When thinking of Bugatti, eye watering top speeds fuelled by obscenely large earth-shaking engines should be the first thing that comes to mind (followed shortly after by many zeros in the price tag) but what if the Bugatti Chiron Successor is heavily electrified?
In July last year Porsche, Rimac and Bugatti announced a joint venture that would take the high speed brand into the future. Fortunately Mate Rimac, CEO of the new Bugatti Rimac collaboration stated “The easiest thing for us would be to take the Nevera and slam a Bugatti logo on it and call it a day. But I was against it. I’m an electric car guy, but a Bugatti should still have a combustion engine for some time. But it will be developed in a way that is financially viable,”
With the Chiron and Bolide order books full and production coming to a close, the French brand is now looking to its replacement and more importantly the future. The Croatian innovator who has taken charge describes the new Bugatti as being “heavily electrified” but has reiterated that it still makes use of “a very attractive combustion engine.” This is all that is known about the next generation hyper-car but considering the best of the EV world and the best of the ICE world have joined forces, it should be worthwhile.
Last year when taking charge, Rimac stated that a replacement had already been under development for about a year with some fortunate clients being privy to viewing this year. He has since stated that the offering that is in the works will leave people “astonished”.
No other information on the configuration of the combustion engine nor shape of the Bugatti model is available as of yet but Rimac also intends on releasing a fully developed Bugatti EV by the close of the decade. Matteo Mariuzzo created a digital drawing of what an alternatively powered Bugatti may look like.
It seems that based on his quotes, the historic brand that gave us 400 km/h+ bruisers may offer the same performance exclusively from electric power in the future. For now, the Bugatti Chiron successor will be the transition into electrification.
