After selling almost all 30 of its US$3.9 million special-edition Chiron Super Sport 300+ supercars over dinner this weekend, Bugatti is moving to double its lineup by adding a second model.Unlike the limited-run Chiron a version of the car that set a 304 miles-per-hour record earlier this month the new vehicle may take the shape of a four-seater, Bugatti President Stephan Winkelmann said in an interview.It could also leave the worlds racetracks for some off-road driving, he said, a departure for a brand honed on producing race cars going at incredible speeds.Bugatti, one of a stable of super-premium Volkswagen-owned brands including Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley, is looking at sexy financing for the new model, Winkelmann said. Porsche used a German promissory note called a Schuldschein to partially fund the development and production of the battery-powered Taycan.Demand for supercars remains unbroken, judging by a dinner held at Bugattis headquarters in Molsheim, France, over the weekend. Nearly all of the Chiron Super Sport 300+ models slated for production were sold, Winkelmann said.Even so, the focus at the Frankfurt auto show this week will be on electric vehicles like the Taycan and VWs coming ID.3. A battery version of the Chiron wouldnt work, he said hypercars still need combustion fire power. But he could see a less-expensive daily driver at a lower price, say in the US$1 million range, working in a hybrid-electric set-up.There is still a lot of time for internal combustion engines, the 54-year-old said. The Chiron Super Sport 300+ has some modifications and is 20 centimeters longer than the version that raced around a recently resurfaced Volkswagen track in Ehra-Lessien, Germany.Winkelmann briefly discussed the idea of uniting VWs luxury brands under one umbrella. He declined to be drawn on the prospects of Bugatti holding a public stock offering, saying its not his decision to make.If we put those type of brands together its unique in the automotive industry, Winkelmann
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