Bentley, Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce – these are just a few of the premium brands that have jumped on the SUV bandwagon in recent years. Ferrari will join them next week with the Purosangue, while the new McLaren boss believes sport utility vehicles are “very important”. Despite rumors that Bugatti will also launch a top model, that’s not going to happen. Well, at least not in the foreseeable future.
The company’s CEO, Mate Rimac, was revealed in an interview with a German magazine Autobmobilwoche that a Bugatti SUV is not part of the ten-year plan. Also, a purely electric model won’t arrive within that timeframe, which is quite surprising since the vast majority of automakers will have an EV on sale by 2032. In fact, many auto brands will have moved away from powered cars. combustion by then. , at least in some markets. That said, Bugatti is no ordinary car manufacturer, and to quote Ettore himself: “So comparable, it’s no longer Bugatti.”
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Although an electric vehicle has been put on the back burner, Bugatti cannot ignore electrification. Increasingly stringent emissions regulations will impact even elite brands, which is why the powerful W16 engine is being retired with the Mistral roadster. The successor to the Chiron will have no choice but to adopt a hybrid powertrain, with Mate Rimac saying the car will be “heavily electrified”.
That probably means a downsized combustion engine, so the sixteen-cylinder mill is going the dodo way. However, the Bugatti big boss has promised a “very attractive combustion engine” as the Chiron’s replacement. We’ll have to patiently wait a while to see the hypercar as it won’t debut until 2024. It will be interesting to know whether the ICE will be a completely bespoke unit or derived from a VW Group petrol engine, perhaps -being the all-new V12 that will make its debut next year in the successor to the Lamborghini Aventador.
In the same interview with Autobmobilwoche, Mate Rimac said one of the goals is to extend the electric range of the hybrid powertrain to at least 50 kilometers (31 miles). This would allow one percent to drive around town without turning on the ICE.
Bentley, Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce – these are just a few of the premium brands that have jumped on the SUV bandwagon in recent years. Ferrari will join them next week with the Purosangue, while the new McLaren boss believes sport utility vehicles are “very important”. Despite rumors that Bugatti will also launch a top model, that’s not going to happen. Well, at least not in the foreseeable future.
The company’s CEO, Mate Rimac, was revealed in an interview with a German magazine Autobmobilwoche that a Bugatti SUV is not part of the ten-year plan. Also, a purely electric model won’t arrive within that timeframe, which is quite surprising since the vast majority of automakers will have an EV on sale by 2032. In fact, many auto brands will have moved away from powered cars. combustion by then. , at least in some markets. That said, Bugatti is no ordinary car manufacturer, and to quote Ettore himself: “So comparable, it’s no longer Bugatti.”
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Although an electric vehicle has been put on the back burner, Bugatti cannot ignore electrification. Increasingly stringent emissions regulations will impact even elite brands, which is why the powerful W16 engine is being retired with the Mistral roadster. The successor to the Chiron will have no choice but to adopt a hybrid powertrain, with Mate Rimac saying the car will be “heavily electrified”.
That probably means a downsized combustion engine, so the sixteen-cylinder mill is going the dodo way. However, the Bugatti big boss has promised a “very attractive combustion engine” as the Chiron’s replacement. We’ll have to patiently wait a while to see the hypercar as it won’t debut until 2024. It will be interesting to know whether the ICE will be a completely bespoke unit or derived from a VW Group petrol engine, perhaps -being the all-new V12 that will make its debut next year in the successor to the Lamborghini Aventador.
In the same interview with Autobmobilwoche, Mate Rimac said one of the goals is to extend the electric range of the hybrid powertrain to at least 50 kilometers (31 miles). This would allow one percent to drive around town without turning on the ICE.