Bugatti Planning a Bugatti Veyron Targa for 2008
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Bugatti Planning a Bugatti Veyron Targa for 2008
Ray of Light: Bugatti Planning a Veyron Targa for 2008
Date posted: 07-21-2006
MOLSHEIM, France — Bugatti is planning to launch a targa version of its $1.9 million EB16.4 Veyron in 2008.
The new car will be assembled in limited numbers alongside the existing coupe version of the EB16.4 Veyron at Bugatti's showcase factory here.
The Veyron Targa is expected to receive a glass roof engineered by German specialist Webasto — the same company responsible for the Volkswagen Eos's folding aluminum and glass hardtop. The laminated panel is removable but cannot be stowed on board, according to insiders, because of the EB16.4 Veyron's tight packaging. As a result, Bugatti plans to equip the new car with an expandable piece of fabric that can be clipped into place to keep rain and sunshine at bay.
To help compensate for the added weight brought on by modifications to strengthen the EB16.4 Veyron's windshield and other necessary changes to its underbody structure, the new Targa will receive carbon-fiber doors and hood. Other modifications include a slightly restyled grille and headlamps incorporating an adaptive function that sees them swivel in tandem with the front wheels. The same changes will be brought over to the coupe, say Inside Line sources.
As a result of its altered aerodynamic properties, Bugatti plans to limit the EB16.4 Veyron's top speed to 350 kph (217 mph), some 35 mph shy of the coupe's 407-kph (253 mph) maximum. But even at that speed, it will be able to claim the title of world's fastest open-top car.
What this means to you: Predictions of an early demise for the breathtakingly expensive Bugatti EB16.4 Veyron have proven wrong. Sales remain strong, and with a Targa version on the horizon, the company's target of 350 sales over six years looks to be well on track.
source : edmunds
Date posted: 07-21-2006
MOLSHEIM, France — Bugatti is planning to launch a targa version of its $1.9 million EB16.4 Veyron in 2008.
The new car will be assembled in limited numbers alongside the existing coupe version of the EB16.4 Veyron at Bugatti's showcase factory here.
The Veyron Targa is expected to receive a glass roof engineered by German specialist Webasto — the same company responsible for the Volkswagen Eos's folding aluminum and glass hardtop. The laminated panel is removable but cannot be stowed on board, according to insiders, because of the EB16.4 Veyron's tight packaging. As a result, Bugatti plans to equip the new car with an expandable piece of fabric that can be clipped into place to keep rain and sunshine at bay.
To help compensate for the added weight brought on by modifications to strengthen the EB16.4 Veyron's windshield and other necessary changes to its underbody structure, the new Targa will receive carbon-fiber doors and hood. Other modifications include a slightly restyled grille and headlamps incorporating an adaptive function that sees them swivel in tandem with the front wheels. The same changes will be brought over to the coupe, say Inside Line sources.
As a result of its altered aerodynamic properties, Bugatti plans to limit the EB16.4 Veyron's top speed to 350 kph (217 mph), some 35 mph shy of the coupe's 407-kph (253 mph) maximum. But even at that speed, it will be able to claim the title of world's fastest open-top car.
What this means to you: Predictions of an early demise for the breathtakingly expensive Bugatti EB16.4 Veyron have proven wrong. Sales remain strong, and with a Targa version on the horizon, the company's target of 350 sales over six years looks to be well on track.
source : edmunds
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