ag subsidiary active from 1999 present . for automobiles ettore bugatti 1909 1963 see bugatti . for bugatti automobili s.p.a. 1987 1995 see bugatti automobili . coordinates 48 31 36 n 7 29 59 e 48.52675556 n 7.499683333 e 48.52675556 ; 7.499683333 bugatti automobiles s.a.s. the bugatti logo type private soci t par actions simplifi e industry automobile manufacturing automobile distribution fate purchased by volkswagen ag july 1998 1 predecessor bugatti automobili s.p.a. 1 founded july 1998 1998 07 1 headquarters molsheim france 2 area served worldwide except australia key people wolfgang d rheimer president 2 products bugatti veyron bugatti chiron production output 38 vehicles 2011 40 vehicles 2010 3 number of employees 73 3 parent volkswagen ag 3 subsidiaries bugatti engineering gmbh bugatti international s.a. 2 website bugatti.com bugatti automobiles s.a.s. is a french high performance luxury automobiles manufacturer and a subsidiary of volkswagen ag with its head office and assembly plant in molsheim alsace france . volkswagen purchased the bugatti trademark in june 1998 and incorporated bugatti automobiles s.a.s. in 1999 . bugatti presented several concept cars between 1998 and 2000 before commencing development of its first production model the veyron 16.4 delivering the first veyron to a customer in 2005 . contents 1 history 2 early concept cars 2.1 italdesign giugiaro designs 2.2 volkswagen designs 2.3 w18 engine 3 production cars 3.1 veyron 16.4 3.2 16c galibier 3.3 chiron 4 citations 5 references 6 see also 7 external links history edit at the urging of then chairman ferdinand pi ch volkswagen purchased the rights to produce cars under the bugatti marque in june 1998 . this followed the earlier volkswagen purchases of the lamborghini marque by vw s audi subsidiary the rolls royce factory in crewe united kingdom and the bentley marque . on 22 december 2000 volkswagen officially incorporated bugatti automobiles s.a.s. with former vw drivetrain chief karl heinz neumann as president . the company purchased the 1856 ch teau saint jean formerly ettore bugatti s guest house in dorlisheim near molsheim and began refurbishing it to serve as the company s headquarters . the original factory was still in the hands of snecma who were unwilling to part with it . at the pebble beach concours d elegance in august 2000 vw announced that they would instead build a new modern atelier factory next to and south of the ch teau . the atelier was officially inaugurated on 3 september 2005 . bugatti automobiles s.a.s. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the volkswagen ag 3 early concept cars edit italdesign giugiaro designs edit volkswagen commissioned italdesign s giorgetto giugiaro to design a series of concept cars to return the marque to prominence . the first example the eb 118 was a two door coup and was introduced at the paris motor show in 1998 . it was followed by the four door eb 218 touring sedan introduced at the geneva motor show in 1999 . later that year the 18 3 chiron was shown at the iaa in frankfurt . volkswagen designs edit volkswagen designed the final bugatti concept the eb 18 4 gt in house . bugatti introduced the eb 18 4 at the 1999 tokyo motor show . w18 engine edit all of these early concepts featured a 555 ps 408 kw ; 547 hp 18 cylinder engine . this was the first ever w configuration engine on a passenger vehicle with three blocks of 6 cylinders each . it shared many components with volkswagen s modular engine family . production cars edit bugatti eb110 gt in the 1980s the bugatti brand was brought back as bugatti automobili s.p.a. in italy and produced in the 90s the eb110 which put bugatti back on the modern super car enthusiast radar and was the company bought by vw at end of the 20th century veyron 16.4 edit main article bugatti veyron veyron 16.4 development of this vehicle began with the 1999 eb 18 4 veyron concept car which itself had a chassis based on that of the bugatti 18 3 chiron concept car . it was similar in design and appearance to the final veyron production car . one major difference was the eb 18 4 s use of a w18 engine with three banks of six cylinders . the veyron s chief designer was hartmut warkuss and the exterior was designed by jozef kaba of volkswagen rather than giorgetto giugiaro of italdesign who had handled the three prior bugatti concepts . the then volkswagen group chairman ferdinand pi ch announced the veyron at the 2000 geneva motor show . it was promised to be the fastest most