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12-23-2009, 09:02 PM
Filed under: Sedan (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/), Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Government/Legal (http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/), Bugatti (http://www.autoblog.com/category/bugatti/), Luxury (http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/bugatti-galibier.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/)Bugatti Galibier concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/bentley-galibier-tm.jpg (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/12/bugatti-files-trademarks-for-16c.html)The question of whether or not Volkswagen (http://www.autoblog.com/make/volkswagen) will decide to put the Bugatti 16C Galibier (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/14/bugatti-galibier-leaks-out-after-private-unveiling-in-molsheim/) into production is still unanswered. While we've heard rumors that the German automaker was leaning towards the affirmative (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/01/report-bugatti-16c-galibier-gets-the-1-5-million-go-ahead/), the green light has yet to be lit.
Still, Bugatti (http://www.autoblog.com/make/bugatti) is making sure all of its ducks are in a row... just in case. Evidence of such can be seen in a trademark filing with the World Intellectual Property Organization that seeks to keep other automakers from stealing the car's design and shape. After all, it's happened before (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/24/thats-rich-geely-reportedly-denies-copying-rolls-royce/).
With Veyron (http://www.autoblog.com/model/veyron) production scheduled to come to an end after the 2012 model year, Bugatti only has a little bit of time to decide if it's moving forward on that supercar's successor, and if so, whether or not the front-engine, four-door Galibier is the direction it needs to go. We should know soon enough.
Gallery: Bugatti 16C Galibier concept (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/bugatti_galibier_10_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/bugatti_galibier_11_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/bugatti_galibier_14_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/bugatti_galibier_09_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/bugatti_galibier_07_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)
[Source: Carscoop (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/12/bugatti-files-trademarks-for-16c.html)]Bugatti trademarks 16C Galibier shape, production decision coming soon? (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/23/bugatti-trademarks-16c-galibier-shape-production-decision-comin/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/bugatti-galibier.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/)Bugatti Galibier concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/bentley-galibier-tm.jpg (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/12/bugatti-files-trademarks-for-16c.html)The question of whether or not Volkswagen (http://www.autoblog.com/make/volkswagen) will decide to put the Bugatti 16C Galibier (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/14/bugatti-galibier-leaks-out-after-private-unveiling-in-molsheim/) into production is still unanswered. While we've heard rumors that the German automaker was leaning towards the affirmative (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/01/report-bugatti-16c-galibier-gets-the-1-5-million-go-ahead/), the green light has yet to be lit.
Still, Bugatti (http://www.autoblog.com/make/bugatti) is making sure all of its ducks are in a row... just in case. Evidence of such can be seen in a trademark filing with the World Intellectual Property Organization that seeks to keep other automakers from stealing the car's design and shape. After all, it's happened before (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/24/thats-rich-geely-reportedly-denies-copying-rolls-royce/).
With Veyron (http://www.autoblog.com/model/veyron) production scheduled to come to an end after the 2012 model year, Bugatti only has a little bit of time to decide if it's moving forward on that supercar's successor, and if so, whether or not the front-engine, four-door Galibier is the direction it needs to go. We should know soon enough.
Gallery: Bugatti 16C Galibier concept (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/bugatti_galibier_10_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/bugatti_galibier_11_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/bugatti_galibier_14_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/bugatti_galibier_09_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/bugatti_galibier_07_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/bugatti-galibier-concept-0/low/)
[Source: Carscoop (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/12/bugatti-files-trademarks-for-16c.html)]Bugatti trademarks 16C Galibier shape, production decision coming soon? (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/23/bugatti-trademarks-16c-galibier-shape-production-decision-comin/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Read (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/12/bugatti-files-trademarks-for-16c.html) | Permalink (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/23/bugatti-trademarks-16c-galibier-shape-production-decision-comin/) | Email this (http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19292273/) | Comments (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/23/bugatti-trademarks-16c-galibier-shape-production-decision-comin/#comments)