{"id":23986,"date":"2017-07-31T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T22:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/?p=23986\/"},"modified":"2017-07-25T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T09:01:28","slug":"the-best-concept-cars-of-the-2000s-bugatti-vision-gt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/2017\/07\/the-best-concept-cars-of-the-2000s-bugatti-vision-gt\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BEST CONCEPT CARS OF THE 2000S \/ BUGATTI VISION GT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bugatti\u2019s Vision Gran Turismo was created for the successful GT6 racing game by Sony Polyphony and debuted as a full-size, working prototype at the 2015 Frankfurt motor show. Stripped of excessive luxury and designed to race, the Vision Gran Turismo was the result of engineering expertise and extensive aerodynamic research, which yielded an impressive function driven design containing Bugatti\u2019s four key DNA elements.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u201cWe thought about how to introduce this car, the first signal,\u201d says Bugatti head of design Achim Anscheidt. \u201cWe always wanted to go racing with our product or do special customer projects in that direction and we never had a chance to. So we linked the two things together and [created something] ultra authentic.\u201d Having spent some time with Kazunori Yamauchi (CEO of Polyphony Digital) the Bugatti design team went to work.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Vision Gran Turismo didn\u2019t have to adhere to any regulations in the virtual world for which it was created, says Anscheidt. This allowed the design team to come up with creative solutions that went above and beyond what they observed on LMP1 cars and Le Mans cars. The interior, by Etienne Salom\u00e9, is also a vision for things to come from Bugatti. \u201cThere\u2019s a geometric indication that leans towards the Chiron\u2019s overall architecture,\u201d says Anscheidt.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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In the single seat Vision it is decidedly more performance oriented. The IP, inspired by the Bugatti 57 Atlantic and the current wing shape of the Veyron, was made even more radical with the inclusion of new technologies, such as curved OLED display screen for external cameras that allow for a 270-degree view around the car day or night. Though the Vision Gran Turismo is intended to live exclusively in the virtual world, it was a chance for Bugatti\u2019s design team to work on a dream they\u2019ve long had, and a fitting preview of the next chapter in the brand\u2019s storied history.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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