you all, I still remember it.
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Bugatti is a RACING car brand. Come on. It’s not like they need money - they have the VAG group for that. The way I see it, every Bugatti SUV sold means one fewer Bentayga is sold.
Vw is loss