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	Once-vexed Bugatti Veyron is on the way \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		The original concept had to be redesigned completely, says Thomas Bscher, a former banker who has been president of Automobiles Bugatti since November 2003.
		Bscher had to deliver a product that met bold, public promises: a car capable of 1,000 hp and a top speed of nearly 250 mph.
		Bscher said Bugatti would be sold directly from the factory to customers but could be serviced at Bentley dealerships.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20051015/news_lz1d15bugatti.html (488 words)

	Encyclopedia: Thomas Bscher
		Thomas Bscher has been head of Automobiles Bugatti, part of Volkswagen AG, since December 2003.
		Bscher has extensive management and racing experience, a combination that made him ideally suited for Bugatti, as VW chairman Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder noted when he appointed him to his current job.
		Bscher was partner from 1986 to 1995 with the Sal.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Thomas-Bscher (634 words)

	McLaren F1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Current Bugatti president (and former FIA GT champion McLaren driver) Thomas Bscher regularly uses his F1 to commute from his home in Germany to Bugatti's headquarters in France.
		The Mclaren F1 was the fastest production car ever built until 2005 when the Koenigsegg CCR recorded a speed of 388 km/h (241 mph), a record which has in turn been broken by the Bugatti Veyron.
		Privately built for race teams in order to compete in the Global GT Endurance series as the result of requests by F1 owners Ray Bellm and Thomas Bscher (who is currently in charge of Bugatti).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McLaren_F1 (1488 words)

	Q&A: Thomas Bscher, President, Automobiles Bugatti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thomas Bscher has been head of Automobiles Bugatti, part of Volkswagen AG, since December 2003.
		Bscher has extensive management and racing experience, a combination that made him ideally suited for Bugatti, as VW chairman Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder noted when he appointed him to his current job.
		Bscher was partner from 1986 to 1995 with the Sal.
	www.edmunds.com /insideline/do/Features/articleId=105143 (902 words)

	NakedCleaner.com » Blog Archive » Bugatti to loose Thomas Bscher
		Word in the press has it that the charismatic Thomas Bscher has tendered his resignation as the head of Bugatti.
		Thomas Bscher joined the VAG Group in 2003 to head the EB16.4 Veyron project as it had fallen into issues under it’s previous leader.
		It is said that Thomas Bscher like others in the group has fallen out with the current VW head Martin Winterkorn.
	www.nakedcleaner.com /2007/03/14/bugatti-to-loose-thomas-bscher (274 words)

	Autocar Online - Printable News Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Further details remain scarce at this stage, but new boss Thomas Bscher revealed the first nuggets of information about the new small Bugatti last week.
		In an interview with our German sister magazine, auto motor und sport, Bscher hinted the new car could be sold for as little as 100,000 (£67,000) and would be produced at a projected rate of 2000 per year.
		Bscher admitted that Bugatti is aiming to move into profit in 2009, once the second model range is up to speed.
	www.autocarmagazine.co.uk /printfriendly/pf_newsarticle.asp?s=article&NA_ID=207807 (264 words)

	TCC Blog » Blog Archive » Bugatti’s Bscher Out: Veyron Plus None
		Bscher took over the helm of the Bugatti project during a time when the car was in development hell, over budget and nowhere near launch.
		Bscher, a former Formula 1 driver, delivered a machine that is capable of 250 mph and has 987 hp.
		Bscher apparently had been pressing management to add a second product line — but with ambitious expansions at Bentley and Lamborghini underway, VW management are said to have had little intent to push the stratospheric Bugatti brand downmarket.
	www.thecarconnection.com /blog/?p=470 (394 words)

	THOMAS BSCHER BECOMES NEW HEAD OF BUGATTI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thomas Bscher (51) is to take up the position of Head of the Bugatti brand within the Volkswagen Group.
		Thomas Bscher has extensive experience in the field of management.
		Since then, in addition to a very successful career in motorsport, Thomas Bscher has also been actively involved in managing several of his own companies.
	media.vw.com /print_doc.cfm?article_id=9177 (239 words)

	24th of December: Dr. Thomas Bscher - Classic Driver - MAGAZINE - Classic Life
		Thomas Bscher, President of Bugatti Automobiles: "The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is more than just another new car.
		Thomas Bscher was born in Marburg an der Lahn, Germany.
		Between 1986 and 1995 Dr. Bscher was a partner in the private banking house Sal.
	www.classicdriver.com /uk/magazine/3800.asp?id=12759 (449 words)

	Maserati Corse
		In Group A, Thomas Bscher, in a Maserati 250F, was followed home by a formidable Stefan Schollwoeck, at the wheel of his 6CM, and the 250F driven by Peter Heuberger.
		Thomas Bscher comfortably cruised to victory in the first Group A race.
		Thomas Bscher doubled up with relative ease in the second Group B race.
	www.maseraticorse.com /home.php?lang=eng&menuid=0301060008&idsitm=CN (780 words)

	Thomas Bscher Becomes New Head of Bugatti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thomas Bscher (51) is to take up the position of Head of the Bugatti brand within the Volkswagen Group.
		Thomas Bscher has extensive experience in the field of management.
		Since then, in addition to a very successful career in motorsport, Thomas Bscher has also been actively involved in managing several of his own companies.
	www.vwvortex.com /artman/publish/bugatti_news/printer_372.shtml (247 words)

