The Bugatti Veyron is now just 15 cars away from being completely sold out, according to officials from the Volkswagen-owned company.
06 Aug 2014 | 5609 Views | By Greg Kable, Autocar UK
The Bugatti Veyron is now just 15 cars away from being completely sold out, according to officials from the Volkswagen-owned company.
Company sources have confirmed that 405 Veyrons have now been produced and delivered to customers worldwide, while orders have already been placed for another 30. Bugatti says it will produce 300 ...
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The Bugatti Veyron is now just 15 cars away from being completely sold out, according to officials from the Volkswagen-owned company.
Company sources have confirmed that 405 Veyrons have now been produced and delivered to customers worldwide, while orders have already been placed for another 30. Bugatti says it will produce 300 fixed-head and 150 roadster variants of the Veyron up to the end of next year, in accordance with its original plans.
Included in the overall production run of 450 units are the limited-edition Grand Sport, Super Sport and Grand Vitesse variants.
There’s also a long line of exclusive one-off and ultra-low-volume variants, such as the Pur Sang, Sang Bleu, World Record Edition, Quail Special Edition and Black Bess – itself part of a six-part 'Legends' series.
With 30 of the remaining 45 cars already on order, that leaves 15 cars still to be sold. Included in those are various demonstrators and show cars, which are planned to be reconditioned before being sold.
When the production run of the original Veyron ends, Bugatti will look to prepare for the arrival of its planned successor, which is due to go on sale in 2017 after an official unveiling in 2016.
Veyron successor coming up
Development work has begun on a follow-up to the nine-year-old Bugatti Veyron, with the firm looking to raise the lofty performance of its hypercar with a new 286mph/457kph successor.
The Veyron replacement is set to adopt a heavily updated version of its predecessor’s turbocharged 8.0-litre W16 engine. It will incorporate hybrid technology and produce in the region of 1500ps (1479bhp), officials involved in the new car’s development have revealed.
The new Bugatti is currently undergoing initial conceptual engineering tests in a programme aimed at unveiling the car in 2016 prior to a planned start to customer deliveries the following year.
The eagerly anticipated replacement for the Veyron is set to build on the key strengths of its successor by offering “the fastest top speed of any series-production road car, together with the sort of driveability to allow you to use it every day”, according to company officials.
Although senior officials at Bugatti parent Volkswagen have attempted to play down plans for a successor to the Veyron while order books for today’s model remain open, sources close to Bugatti have revealed that early test mules for the new car exist and have already been pressed into action in an early round of testing.
“Five developmental prototypes with differing powertrain combinations have been constructed up to now,” said one insider. “They are based on the existing car but use various solutions that are being considered for the new model.”
As with the car that it replaces, the new Bugatti has been conceived around a carbonfibre monocoque that provides seating for two in what is planned to be a highly luxurious cabin, complete with all of the very latest in connectivity technology.
The heavily revised powertrain, which receives electric assistance, is mounted to the rear bulkhead in a traditional mid-engine layout, with drive channelled to all four wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox and multi-plate-clutch four-wheel drive system.