--- title: "Bugatti: Front-Engined Grand Tourer With Tourbillon V16 Could ‘Certainly’ Happen " date: "2024-06-23" modified: "2024-06-23" authors: - name: "Beverly Braga" job_title: "Weekend Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/beverly-braga" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/bugatti-front-engined-grand-tourer-with-tourbillon-v16-could-certainly-happen" categories: - "Bugatti News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "bugatti" - "Chiron" - "luxury" - "Supercar" --- # Bugatti: Front-Engined Grand Tourer With Tourbillon V16 Could ‘Certainly’ Happen  ![]() *\Bugatti\* The dust has barely settled after the [Bugatti Tourbillon debuted](), but here we are plotting the ultra-hi-po automaker's next hybrid V16-based vehicle. Well, not us, specifically, but definitely Bugatti design boss Frank Heyl. And, he says, the engine has the flexibility to be outfitted into multiple monocoque formats. So, for example, unlike the mid-engined Tourbillon, the next Bugatti could be a front-engine variant like a certain famed grand tourer of yore. "I mean, look at the [Type 57SC Atlantic](): it’s front-engined," Heyl told [*Autocar*](). "But for now, we are super-happy that we went this way \[with the Tourbillon\].” He suggested that the focus of future models could be more bespoke, including additional one-of-a-kind vehicles like the [La Voiture Noire](). "We'd like to develop the brand into a Couture—few-off, one-off, unique—kind of thing,” said Heyl. That's an interesting aspect, and it's a growing market. It's especially relative to the kind of customer that Bugatti serves—this aspect of ultimate individuality is very, very important." Although not a one-off, the aforementioned Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe is as rare as it is iconic. Only four of the SC variants were built between 1936 and 1938. The last, dubbed La Voiture Noire, went missing and is estimated to be [worth $100 million]() if it's ever found. As if the [modern one-off]() wasn't expensive enough. ![]() *Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante. *Gooding & Company** Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac would only confirm so much, however. "Bugatti has not always just been sports cars," he said. He certainly sees [combustion engines]() as a continuing part of Bugatti's future but emphasizes that his priority is the Tourbillon because "Bugatti has to have a hypercar." The automaker's low volume and owners' low mileages mean little urgency in going fully electric. So, we can expect to see the electrified V16 in more models. The configuration and styling of those models remain to be seen, and everyone at Bugatti is coy. Even the engineers. "We can shuffle bits around," is all Emilio Scervo, Bugatti's chief technical officer, would divulge. Sigh. While we wait for the next bit of Bugatti brilliance, might as well get back to that Type 57SC scavenger hunt. ## Author Born and raised in Hawaii, Beverly has been a prolific and published creative writer since her teens. As a contributor to The Drive, Beverly covers the weekend shift, blogging about all things automotive, mobility, transportation, and topics in-between. Currently a digital nomad, Beverly's only constant is her car, a second-generation Mazdaspeed3. Even though she's never in one place for too long, her hot hatch always feels like home. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()