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Luxury automobile manufacturer Bugatti, just unveiled a brand new concept sedan – Bugatti Galibier 16C.

What is significant here, is it gives us a heads up to what Bugatti may head after it ends its production of the luxury Veyron model.

The word is that luxury automaker Bugatti plans to introduce the new Galibier 16C concept sedan by 2013.

The plan is for the Bugatti Galibier 16C to have the same 16-cylinder engine as the Veyron.  The difference is that a pair of superchargers will replace the current four turbochargers  in the Veyron.  The Galibier 16C will also offer owners all-wheel drive in addition to am automatic transmission.

Ultimately, the goal is for Bugatti to produce the Galibier 16C and target it as the world’s fastest sedan.

To learn more about new the Bugatti Galibier 16C, go to Autoweek.com

It looks like there’s a changing of the guard in luxury car market.  The Bugatti Veyron is no longer the most expensive car in the world. The Veyron also lost its spot as the fastest car.

That most expensive car title now goes to the One-77. It’s a $2.3 million hand-made coupe that Aston Martin will sell next year.

Rumor is that no more than 77 cars will be built, a figure that makes Bugatti’s run of 300 Veyrons look mass-market and just beats the 80 Veyron roadsters in exclusivity.

“It’s a very special car for customers who want to take the bespoke experience to a higher level,” company chairman David Richard told Autocar. “Every car will be entirely individual.”

Aston Martin isn’t saying much about the One-77, a codename for the as-yet-unnamed coupe, but the project started about 15 months ago.

Aston Martin has identified about 500 potential customers for the One-77.

Top speed is estimated at 220 mph and 60 mph arrives in 3.5 seconds.

Those figures are well short of the 253 mph and 2.5 seconds the Bugatti has hit, but Aston Martin CEO Ulrich Benz says the company isn’t “doing a Veyron.”

The SSC Aero is an American-built mid-engine sports car by Shelby Super Cars (SSC). The SSC (Shelby Super Cars) Ultimate Aero is the higher-performance limited production version.

Many car experts feel the Bugatti Veyron is the fastest car on the road but it’s not, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

In March 2007 it tested the American-made SSC (Shelby Super Cars) Ultimate Aero and crowned it the Fastest Production Car in the world.

The $654,400 twin-turbocharged car boasts a top speed of 257 mph and goes from 0 to 60 in 2.78 seconds. Snagging this title marked a first for a U.S. auto manufacturer since the Ford GT40 claimed the Guinness record in 1967 with a top speed of 167 mph.

The Aero and the Shelby Super Cars company are the brainchildren of Jerod Shelby, who spent over seven years designing the car.

Only twenty-five Aeros are to be produced and it’s unclear how many will be the Ultimate model.

As we all know, gas prices continue to skyrocket and the economy is sputtering. down. For people who have the “need for speed”, the only thing that matters is going extremely fast down the road.

Now if you’re looking a fast car that you can also haul 6 people, or store lots of groceries, you’re out of luck “speed racer.”  These cars are built for speed and looks, and not much else.

For example, the French-made Bugatti Veyron races from 0 to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and effortlessly cruises to a top speed of 253 mph.

Tom duPont, who’s the publisher of duPont Registry, a gallery of fine automobiles, cautions that superfast cars “aren’t for the faint of heart financially or physically.”   Full article