As we prepare to head to the west coast for the 2011 LA Auto Show, the Dubai International Auto Show is currently in full force. Bugatti is at the show showing three new special edition models of the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, the fastest most powerful and exclusive (everything Dubai citizens love) drop-top in the world.

“It is Bugatti’s intention to honour the very important Middle East market with this threefold variety and to provide its highly exclusive clientele in the Middle East an insight into how creativity and inspiration can be successfully driven to individualised luxury,” Bugatti said in a statement.

The first of the three special-edition Grand Sport models is a  horizontal color split with a bright yellow body and a underside in visible black carbon, including black-tinted wheels. The car features Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti’s favorite color. The inside is finished in yellow-colored leather with black stitching and black carbon on the center console. Prices for this model start at 1.58 million euros ($2.15 million USD).

The second model is also a two-tone horizontal color split consisting of visible blue carbon, framed in polished, anodised aluminium. The wheels come in an aluminium polished and Diamond Cut two-tone finish. This Veyron Grand Sport also gets mirror-shine aluminum finish grills and air intakes. The inside features a nice tangerine leather and dark blue Indigo leather or exposed blue carbon fiber door panels, dashboard, steering wheel and console. Prices start at 1.74 million euros ($2.36 million USD).

Last but not least, the third Grand Sport model comes in a new green carbon fiber tone with polished aluminum. The rims, exterior mirrors and even the EB-logo at the rear are finished in polished aluminium. On the inside, this version features green and silver finishes. Prices also start at 1.74 million euros ($2.36 million USD).

Bugatti plans in making a total of 150 units of the Veyron Grand Sport. So far, only 45 have been sold.

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After unveiling their first Veyron-based model in March 2009, Mansory are back with another limited edition take on the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. The first car was transformed into the Linea Vincero, the second one gets a rather ’special’ gold-coloured treatment. It is named Linea Vincero d’Oro.

Compared with the standard Veyron, the Linea Vincero received a facelift. Up front, Mansory added new fenders, a shortened bonnet and a new front apron as well as LED daytime running lights and a stylised letter “V” built into the car’s bonnet. Side skirts and a new diffuser are also part of the new design. Larger air outlets at the rear and at the sides of the car improve the engine cooling. All body components are made from a carbon fabric with inbuilt copper thread.

Other gold-coloured features complete the Linea Vincero d’Oro, such as the turbine design alloy wheels, the curved grill featuring the stylised “Vincero-V”, the door handles, the rear view mirror caps and the fuel tank cap. The headlight washer nozzle covers, the borders around the daytime running LEDs and the decorative features on the roof are all gold too.

The car’s interior has an exclusive look and feel with the LEDs of the car’s mood lighting system placed in the car’s seats, the door trims and the dashboard. The entire passenger cabin is a combination of a golden glow of the lighting and carbon appliqués as well as specially embossed leather. The airbag steering wheel has inbuilt shift paddles and gilded elements. Gold alloys can also be found on the decorative strips of the door trims and on the centre console.

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Earlier this morning, we brought you all the details and high-res images of the new Bugatti 16 C Galibier Concept. Bugatti has now released a teaser for its new concept – check it out after the jump.

The Bugatti 16 C Galibier is one of the several concepts which the company is considering for a future model. Power comes from a 8.0L 16-cylinder engine that features two-stage supercharging. The engine is flex-fuel compatible, meaning it can run on ethanol. The Bugatti Galibier rides on a four-wheel-drive system and features ceramic brakes and a new suspension design that enables “agile, always-sure handling of a saloon of this size.”

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CAR has uncovered more details on the new Bugatti super saloon, currently dubbed the Royale (although Atlantic is another possibility). It’s one of two Bugattis pencilled into the product development cycle between now and 2018 – and the supersaloon is set to replace the Veyron, which is nearing the end of its 300-strong limited production run.

The new Bugatti saloon is depicted in our artist’s impression, which is based closely on the teaser image that leaked out on a VIP invite to prospective owners. They are being shown the car at an exclusive event around the Frankfurt motor show 2009, although it is unlikely to go on sale until 2011 or beyond.

New Bugatti Royale: the lowdown

Bugatti’s new saloon will sport the Veyron’s W16, but mounted up front instead of amidships as in the 253mph sports coupé and roadster. Direct injection could figure this time, however, and the limo is tipped to be rear-wheel drive, making it the first modern Bug to eschew 4wd.

The sturdy Ricardo-developed seven-speed twin-clutch gearbox is also carried over on the new C21 Royale. The Veyron’s drivetrain has cost so much to develop, that the bean counters insist on reusing as much as possible rather than re-engineering everything.

How on earth do they make the Bugatti business model stack up?

Volkswagen AG chairman Martin Winterkorn reportedly told analysts in the past year that he would fund new Bugattis by using the company’s modular luxury car matrix. In principle, it mimics the platform sharing lower down the VW/Audi/Skoda/Seat foodchain – allowing multiple luxury models to be spun off a common engineering base.

