Rumormill: Bugatti and Bentley join forces to battle Rolls-Royce
The whisperers have it that Bugatti may be borrowing from Bentley for a new sedan. What they can't seem to pinpoint is exactly what kind of sharing the two marques will be doing, and whether or not the resulting super Bug will be a supremely high-powered four-door to compete with the Rolls-Royce Phantom. If the two brands do indeed share something, like the next Arnage's platform, for instance, that might make sense. But just a few months ago, Bugatti said that its next product would be even more expensive than the Veyron, and lead man Josef Paefgen has also said that there will be no inexpensive Bugatti.
A $400,000 sedan wouldn't be inexpensive, true, but compared to $1.6 million for a Veyron, it's a flat-out bargain. Besides, the $242,000 Arnage T, after all the bespoke options, would come perilously close to a $400K Bugatti in price, and the next Bentley Arnage is growing in order to fight the Phantom. So if a Bugatti sedan with Bentley underpinnings were that close in price to a Rolls Phantom... then who's Bentley meant to get in the ring with?
[Source: TopSpeed via German Car Blog]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TyWright 4:19PM (10/09/2008)
Oh please do it!! I PROMISE I'll save up!
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mkevin88 4:24PM (10/09/2008)
i wonder if the economic crisis will ever get bad enough to affect super-luxo automobile sales....doubt it
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TRAVIS D 4:36PM (10/09/2008)
no because when the super rich go bankrupt we'll just bail em out so they can still buy their million dollar cars.
VladdyTrout 4:36PM (10/09/2008)
If true, this will be cool. Another uber-luxery sedan is always nice (to wish I could own!) I remember years ago there was a prototype Bugatti sedan and it was sweet looking. Read about it in an old Car and Driver magazine.
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Torrent 5:19PM (10/09/2008)
That bugatti is sexy
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3seriesisking 6:05PM (10/09/2008)
But Rolls-Royce is invincible!!!!
fixitfixitstop 5:36PM (10/09/2008)
They don't have to "join forces" when they're both divisions of Volkswagen AG.
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FFS 12:33AM (10/10/2008)
And why be so worried about Rolls Royce, they were the ones who sold it to BMW in the first place
Jeff Bridges 5:40PM (10/09/2008)
Makes sense since both Bugatti and Bentley are under the Volkswagen Group anyway. Bugatti is my favorite make, please do even though I could never afford one...
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Kitko 5:52PM (10/09/2008)
Exactly, VW (Porsche) is to battle BMW. What else is new?
P.V. 6:31PM (10/09/2008)
NO! Let Bentley keep the sedans!
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arturo 8:09PM (10/09/2008)
i am always confuse about who owns who what. i hate this connection thing. anyways a bentley/buggati with a 1000 hp I am sure it beats rolls royce. lol
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bitingLobster 2:26AM (10/10/2008)
Didn't the Veyron start as a Bentley as well?
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/02/separated-at-birth-bugatti-veyron-and-bentley-hunaudieres-conce/
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Cardude 4:37AM (10/10/2008)
Oooh! That's HOT! Me like!
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shiva 10:49PM (10/23/2008)
lol bentley versus rolls royce? theyre both under the same wing...
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