powerful and most expensive car in history . instead of the w18 it would use a vr6 wr8 style w16 engine . first seen in the 1999 bentley hunaudi res concept car the w16 would have four turbochargers and produce a quoted metric 1001 horsepower see engine section for details on the power output . top speed was promised at 407 km h 253 mph and the price was announced at 1 million . development continued throughout 2001 and the eb 16 4 veyron was promoted to advanced concept status . in late 2001 bugatti announced that the car officially called the bugatti veyron 16.4 would go into production in 2003 . pi ch retired that year as chairman of the volkswagen group and was replaced by bernd pischetsrieder . the new chairman promptly sent the veyron back to the drawing board for major revisions . neumann was replaced as bugatti president by thomas bscher in december 2003 and substantial modifications were made to the veyron under the guidance of a former vw engineer bugatti engineering chief wolfgang schreiber . the veyron costs 1 100 000 net price without taxes ; citation needed prices vary by exchange rates and local taxes like value added taxes . prices for the uk or the us are over 880 000 or around 1 400 000 . it was noted in an april issue of live magazine weekly men s magazine with the sunday times that customers are free to order additional extras which can push the price up by the cost of a rolls royce phantom . during an episode of top gear the car was compared to the concorde as a feat of technology . 4 16c galibier edit main article bugatti 16c galibier the 16c galibier was first unveiled during celebration of the centenary of the marque in molsheim . the presentation was only for bugatti customers . the car show in molsheim showed the car in blue carbon fibre and aluminum parts . one year later bugatti showed the world the 16c galibier concept at vw group night at the geneva auto show in a new black and aluminum color combination . the galibier a 1000 hp sedan was first shown as a concept in 2010 and when they planned to put it into production in 2015 it would have cost about 1.4 million . it would use the same 16 cylinder 8.0 litre engine as the veyron but instead of four turbos the 16c galibier would instead use two superchargers to deliver better torque . production would require new facilities in molsheim france to be refitted which pushed back potential deliveries until 2015 . 5 in 2013 it was announced that the car will never be produced as they wish to focus on a veyron replacement . chiron edit at the 2016 geneva auto show bugatti premiered the bugatti chiron as a successor to the veyron . 6 7 the pricing is set at 2.4 million euros . the car is expected to have 1500 horsepower and will be capped at 420 km h 260 mph for road use . it can accelerate from 0 100 kp h in 2.5 seconds . production is limited to 500 units . unlike the veyron the chiron is expected to make a profit . 8 9 citations edit a b c volkswagen ag 2012 p. 68 . a b c volkswagen ag 2012 p. 50 . a b c d volkswagen ag 2012 p. 19 . bbc 2013 . cremer 2011 . bugatti chiron to have eight year lifespan sell at a profit . motor authority . retrieved 2016 03 04 . bugatti chiron finally a profitable model says boss . paul tan s automotive news . retrieved 2016 03 04 . hetzner christiaan . bugatti chiron to be priced at 2.6 million is ready for a new world speed record . automotive news . retrieved 2016 03 04 . bugatti chiron price specs and full details on the 1 479bhp hypercar . auto express . retrieved 2016 03 04 . references edit volkswagen aktiengesellschaft facts and figures 2012 pdf . volkswagenag.com . volkswagen aktiengesellschaft . 2012 06 11 . 1058.809.453.20 . archived from the original on 2012 08 10 . retrieved 2012 08 10 . cremer andreas 2011 03 31 . bugatti said to get backing for 1.4 million galibier supercar . bloomberg business week . new york city new york bloomberg l.p. issn 0007 7135 . archived from the original on 2012 08 11 . retrieved 2012 08 11 . bbc two top gear series 7 episode 5 . bbc . 2005 12 11 . retrieved 2013 05 28 . see also edit france portal cars portal companies portal list of car brands external links edit media related to bugatti automobiles vehicles at wikimedia commons official website v t e bugatti a subsidiary of volkswagen ag since 1998 bugatti automobiles 1998 present current cars chiron past cars veyron concept cars eb 118 eb 218 18 3 chiron 16c galibier vision gran turismo bugatti 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