The Molsheim brand is currently focusing on the eagerly anticipated replacement for the Chiron hypercar, and now that production of the 500-something series has finished at the end of last year, preparations are underway for the proud successor. Bugatti, which is no stranger to major changes and ruptures in its history since it was shut down in 1963 and was revived twice by the Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli as Bugatti Automobili SpA and Volkswagen AG as Bugatti Automobiles SAS, is now under the promising management of Mate Rimac . , CEO of Bugatti’s new parent Rimac, who in turn answers to the Rimac Group (55%) and Porsche (45%).
It is a difficult situation, but the general audience will not see it apart from the fact that the fortune of Bugatti is now connected with EV specialist Rimac, a whiz-kid type company when it comes to all-electric hypercars. However, this is exactly why Mate Rimac was the person who teased the hypercar instead of Bugatti and its new powertrain.
So, between the best-selling Rimac Nevera Time Attack special editions and the rocket-like Bolide shenanigans, the CEO also had time to give us a first glimpse at a few details that will make or break the future Bugatti. The car is already known to early customers, but the general audience will have to wait until June, and we only saw the new V16 hybrid powertrain that has been working for many years (in November 2022, they were already doing tests. dynos).
Most likely, a hyper sedan or a mega-crossover SUV not to mention the low-profile successor to the teased Chiron, but that doesn’t mean we can’t dream of a time when Bugatti expands its lineup, especially if the V16 hybrid setup proves successful, right? Well, the creative world of digital automotive content creators has already done just that – and we’ve seen cool things like the 2026 Bugatti Galibier supercar asking for a digital slice of the Koenigsegg Gemera.
Now, good people there design.of.the.car we have also recently turned our attention to a conceptual proposal for a Bugatti SUV by Charles Ketels (aka ‘charles_ktls’ on social media), a fourth-year student at Strate Ecole de Design, a French institution based in Paris, Lyon, and Bangalore.
Pixel master decided that Bugatti could easily enter the super-SUV area and took it by storm with a coupe-SUV model called Vizcaya. The design project was created before Bugatti, and Mate Rimac teased us with the arrival of a V16 hybrid powertrain, but it would be better to teach a lesson or two to models like the 738-hp BMW XM Red Label. PHEV or the V12-powered 715-hp Ferrari Purosangue about how an exotic SUV is done right.
So what do you think? Is there a potential market for exotic SUVs that are more expensive and more powerful than the super-SUVs currently offered – things like the DBX, Urus, Purosangue, Escalade-V, or Cullinan?