How do you succeed something that looks to be imminently irreplaceable?

That’s a question that everyone at Bugatti->ke16 will be wondering when the time comes for the Bugatti Veyron->ke1112 to say farewell to all of us and give way to its successor. But if they are having some trouble thinking of a design for the Veyron successor, London-based designer Timur Bozca has a few ideas, including an odd choice of a name.

Bozca, an industrial designer from Coventry University of Automotive & Transport Design, understood that designing the supercar that would ultimately replace the iconic Veyron was easier said than done. So he went about working on a car that featured plenty of hard lines coupled with a more streamlined profile than the Veyron. Add a new front grille, a more aggressive fascia profile, and a touch of deep red and black, and you have Bozca’s work of art: the freakishly named Bugatti Lucifer.

Odd choice for a name notwithstanding, Bozca gave the Lucifer a powertrain that would make the Veyron proud: an 8.0-liter W16 engine that produces 1,001 horsepower and 890 lb/ft of torque mated to an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission with a top speed of somewhere in the neighborhood of 220 mph.

While we don’t necessarily agree with the name-of-choice, we have to give Timur Bozca some props for the craftily-designed Veyron successor because that is one mean-looking SOB.

2012 Bugatti Lucifer Design Study

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  • Model: 2012 Bugatti Lucifer Design Study
  • Engine/Motor: six cylinder Boxer
  • Horsepower: 530

2011 Bugatti Lucifer Design Study

Specifications
  • Make: Array
  • Model: 2011 Bugatti Lucifer Design Study
  • Engine/Motor: six cylinder Boxer
  • Horsepower: 530
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