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Bugatti Rimac Is Officially In Business, With An HQ In Croatia And Mate Rimac As The CEO

November 2, 2021 admin

Four months after the official announcement of the marriage between Bugatti and Rimac, the “Bugatti Rimac” joint company is officially in business, with its headquarters in Sveta Nedelja, Croatia, and Mate Rimac undertaking the CEO role.

Despite the new joint venture, both Bugatti and Rimac will continue “to act as independent brands” retaining their production sites and sales channels. They will keep offering different vehicles, although jointly developed models are planned for the future. Mate Rimac said: “I am very excited to see what impact Bugatti Rimac will have on the industry and how we will develop innovative new hyper sports cars and technologies. It’s hard to find a better combination for new and exciting projects”.

The complex shareholder structure of Bugatti Rimac involves Porsche, Hyundai, Rimac, and other investors.

The Rimac Group holds the majority stake in the new venture with 55 percent of the shares, and Porsche AG is holding the remaining 45 percent. Thus, Mate Rimac, founder and CEO of Rimac Automobili became the CEO of Bugatti Rimac, while the supervisory board includes high-ranked officials from Porsche AG – Oliver Blume (chairman), and CFO Lutz Meschke (deputy chairman, CFO).

Stephan Winkelmann who has been Bugatti’s president since January 2018 and Lamborghini’s president since December 2020, will now focus on the latter role as Chairman and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini. After his term in Bugatti leading to the automaker’s most successful year, Winkelmann said: “I would like to thank the entire Bugatti team and our customers for three and a half unbelievable, exciting, intense and successful years. Together, we have developed fantastic hyper sports cars and led Bugatti into a new dimension”.

Christophe Piochon who was the Managing Director of Production and Logistics at Bugatti, is now the new President and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) in Bugatti Rimac. In his first statement under the new role, he said that Bugatti will keep their independence and continue making handmade vehicles at the Molsheim Atelier in France, securing all jobs in the historic location.

Other changes in the high-ranking positions include Hendrik Malinowski who is the Managing Director responsible for Sales and Marketing in Bugatti, Larissa Fleischer who is leaving Porsche AG to become Chief Financial Officer of Bugatti Rimac, and Emilio Scervo who is Chief Technology Officer of Bugatti Rimac after undertaking similar roles in McLaren and Rimac Automobili.

A total of 435 employees will work for Bugatti Rimac, with 300 located in Zagreb, Croatia, and 135 in Molsheim, France. An additional 180 employees will be working for the joint company from the Wolfsburg development site in Germany.

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$85,000 Ferrari Engine, $6,000 Bugatti Veyron Speed Key: It’s Amazing What You Can Find On Ebay

June 12, 2021 admin

It’s difficult (and likely impossible if you’re under 25) to remember how much more complicated buying and selling stuff was before eBay came along.

Just think, right now on your desktop or phone you could, at the touch of a button, buy a charging cable for your iPhone, sell your obscure collection of garage band records, and find a new owner for your bizarre gullwing door, stretch limo Dodge Challenger.

Or even buy a set of Speedline wheels from a rarer than rocking horse poop Ferrari F40 LM. Honestly, the amount of rare groove parts available for exotic cars is mind-boggling. Here’s just a taste of what was live at the time of writing.

Ferrari

Here’s a 458 Speciale engine, the most expensive Ferrari item listed that isn’t an actual car. The final incarnation of Maranello’s naturally aspirated V8, it made 597 hp and revved to 9,000 rpm.

The entire Speciale only cost $298,000 when it was new, but these days the cars change hands for upwards of $400,000, and you’ll need to part with $84,980 just to bag this motor. Still, $100k all in and you could have the world’s first Speciale-powered Miata.

Moving into the turbocharged era, how about a brand new set of carbon fiber wheels? I seem to remember Ferrari wouldn’t even let us try these on the road loop at the press launch because they were so worried we would trash them. If you’ve trashed yours, you can pick up this brand new, boxed set for $27,500.

Sticking with the carbon fiber theme, this seller claims to be offering a set of carbon engine bay panels for a Ferrari 812 Superfast (though we’re not sure the car in the picture has them). They can be yours for $13,546, and no, that doesn’t include the engine. If you want a V12 to go with it, you’ll need to throw in another $60k.

It’s not often you read a description for a car part and come across the line “Fits the following models: 250 GT 2+2, 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso, 250 GTO” like we’re talking about a set of Ford Focus brake pads. But that’s what it says in the listing for this brand new, no-longer-available-from-the-factory Ferrari V12 crankshaft. A mere $18,256 takes it.

Rolls Royce

For $35,000, this haul of Rolls Royce parts provides the bumper, hood, grille, lights and fenders you’d need to put a wrecked Wraith or Dawn back on the street. Or maybe it’s crying out for some nut-job to bolt it onto the front of a Chrysler 300 and really rile those up-tight Brits.

