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Bugatti EB 218

Jointly developed concept car (1999)

Summary

Jointly developed concept car (1999)

Field	Value
name	Bugatti EB 218
image	BugattiEB218.JPG
manufacturer	Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
designer	Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign
body_style	4-door saloon
related	{{ubl
layout	Front-engine, all-wheel-drive
engine	6250 cc, 72 Valve W18
class	concept car
transmission	5-speed automatic
wheelbase	3000 mm
length	5349 mm
width	1989 mm
height	1455 mm
weight	2177 kg
predecessor	Bugatti EB 112
successor	Bugatti 16C Galibier
production	1999
caption	Bugatti EB 218 at the 1998 IAA
powerout	555 bhp @ 6800 RPM
479 lb.ft @ 4000 rpm

|Bugatti EB 118 |Bugatti 18/3 Chiron |Lamborghini Diablo 479 lb.ft @ 4000 rpm The Bugatti EB 218 saloon is the second concept car presented by Bugatti under the ownership of the Volkswagen Auto Group. The EB 218 was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, who also designed the EB 112, the car's predecessor and the EB 118, the car's 2-door variant. The EB 218 can be considered as an update of the EB 112, a concept saloon introduced by Bugatti Automobili SpA in 1993. The EB 218 features Volkswagen's unconventional W18 engine and permanent four-wheel drive borrowed from the Lamborghini Diablo VT.

Design

Bugatti commissioned Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign to update the EB 112 concept that he designed for Bugatti Automobili SpA in 1993. The EB218's wheelbase measures 3 m and it has a total length of 5385 mm. This makes the EB 218 longer than the EB 112 by 315 mm. The most notable visual differences between the EB 218 and the EB 112 is a redesigned hood, bumpers and lights. The overall design is far less controversial than the EB 112's "Droopy hatchback-saloon" design and has a much more of a typical saloon shape rather than the EB 112's hatchback shape. The interior design is very simple yet extremely luxurious, with beige leather seats and a large wooden dashboard which manages to keep all the instruments and vents "composed". The EB 218 draws inspiration from the classic Type 101 Guillore.

Debut

Bugatti introduced the EB 218 at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show, one year after its 2-door counterpart was introduced at the 1998 Paris Auto Show.

Powertrain

The EB 218 uses the same W18 engine and permanent four wheel drive powertrain that debuted in the 1998 EB 118. The same technology was used in the 1999 18/3 Chiron concept car.

Power comes from a Volkswagen-designed, 563 PS and 479 lbft, W18 engine. This engine design was extremely unconventional due to the unusual firing order of the engine. The EB 218 W18 engine is composed of three banks of six cylinders with a sixty degree offset between each cylinder bank. In contrast, the W16 engine in Bugatti's (Under Volkswagen ownership) first production car, the 2005 Veyron EB 16.4 features two banks of 8 cylinders, it is basically two W8 engines. The Volkswagen W16 engine is not the same as W engines from the pre war cars or the W18. The Volkswagen W16/W12/W8 engines are actually two banks of VR engines. In the case of the later Veyron they took the W12 from Bentley, which is two times VR6, chopped of 4 cylinders to make a W8 and then doubled that. Note that the W18 was actually a "real" W engine with 3 banks of 6 cylinders. The EB 218 has the permanent all-wheel drive taken from the Lamborghini Diablo VT sports car.

References

(June 2012). "Enciclopedia dell'Automobile - Volumi singoli". Script edizioni.
"1999 Bugatti EB218 - Conceptcarz". conceptcarz.com.

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