Bugatti Galibier Green Light

The new, four door Bugatti Gabilier

It looks like the Bugatti Galibier has been given the green light, and will be followed by a Super-Veyron and a new Bugatti Royale.

A couple of weeks ago, shortly after a private unveiling to select Bugatti clients, we reported on the reveal of the Bugatti Galibier – a four-door, four-seat super saloon (and we reckon the Galibier is based on the Bentley Mulsanne). Bugatti made it clear that this was just a concept – not a production car – and was built to judge the response. But rumours are already flying around that it’s been given the green light for production.

Is this likely? Actually, it is. We are convinced that Bugatti’s so-called ‘Three Bugatti Concept’ plan is nothing more than a clear sign of the direction Bugatti are going. The Veyron will end production in 2012 after the Grand Sport production finishes. And there is no way Bugatti are going to lose the mantle of the ‘Greatest Supercar in the World’. So we have no doubt that Bugatti are working on a new, lighter, more extreme version of the Veyron, featuring the 1200bhp it’s long been mooted is possible from the Veyron’s W16.

The new ‘Super Veyron‘ will launch a year or two after the Bugatti Galibier – probably in 2014 – giving Bugatti both a hyper supercar and a hyper coupe saloon. But what of the third of Bugatti’s concepts? We’re pretty certain that will be a 21st century recreation of the Bugatti Royale. It will sit a big notch above the Rolls Royce Phantom and the Maybach as the ultimate transport for Heads of State, Royalty and uber-rich. It won’t be built in quite the limited numbers of the original Royale, but it will be a very limited production – perhaps only 50 units over five years.

Lots to look forward to – at least for the obscenely rich. And the droolers amongst us.