Bugatti’s secret concept car that could be the Chiron

Bugatti recently showed off alternative designs for the tourbillon, and now they’re giving us a look at a dozen potential Chiron cars. 1:4 scale models were part of the 2008 car design process, and some of them looked better than road-going supercars.

There are some interesting combinations of ideas and shapes, as some proposals are adventurous while others are a bit conservative. There’s even one that resembles the bloated fourth-generation Mitsubishi Eclipse.

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While we’re glad some designs didn’t make it to production, the Alfa-esque proposals are interesting, as are the radical models with high-mounted scoops behind the front glass. It will also be interesting to see how many proposals have wraparound windshields.

The images were revealed ahead of an event at the Bugatti National Automobile Museum in November. As you probably know, it will feature “previously unknown archival material and images…exploring the evolution of the brand over time.”

Former Bugatti design director Achim Anscheidt will be on hand to discuss “efforts to develop a second model series to complement or succeed the Veyron.” You may recall that Bugatti unveiled the Galibier concept car in 2009, when the company was considering putting it into production.

We’ll hopefully learn more next month, but Bugatti also released a previously unseen research sketch of the Atlantic Coupe from 2008. They also released images of their 2014 Vision GT proposal and their 2015 T35 “Racing Vision Study”.

Perhaps the weirdest car is the T35 Homage designed by Walter da Silva. It was essentially Bugatti’s Plymouth Prowler, which was an interesting idea that thankfully didn’t work out.