Bugatti Automobiles SAS
The Bugatti Logo
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Private Société par actions simplifiée |
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| Fate | purchased by Volkswagen AG (July 1998) |
| Predecessor | Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. |
| Founded | July 1998 |
| Headquarters | Molsheim, France |
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Area served
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Worldwide (except Australia) |
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Key people
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Wolfgang Dürheimer (President) |
| Products | Bugatti Chiron |
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Production output
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Number of employees
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297(2016) |
| Parent | Volkswagen AG |
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| Website | bugatti |
38 vehicles (2011)
Coordinates: 48°31′36″N 7°29′59″E / 48.52675556°N 7.499683333°E
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. is a French high-performance luxury automobiles manufacturer and a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, with its head office and assembly plant in Molsheim, Alsace, France. Volkswagen purchased the Bugatti trademark in June 1998 and incorporated Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. in 1999.
Bugatti presented several concept cars between 1998 and 2000 before commencing development of its first production model, the Veyron 16.4, delivering the first Veyron to a customer in 2005.
At the urging of then-chairman Ferdinand Piëch, Volkswagen purchased the rights to produce cars under the Bugatti marque in June 1998. This followed the earlier Volkswagen purchases of the Lamborghini marque (by VW's Audi subsidiary), the Rolls-Royce factory in Crewe, United Kingdom, and the Bentley marque.
On 22 December 2000, Volkswagen officially incorporated Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S., with former VW drivetrain chief Karl-Heinz Neumann as president. The company purchased the 1856 Château Saint Jean, formerly Ettore Bugatti's guest house in Dorlisheim, near Molsheim, and began refurbishing it to serve as the company's headquarters. The original factory was still in the hands of Snecma, who were unwilling to part with it. At the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in August 2000, VW announced that they would instead build a new modern atelier (factory) next to and south of the Château. The atelier was officially inaugurated on 3 September 2005.
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