The VW Group has added numerous brands to its portfolio in recent years.
Now the Wolfsburg want to separate from their noblest daughter of all people.
Wolfsburg / Molsheim -
VW
apparently wants to part with its luxury sports car brand
Bugatti
.
The legendary company from
Molsheim
in
Alsace
should go to the Croatian super sports car maker Mate
Rimac
, reports
Manager Magazin
, citing
VW
insiders.
The deal should be completed by the end of the year, they say.
But nothing has been decided yet.
VW apparently wants to sell the luxury brand Bugatti - because it doesn't fit the e-car image?
VW
boss
Herbert Diess
sees the unprofitable daughter as ballast, writes the magazine.
In addition, the brand, whose vehicles easily have 1500 hp and more, is not likely to fit the new image that Diess wants to give the carmaker with its e-offensive.
Bugatti will
also have
a plug-in hybrid and pure electric high-performance athlete at the start for the next few years.
With the C Two, Rimac also has an electric super sports car with almost 2000 hp in the pipeline, writes the magazine.
The super cars from the Alsatian luxury manufacturer are particularly popular with Arab sheikhs.
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the brand's fans.
It was not until the beginning of August, the soccer star of
Juventus
to win the Italian Serie A a
Bugatti Centodieci
granted.
VW premium brand Bugatti should change hands - Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the regular customers
The hypercar, limited to ten vehicles, pays homage to the
Bugatti
EB110 from the 1990s and costs 9.5 million euros.
The Centodieci is already the third Bugatti in Ronaldo's garage.
To win the European Championship in 2016, the Portuguese bought a
Bugatti Veyron
.
In 2017 he put the
Bugatti Chiron
on top.
VW is in talks about the Bugatti sale
đź’ˇ Volkswagen apparently wants to sell its unprofitable luxury brand
đź’ˇ # EV sports car specialist RIMAC offers with its C-Two platform to further develop the Bugatti (technical) base in keeping with the current status @ manager_magazinhttps: //t.co/Nci8dOUPAp pic.twitter .com / MnEKXFPm0q
- Wilko S. Wolters 🇩🇪🇪🇺 (@WSWMUC) September 17, 2020
Bugatti
celebrated its 110th birthday
last year with the special edition
Bugatti Centodieci, which was
limited to ten vehicles
.
In addition, last year the manufacturer
caused a sensation worldwide
with the unique
Bugatti
La Voiture Noire.
The unique piece was supposed to be a
reminder of
the golden era of the two founders and designers
Ettore
and Jean
Bugatti
in the 30s.
VW separation from Bugatti?
Recently, the sales figures rose - at the lowest level
The price for La Voiture is said to have been over ten million euros.
In media reports it was initially said that
Cristiano
Ronaldo
had secured the extremely coveted one-off.
In fact, the vehicle should
have gone
to the former
VW
party
Ferdinand
Piech
.
Bugatti
is
part of the “Sport & Luxury” brand group
at
Volkswagen
.
In addition to the Alsatians, this also includes
Bentley
and the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer
Porsche
.
In 2019 Bugatti had sold 82 luxury sledges - after 76 in the previous year.
So far there have only been 700 cars in total.
(
ts
)
Video: Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport - production will begin shortly
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