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Bugatti 16C Galibier concept wallpapers

By George Skentzos |

While officially the Bugatti 16C Galibier concept remains as merely a design study, this hasn’t stopped the marquee from releasing a fresh batch of photos of the ultra-luxury model.

Planned to be the most exclusive, elegant, and powerful four-door automobile in the world, Bugatti has said that the initial feedback received from customers and opinion formers on it had been very positive.

With brands like Aston Martin and Porsche producing exclusive four-door coupes of their own, the likelihood of seeing the Bugatti 16C Galibier concept grows ever more imminent.

It is powered by an 8.0-litre, 16-cylinder engine lifted from the Bugatti Veyron, although substitutes the quad-turbochargers for a far more refined two-stage supercharging system.

With the typical Bugatti radiator grille, unusual round LED headlights and the characteristic centre spine running the length of the vehicle the Bugatti 16C Galibier concept is the perfect evolution of classic Bugatti DNA.


 

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  • Shak

    God, those rear lights look damned aggressive.

  • ABMPSV

    Back window looks like on the Tatra T600. Tatra T600 Tatraplan was designed in 1946-47 by Josef Chalupa. Between 1946 – 1952 6,342 was built. The Tatra T600, named the Tatraplan, was a large car from the Czech manufacturer Tatra.

    • Minnow

      I would say that was then also inspired by the Beetle’s rear window which was in production in 1939.

      • PraetoR

        Beetle was “inspired” by Tatra’s architecture – Tatra V570 and Tatra T97. The inspiration went so far, that they later had to acknowledge intelectual property theft and had to pay large sum of damages. If there wasn’t WW2, VW would never be as the initial law suits were stopped by Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia (and take over of Tatra factory). VW and Porsche was in the 30′s as original as chinese cars are now.

  • Lazybones

    Not sure about the walnut trim, but the side panels and quad exhaust are very very cool

  • Baddass

    Eight exhaust pipes is a little tacky if I’m honest. But the rest of the design is magnificent.

    • Red

      well the SS commodore has a tailpipe for every two cylinders…so i guess it makes sence lol.

  • Devil666

    These headlights are the future of headlights: their design will become more and more like human eyes.

    They look incredible!

    • Fenno

      My thoughts exactly

  • Guyt Littleford

    Substantially superb, though perhaps a little overstated. Ettore was the master of understatement. The chrome dividers on the seats are rather jarring, and the LED lights seem a bit confronting. The steering wheel seems too bright and is perhaps lacking in elegance…

    Certainly the exhaust pipes are overstated.

    The wheels, too…They seem a little …you know…Gemballa…

    A bit too shiny…American, perhaps.

    And the “Galibier” imprinted upon the back of the front seats is surely excessive.

    I’d suggest toning it down…Just a touch….

    A car of this magnificence need not be brash…Must not be brash!

    I’d recommend understatement as a basic principle.

    Elegance, understatement and the inexpressible beauty of linear perfection, as may be seen in the 57 Atlantic.

    And does the car perhaps seem to have a bit of a large derriere?

    Not perhaps in an extreme way, like the 911 SC , but perhaps in a small way, like the 560sec. Well, perhaps this is the fashion today…

    Still…I feel a car should exhibit a purity of form and an elegance from every angle…It’s like a woman…

    You know when you see perfection…And this Bugatti concept is not quite there yet.

    The Veyron is a kind of perfection…And I am sure the Galibier, when it is finished, will be a masterpiece. Not that I’ll buy one…My grandmother wouldn’t sell for quite enough on Ebay. Tempted to give it a try, though.

    • smokin’r32

      *rolls eyes*

    • lazybones

      Its definately a provocative design, and just reading some of the comments it offers things that we all love & hate.

      But personally, this design is growing on me. At first i hated it, but i keep looking at it and finding small design touches which i didn’t see at first. Just like the crease that runs down the centre of the roof and finishes as a tail light. Thats just genius!

  • Nov

    Amazing. Totally amazing.

  • UMWAHT

    looks kind of like a fatter Porsche Panamera

  • Golfschwein

    My mission is to get Car Advice writers to understand that a marquee is something you hold a wedding under. Bugatti is a marque, not a marquee.

    Come on, guys. You’re the journalists.

  • Neo Utopia

    Very nice, but all those pipes are too excesive, two large ovals would do. Those headlights are menacing and the interior materials look very upmarket indeed.

  • CraigS

    Actually, the back window is not like a Tatraplan (or T600) but more like a 603 – the model produced from the mid 50′s. I have one of each so I do know what they look like.