New limited-edition Bugatti rumored for Pebble Beach

The Supercar Blog has heard from

its VIP sources that

Bugatti

has a new special-edition offering planned for debut at

Pebble Beach

. The Molsheim brand enjoys playing to its deep-pocketed crowd at the annual Northern California fest, having introduced the special edition $5.8M Divo there last year, and regularly hosting Grand Tour driving events around the concours.

TSB

didn’t get details on the coming model, but it was told that part of its production run has already been sold.

In 2017, ex-Bugatti CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer said

the identity of a Chiron successor

would need to be answered by this year, after spending 2018 exploring different ideas. Current brand CEO Stefan Winkelmann has spoken broadly about his intention for the automaker and vaguely about what kinds of models could come. He’s repeatedly

nixed the idea of a Bugatti SUV

and said sedans

constitute “a segment that is losing momentum

,” so a four-door wouldn’t be worthwhile. And although he has said the brand “still [has] a lot of

plans” for the W16 engine

, he most recently

mentioned a more affordable, electric daily-driver

, perhaps something that would

sit on a brand new platform

. Whatever gets the green light as a second model, its primary task is to increase Bugatti’s volume.

If a

report in Automobile from last September

is accurate, we should expect three Chiron-based trims to show before the production run ends: a go-faster

SS

, a

Superleggera

, and a targa Aperta. Winkelmann has also said he doesn’t want to do an Aperta version of the Chiron; still, we’re left with nearly every option open for the

rumored

debut at Pebble.

TSB

says Bugatti is working to unveil two

new cars

per year. The La Voiture Noire was one, the Pebble Beach car could be the second, and there’s another rumor of a third car to come at the Grand Tour drive. Just two months away from the event, it’s likely we’ll start getting glimpses before a reveal on the lawn.