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Bugatti Racing Car Rumors
A month after buying the rights to the legendary prewar Bugatti marque,
Volkswagen reportedly plans to attach it to a prototype of a new racing car
it will display at the Paris Auto Show. 

The daily Braunschweiger Zeitung reported Thursday that VW would unveil a
new Bugatti with a unique 18-cylinder engine in Paris Sept. 29. But it said
the automaker has yet to decide whether to produce the car for sale. 

The fuel-injected engine, three VR6 motors put together, will put out 600
horsepower, the newspaper said. 

Volkswagen spokesman Kurt Rippholz declined to comment on the report, but
sources within the company said the actual performance is slightly lower.

The company had been negotiating for the rights to the Bugatti name for more
than a year before closing a deal in August with Luxembourg-based Bugatti
International S.A. for an undisclosed sum. 

VW's interest in reviving the nameplate, which gained fame in the early
1900s with spectacular successes on European racetracks, reportedly has
waned, however, with its acquisitions this year of the luxury Bentley and
Lamborghini lines.
(Sept 18)
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