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CEO: Absolutely no smaller, lower-cost Bugatti planned

09/25/2007, 5:38 PM

By Nick

Like so many rumors in the automotive industry, speculative stories about a new lower cost Bugatti model have popped up and died repeatedly. This time, the nail is in the coffin. According to Bugatti’s new CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen, there will not be a Bugatti model priced below the $1.4 million Veyron.

“There will be no smaller Bugatti,” Paefgen assured The Car Connection in the most blunt denial to date. If a second car comes to market, it will be in the same market segment as the current car.”

Leaving no room for misinterpretation, Paefgen stated the second model would be “extremely exclusive” with overall unit production in the “hundreds, not thousands.”

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09/25, 6:04 PM

posted by:

carrerajh

Would that make in the 2 million dollar club?!? – First Post!

09/25, 6:20 PM

posted by:

1c3d0g

Thank Jesus! The world cannot take on another waste of a vehicle coming out of Bugatti.

09/25, 6:23 PM

posted by:

A4

Thanks to porsche
AND NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR FIRST POST YOU JACKASS

09/25, 6:38 PM

posted by:

carrerajh

any comments about the car A4 or do you just log in to **** on others?

09/25, 6:41 PM

posted by:

lotusfire

Actually, I’m gonna go out on a lim and say A4 is joking since it wasn’t even a month ago that he bragged about having the first comment.

09/25, 6:54 PM

posted by:

Blakkarr

It’l be interesting to see what a $2M car will look like. But I am a bit disheartened that Bugatti isn’t going to produce a smaller car. But whatever.

Let’s see what “price is no object” really looks like.

09/25, 6:55 PM

posted by:

Wickedated

1c3d0g — It’s funny how you say “waste of vehicle” when every single professional car critic says the Veyron can’t even be compared with other cars it’s so good.

09/25, 7:21 PM

posted by:

A4

i did make a comment if youd read the fine print you **** sucker

09/25, 7:23 PM

posted by:

A4

as evidenced by the “omgomgomg hehehehhe eloloolol”
like a 12 year old schoolgirl

09/25, 7:24 PM

posted by:

TOZO

I guess I’ll just have to buy a Chevy Cobalt instead.

09/25, 7:25 PM

posted by:

jackjimturkey

oxymorons: little giant
jumbo shrimp
low-cost Bugatti!

Nip it in the Bud, Franky!

09/25, 7:44 PM

posted by:

Commodore

I like this – they are not compromising their image like some other extremely high-end automakers.

09/25, 8:03 PM

posted by:

jJayC08

It doesn’t suprise me- as the current Bugatti Veyron is, it sure is an image builder, but the problem is they loose a few million dollars per baby. A smaller Bugatti might narrow those loses, but I would guess that Bugattis still going to be loosing money on the chassis alone.

09/25, 8:06 PM

posted by:

jJayC08

And amazing comeback A4… You have the vocab of a 12 year old schoolgirl, and the attitude of one too…

09/25, 8:21 PM

posted by:

Commodore

Assuming by “baby” you mean the Veyron, No Bugatti doesn’t lose a few million per “baby”. They make money on them actually (as long as they sell enough of them to break even and from then onwards they make money on every car)

09/25, 9:58 PM

posted by:

sik59rt

LLN will run this into the ground saying there might be a smaller bugatti

09/26, 1:05 AM

posted by:

A4

hHahahahahHhHAHAHAHHAHhaha teee heheheheeh im 5

09/26, 6:21 AM

posted by:

Rotman

That’s rather disappointing news. I was looking forward to a new 4-door sedan for the family.

09/26, 7:31 AM

posted by:

Get Real

Nasty comments about a car that will never exist.

Can’t we all agree they saw Jaguar screw itself by going down-market and learned something ?

Merecedes is afraid of bringing their Euro-trash to the US market for fear of harming their “status image”.

09/26, 8:30 AM

posted by:

autonut

Nein to people! We have VW for low cost!

09/26, 11:44 AM

posted by:

CTS DRIVER

A4 you are cracking me up today, oh man thats just some funny stuff.

09/26, 7:43 PM

posted by:

1c3d0g

No, it’s not so good at all. It’s a hugely inefficient vehicle which gets even more so when you take a look under the hood. 10 radiators just to cool the damn thing? You’ve got to be kidding me. That’s just one example. I can play this game all day long but sadly for you I don’t have all the time in the world to waste discussing this atrocious car.

09/27, 1:07 PM

posted by:

Scarface03

Get Real,
Moving downmarket is becoming a fact of life for all car makers it seems. Even Porsche *had* to do it with the Boxster, which although is a GREAT car, was widely criticized when it first came out, especially because it rehashed much of the 911 styling. Some people say that Mercedes and BMW have/will watered down their marques by putting out models under $30k. But, the reality is volume is $, so if they can use engines and chassis already developed in other markets, why not expand.

I’d like to see some of Commodore’s sources, because everything I’ve heard was that Bugatti was bleeding money and will never earn money. I don’t think that it’s millions per car, but I also don’t think it’s as simple as just selling cars until the R&D and production costs are paid for–Bugatti likely has very specific agreements with parts suppliers, etc., so they probably know now–and probably before the first one rolled off the line–how many Veyrons will be built.

With that engine though, I think it would be a mistake for Bugatti to not go downmarket (at least some).

09/29, 4:21 PM

posted by:

BLISS

BUGGATI SHOULD BE MORE PROFITABLE IN THE COMING FUTURE…….MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

 
 
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