No wonder Rolls-Royce makes those Spirit of Ecstasy mascots retract below the hood line when you try to grab them: a traditional silver winged lady could cost you $3,250, and someone’s trying to sell a black one for over $7k.

So you backed your Bentayga into your Cullinan while doing some rearranging of your 24-car garage, need a couple of headlights but are too mean to buy new ones from your local dealer? No problem when you’ve got an eBay account. Getting our heads around the $16,000 bill for this pair of used LED lamps is definitely presenting a problem, however.

It’s a Rolls Royce V12, but not the kind you’re thinking. Incredibly, this $12k, 27-liter monster is one of two RR Meteor engines built to power military tanks in the last century currently available on eBay.

Bugatti

Yes, you can even find parts for a Bugatti on eBay, including an entire carbon fiber rear bumper for a Veyron, on offer at $14,285. The same company (ATD Sportscars) also has a rear fender ($12,855), hood ($8,650), and front bumper ($7,135), in case you really did make a real mess of leaving that car show.

Inserting this second ‘Speed’ key in the Veyron added 40 mph to the Bugatti’s top speed, so it must be worth at least an extra 30 mph if you wire it into your Supra’s console, right? You can buy it for $5,999, and for another $6,999.99 you can have the ignition key to go with it.

We’ve owned plenty of actual cars that cost less than this official Bugatti indoor car cover, but we guess if you can afford to drop $1 million on a sunny-days supercar, you probably wouldn’t think twice about spending $3,000 to keep the dust off its pristine paint.

And finally, a pair of Veyron’s distinctive engine cover grilles is up for grabs. The seller is asking $1700 for each one. We’re hoping someone buys both and glues them to the back of a Fiero.

Go For An Onboard Lap Of The Nurburgring In A Bugatti Centodieci

June 1, 2021 admin

Bugatti recently took the uber-expensive Centodieci to the Nurburgring for testing and YouTuber Misha Charoudin had the exclusive opportunity to ride shotgun in the French hypercar for a flying lap.

While Bugatti won’t be chasing a production car lap record with the Centodieci, it is still extremely quick around the famed German circuit. After all, it features a quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W16 engine that churns out 1,578 hp. The car also weighs 44 lbs (20 kg) less than a standard Bugatti Chiron and can hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.4 seconds and continue through to a 236 mph top speed.

Throughout the lap, the Bugatti test driver behind the wheel takes some of the ‘Ring’s corners at very impressive speeds although it is obvious that he wasn’t pushing the car to its absolute limits. During a couple of sections at the track, the car exceeds 250 km/h while on the main straight it breezed past 310 km/h without breaking a sweat.

Bugatti unveiled the Centodieci back in August 2019 as an homage to the EB110. Just 10 examples are being built and despite each carrying a price tag of €8 million ($9.7 million), all were sold before the car was even shown to the public.

Most of the changes made to the Centodieci are limited to the bodywork and include all new panels, as well as distinctive LED headlights and LED taillights. The French hypercar also includes a large, fixed rear wing and a more pronounced diffuser than regular Chiron models.

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$5.6 Million, 1,479 HP Bugatti Divo Goes All-Out At The ‘Ring

June 27, 2020 admin

It doesn’t make much sense to be testing the Divo at the track after presenting it two years ago and commencing deliveries back in April, but for whatever reason, this is exactly what Bugatti did, and we cannot complain, as we don’t often get a chance to check out such a rare beast in action.

Based on the same platform as the Chiron and featuring unique styling, the Divo boasts improved aerodynamics that have resulted in an extra 198 pounds (90 kg) of downforce. It boasts improved cooling, upgraded brakes, four-tailpipe exhaust system and is 77 lbs (35 kg) lighter than the ‘regular’ hypercar.

The Divo is powered by the Chiron’s W16 engine, with 8.0 liters in displacement and no less than four turbochargers. It still pumps out 1,479 HP (1,500 PS / 1,103 kW) at 6,700 rpm and 1,180 lb-ft (1,600 Nm) of torque between 2,000 and 6,000 rpm, which is identical to the Chiron. The output is channeled to both axles via the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, and the 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) sprint takes only 2.4 seconds. Should you find a straight road long enough with no speed limit, you will eventually see 236 mph (380 km/h) on the speedometer.

The fuel consumption may interest no one who can afford to blow €5 million ($5.6 million) on a set of wheels, but it is WLTP-rated at a combined 12.9 mpg US (18.3 l/100 km), although you will have to be very gentle on the throttle, otherwise it will return 5.3 mpg (43.3 l/100 km).

Described as “Bugatti’s first coach-built hyper sports car of the 21st century”, the Divo is limited to only 40 units, and all of them have been spoken for.