That points to some engineering commonality between new Bugattis and future top-end Bentleys, including perhaps the new 2010 Arnage replacement. The Bugatti Royale will use a longer wheelbase than any related Bentley, however.

Is the new Royale the spiritual successor to the 1930s one?

You bet. Six production Royales were built between 1929-1933, powered by a 13-litre straight eight. Known formally as the Type 41, it’s one of the mostly highly regarded luxury cars of all time.

The new Bugatti Royale will be built to exact customer specification with fully coachbuilt options such as an XXL wheelbase, a full-length sunroof or a retro-look aerostyle body all feasible.

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That’s it, ladies and gents. The seemingly endless train of special edition Bugatti Veyrons has reportedly ended. After taking the wraps off the Sang Noir, Pur Sang, Fbg by Hermes, Grand Sport, Bleu Centenaire and the quartet of individual Centenaire tribute editions, to say nothing of the individual specials in between,

reports indicate that the Sang Bleu edition of the Grand Sport which Bugatti unveiled at this past weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will be the last special edition Veyron that Molsheim will build. With a reported 250 out of the 300 Veyrons initially earmarked for production now built and sold, Bugatti’s moving on to the next project – tentatively dubbed the Bordeaux. And then the whole shpeil can start all over again.

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We’ve already confirmed that the hazy teaser that made its way around the internet earlier this week was of the upcoming Bugatti four-seater shooting brake know as the Bordeaux. We know have a second teaser floating around the internet that gives us a better look at the rear-end of the car.

The Bugatti Bordeaux will be the fastest four-seater in the world powered by its two-seater siblings 8.0L W16 engine making 1,001-hp. 0 to 60 mph should come in just 3 seconds with a top speed of 250 mph.

Look out for a concept to debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in September.

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With the roof off, Bugatti’s newly unveiled targa-top Veyron Grand Sport proves to be the slowest Veyron ever, only capable of 225mph. But don’t fret, because with the targa panel in place the Grand Sport will still do 254mph.

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Paying homage to the Bugatti Atlantique 57, Bugatti has released another special editition called the Veyron Sang Noir to join the Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang and the more recent Bugatti Fbg par Hermes, The Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir features a new grille, an all-black body, new alloy wheels, headlights with a black background and an orange interior.

Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir

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The parent company of Bugatti, Volkswagen, announced that the widely acclaimed Bugatti Veyron is slated to have a Targa variant next year. This news confirms what was speculated almost a year ago, and the fact that a former Bugatti executive has spoken out lends a good deal of credibility to the claim – not to mention that Bugatti’s communication chief, Georges Keller, has also confirmed the convertible Veyron is in the works.

According to the exec, the targa option was the only one available to Bugatti “because there was no other solution which could fit with the car’s safety cage”. While the hard-top will be removable, there will be no storage space for the roof within the car, meaning the cover will have to be taken off at home. If the weather turns nasty a concealed fabric cover can be extended to protect the cabin, reports Automotive News.

Without the roof, the car will require added reinforcements and underbody changes to maintain torsional rigidity. These changes are expected to come at a cost to performance, and top speed is rumored to be limited to 217mph (350kmh).

Bugatti is yet to reveal how many convertibles Veyrons will be produced and when the first cars will be available. Previous reports claim production numbers will be somewhat lower than the 300 coupe models, with many suggesting there will be just 80 Targa models.

The idea behind the Fbg by Hermes was articulated by the Wall Street Journal: “Even in times of recession, people still want to have something of great quality.” So rest assured that while you and I are watching our assets plummet, somewhere out there, there is someone with enough surplus income to spend on an even more expensive version of the world’s most expensive supercar. We brought you news and images of the special-edition Veyron from the floor of the Geneva Motor Show where it was unveiled, and were left wondering if the idea of the empire was really dead. In the video after the jump, the Wall Street Journal seek to understand – and more than that, explain – the justification for such an outlandish expenditure. Follow the jump to watch them try.

Gallery: Geneva 2008: Bugatti Veryon Fbg par Hermes

[Source: WSJ via The German Car Blog]

The production rate has fallen beneath demand on the Bugatti Veyron. Production is nearing 100 and will increase production more.

The Bugatti Veyron does everything with effortless speed. Except, that is, for production, the rate of which is painstakingly slow. So slow, in fact, that the crown jewel in the Volkswagen empire is having trouble meeting demand. Since the hyper-exotic supercar’s debut in 2005, Bugatti has steadily had to ramp up production, which started at 50 and is (in true Veyron style) rapidly approaching twice that. Arriving at the same crossroads yet again, the company has announced that it will once more increase output from its Molsheim, France, workshop.

Customers with $1.5 million in hand and a spot on the waiting list should not, however, worry about quality issues commonly associated with rushing production. In order to increase production from 85 to 90 this year, Bugatti is considering shortening the break the factory has traditionally taken in the summer from three weeks down to one, thereby increasing productivity without rushing the job. Nor will the increased production mean more Veyrons produced: the final number will remain 300, of which 220 have already been ordered and 135 produced and delivered to date.

