Many years after the Veyron Barchetta,
Bugatti envisioned a three-model line-up and designed two new concepts, one to
slot below the Chiron in its family and one to sit above the record-breaking
hypercar. The first of these concepts was the Atlantic, created in 2015 as a
modern-day version of the 1936 Type 57 Atlantic. It was scheduled to be unveiled at Pebble
Beach that year. However, the whole dieselgate saga happened soon after and the
debut was canceled.
Bugatti spent 18 months developing the
Atlantic employing some of the technology from the Porsche Taycan project,
which was then known as the Mission E. It likely would have been sold with a
twin-turbo V8, Top Gear reports, as well as with an electric drivetrain. It
also would have been sold in both coupe and roadster guises.
