Bugatti 16:4 Veyron Concept and Early Production PDF Manual

Bugatti throughout its history has merged extraordinary performance capability and prestige with what is essentially art. While many will dispute the use of the term “Art” to describe a car, there is no doubt that the people who design and build Bugatti’s are Artisans, even if the company is under the control of Volkswagen. The current Bugatti ”factory” is known as the “Atelier”, or artists workshop. Between the establishment of Bugatti by Ettore in 1909 through to the outbreak of WW2 – Bugatti flourished. The name was synonymous with the most presti- gious and highest performance cars of the era.

Racing success was also a major part of the Bugatti legend. Between 1939 and Volkswagen’s purchase of the brand in 1998, the company, under its various ownership had little success. Upon its purchase and under the directorship (some might say dictatorship) of the then Chairman – Ferdinand Piech, Volkswagen set out to re-establish the Bugatti name at a level above all others. No expense was spared. Piech immediately commissioned a se- ries of designs from ItalDesign who had worked with the previous owners of Bugatti. Four primary concepts where built for the motorshow circuit, three of which where styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro; the Chiron, the 118 (a 2dr luxury coupe) and the 218 (essentially a 4dr version of the 118). Volkswagen and more importantly Piech were not satisfied with the direction of the 118 for the first Halo car, he wanted a much more sports oriented car.

The first car to re-launch the Bugatti name had to reach performance levels unseen before and the sporting nature of the car was reflected in the name chosen. Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 for Bugatti. The design duties were brought in-house for the first Veyron Concept. The Veyron’s chief designer was Hartmut Warkuss, the exterior was designed by Jozef Kaban( of Volkswagen, The Vey-
ron Concept was designated 18.4 as it used the W18 engine from the Chiron and 1999 Bentley Hunaudières concept car. During development the engine configuration changed to a W16 and the designation to 16.4. The major difference between the 18.4 (more accurately at times designated 18.3) and the 16.4 was that the W18 engine used three banks of six cylinders and the 16.4 was really two banks of narrow angle V8’s.

Development of the Veyron commenced fullbore in 1999 and continued at a rapid pace throughout 2000 and 2001 when the EB 16.4 Veyron was promoted to “Advanced concept” status. In late 2001, Bugatti announced that the Veyron 16.4, would go into production in 2003. It was promised to be the fastest and most powerful car built. Piëch retired in 2002 as chairman of the Volkswagen Group and was replaced by Bernd Pischetsrieder who stamping his authority on the company sent the Veyron back to the drawing board for major revisions. Substantial modifications were made to the Veyron under the direction of Bugatti Engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber, formerly of Volkswagen ..

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Filed Under (Bugatti, Cars Specifications) by m4d35 on 16-03-2010
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