An extremely hot Frankfurt release and on par with the BMW Concept X6, the brand new EB 16.4 Veyron “Pur Sang” was unveiled by Bugatti at the 62nd Annual IAA. Only five units made, the Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang is made of carbon and aluminum giving it a two-tone color without a paint job.

“When some of our designers were looking at production and once again became aware of the technical beauty of the structure,” says Achim Anscheidt, Head of Bugatti Design, “they came up with the idea of finishing the car in its pure material configuration. And that means without a coating of paint.”

Weighing in at 1,888 kilogrammes, the Pur Sang produces 1,000 horsepower giving it a power / weight ratio of 4.15 lbs per horsepower. Top speed is clocked in at 248 mph.

Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang Gallery:

Press Release:

The Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron “Pur Sang” – LESS IS MORE

Bugatti is presenting a special edition of the EB 16.4 Veyron limited to five worldwide – the Pur Sang – at the Frankfurt International Auto Show. The limited edition will be numerically consigned to the ranks of overall volume designed for 300 cars.

With the Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang the company is continuing a tradition that produced icons like the T57 SC Atlantic and the numerous versions of the T41 Royale. Then as now Bugatti stands for a unique symbiosis of art, design and technology. Precisely this claim – manifested by company founder Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean – is reflected by the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang, presented in a world premiere in Frankfurt. Reduced to pure design and technology, a car was created here that again was not the means to an end, but in fact had become a work of art in the sum of its parts. The EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang completely forgoes exterior paint.

The idea for the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang originated in the Bugatti factory in Molsheim. In what’s referred to as the studio where the high-tech components of the Veyron are assembled with painstaking precision. “When some of our designers were looking at production and once again became aware of the technical beauty of the structure,” says Achim Anscheidt, Head of Bugatti Design, “they came up with the idea of finishing the car in its pure material configuration. And that means without a coating of paint.”

The result is the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang, a study in which carbon and aluminum blend into a unique two-tone color, although no paint is involved. “Interestingly,” explains Anscheidt, “the pure materials used to underscore even more clearly the unified extremes of this car. Power combined with comfort, technical structure and organic bodies, light and dark. A closer look at the details reveals the techincal logic behind the stylish appearance. The innovatively designed monocoque carries all main structural components, including the W16 engine, the passenger compartment, the crumple zone and the suspension. It’s precisely this foundation determined by function, made of carbon fiber coated with clear paint, that lies open in view at the heart of the Veyron. The use of aluminum linings is equally forceful. Through the bold and muscular coverings of the wheels as a perfectly designed wing they lend the car its stature and the unique body sculpture. Polished to a mirror finish, these perfectly curved shapes make the facinating surface reflections visible that characterize the Veyron.”

The balance of the visual impression is especially apparent when viewing the Bugatti from above. “These qualities,” says Achim Anscheidt, “merge into a unique appearance – almost like a painting by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian.” The outstanding representative of classical modern wanted to express the following in his art in the past century: “Beauty across the line and harmony by the balance of relationships between lines, colors and surfaces. But only in the clearest and most powerful way.” This definition has also described a car for over six decades: the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang. The two essential materials of the Pur Sang – thoroughbred in English – examined in detail:

Carbon Body

A car can never be light enough. This principal applies all the more so for the Bugatti Veyron, because it was designed for a sporty high performance. This is why the battle for each kilogram of weight has been one of the big constants in the development history of the Bugatti. Special attention was paid to materials: Only one material was used for each component, guaranteeing the best functionality at the lowest weight. Titanium, magnesium, aluminum and carbon fiber proved to be ideal.

Thanks to carbon fiber construction techniques, the monocoque of the EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang is not just especially light, but – as it is known for motorsport – extremely safe. The monocoque is not just a rigid survival compartment, but can also ideally dissipate crash energy through elastic deformation. The main responsibility for this lies with the frames in which the carbon fiber monocoque is integrated – done in aluminum in the front and in combination of the carbon fiber and stainless steel at the back.

Aluminum

The parts made of aluminum show the meticulousness and will to perfection the designers of Bugatti pursued in their work. And this doesn’t just apply to the body. The reason for this is that aluminum is normally a recycled product, resulting in a variety of impurities in the alloys. This has no effect on the characteristics of the material, but on its appearance. After polishing and anodizing the aluminum there can be different degrees of gloss. Not so on the inside of the Veyron, where aluminum is used with the material corresponding to the body shell: If you look closely, you can see that there are no differences in gloss here. Because a single, special alloy is used exclusively in the Veyron: AlMgSi 0.3 Vitral 42. No work is done with other alloys.

All told, 1,888 kilogrammes of net weight stand in contrast to performance of 1,000 hp. This results in a power / weight ration of 1.88 kg/hp (4.15 lbs./hp) an excellent relationship that also positions the 400 km/h fast EB 16.4 Veyron Pur Sang beyond everything previously known.

Source: Supercars