Street has the word that Bugatti is planning a targa version of the Bugatti Veyron for 2008.
The Veyron Targa is expected to receive a glass roof engineered by German specialist Webasto — the same company responsible for the Volkswagen Eos’s folding aluminum and glass hardtop. The laminated panel is removable but cannot be stowed on board, according to insiders, because of the EB16.4 Veyron’s tight packaging. As a result, Bugatti plans to equip the new car with an expandable piece of fabric that can be clipped into place to keep rain and sunshine at bay.To help compensate for the added weight brought on by modifications to strengthen the EB16.4 Veyron’s windshield and other necessary changes to its underbody structure, the new Targa will receive carbon-fiber doors and hood. Other modifications include a slightly restyled grille and headlamps incorporating an adaptive function that sees them swivel in tandem with the front wheels. The same changes will be brought over to the coupe, say Inside Line sources.
As a result of its altered aerodynamic properties, Bugatti plans to limit the EB16.4 Veyron’s top speed to 350 kph (217 mph), some 35 mph shy of the coupe’s 407-kph (253 mph) maximum. But even at that speed, it will be able to claim the title of world’s fastest open-top car.