	ITV Motoring - Bugatti In Production
		Bugatti's President since 2003 has been former banker and racing driver Thomas Bscher, who recently admitted that when he took on the job he was faced with over 600 engineering conflicts in the car's design.
		According to Bscher, there are firm orders for 30 at the moment, with some customers having ordered two - one to drive and one to keep as a work of art.
		Bscher is also holding back on public appearances for the Veyron and its successor, refusing to attend the 2005 Frankfurt and 2006 Detroit Shows for cost reasons.
	www.carkeys.co.uk /news/2005/september/05/6852.asp (301 words)

	Maserati Corse
		From Friday’s qualifying on, the Maserati drivers showed what they were capable of by filling three top positions with Thomas Bscher in Group A in the 250F and Max Werner in Group B at the wheel of the 300S.
		Bscher still managed to finish second with Carlos Monteverde’s Ferrari 750 Monza in third.
		Another clash between Thomas Bscher and Max Werner characterised Race 2 in Group B. Bscher was able to edge ahead at the start but Werner, on lap 2, completed a textbook overtaking move on the straight to put his 450S ahead of his rival.
	www.maseraticorse.com /home.php?lang=eng&menuid=0301060010&idsitm=CN (797 words)

	Inside Château Bugatti - - Car and Driver - May 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		But Bugatti is a part-time job for Bscher, who is a highly successful banker and has been known to commute from his home in Cologne to business in Frankfurt at 200 mph in his McLaren.
		When Bscher became president in December 2003 upon Neumann's retirement, VW transmission expert Wolfgang Schreiber was appointed to head Bugatti Engineering.
		Bscher gives Schreiber the credit for getting the project back on track and resolving the thousands of detail issues that arise when the quality, production, and safety standards of a huge company are applied to a roadgoing machine that is faster than most race cars.
	www.caranddriver.com /features/9402/inside-chteau-bugatti-page2.html (536 words)

	Auto News Archives dated 12/30/1897 - Indiacar.com
		His departure is the latest in a long line of high-ranking Volkswagen Group executives who have been sent walking since the former Audi boss replaced Bernd Pischetsreider at the head of Europe's largest carmaker on January 1.
		However, he was said to have been at odds with Winterkorn over the future direction of the famed French marque, under Volkswagen control since 1998.
		Bscher, a self-made millionaire, former racing driver and partner of Cologne-based Sal Oppenheim, Jr., responsible for corporate finance and financial markets, was brought into the Bugatti fold by Pischetsreider in 2003 following lengthening delays in the development of the EB16.4 Veyron.
	www.indiacar.com /newsarchives/news_details.asp?id=n52870 (307 words)

	Bugatti Veyron - Wikicars
		Neumann was replaced as Bugatti president by Thomas Bscher in December of 2003, and substantial modifications were made to the Veyron under the guidance of former VW engineer, Bugatti Engineering head Wolfgang Schreiber.
		Bscher also reported that 14 cars have been completed and most will be shipped to the United States.
		Thomas Bscher - was to be one of the first owners, until he was appointed as the chairman of Bugatti, as a result, he allowed his waiting list position to be ceded to others.
	wikicars.org /en/Bugatti_Veyron (2826 words)

	AutoWeek - The Auto Enthusiast's Online Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The original concept had to be redesigned completely, said Thomas Bscher, a former banker who has been president of Automobiles Bugatti since November 2003.
		Bscher had to deliver a product that met bold, public promises: a car capable of 1,000 hp and a top speed of nearly 250 mph.
		Bscher said that Bugatti will be sold directly from the factory to customers but could be serviced at Bentley dealerships.
	www.autoweek.com /news.cms?newsId=103158 (972 words)

	Autocar Online - Printable News Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Billed as the world's fastest road car, with a claimed top speed of 252mph, the Veyron has had a troublesome development.
		However, concerns about its high-speed stability and durability problems forced Bscher to postpone the launch to allow for further engineering work.
		Bscher said a maximum of 300 Veyrons will be assembled at Bugatti's showcase factory in Molsheim, France, 50 of which are already accounted for by paid-up deposits.
	www.autocar.co.uk /printfriendly/pf_newsarticle.asp?s=article&NA_ID=212243 (106 words)

	Spa Shell Historics - Ferrari Happenings - The Ferrari Owners' Club
		Free practise and qualifying took place in miserable wet conditions, which left you in awe of the drivers risking themselves and their cars on the streaming track, particularly the early single seater drivers with minimal safety equipment and plumes of spray streaming off the wheels, reducing visibility even further.
		Fortunately all, apart from the Maserati 250F of Thomas Bscher, survived unscathed and the track conditions were much better for the races, only the first Grid A single seater race taking place on a track still wet in places.
		On Sunday Bscher didn't make the same mistake, but it was still Hahne who took the victory followed by Bscher, with Binnie again taking third.The best Ferrari could manage was fourth on Saturday for the 250 GT LWB TdF berlinetta of Plinio Haas, and seventh on Sunday for the 750 Monza of Carlos Monteverde.
	ferrariownersclub.co.uk /happenings/2001/may/spa_shell_historics.html (777 words)

	ROADandTRACK.com -- Ampersand - Letter From Europe (6/2005)
		Thomas Bscher, ex-bank manager and current managing director of Bugatti, whom I met on his company’s stand at the Geneva auto show, was a very successful gentleman racing driver of a McLaren F1 in the late ’90s.
		As such, nobody is in a better position to know what the Bugatti Veyron 16-4 needs to become the fastest and most perfect supercar ever built.
		This, Bscher says, has been done with the combined help of a retractable rear wing and a retractable horizontal spoiler.
	www.roadandtrack.com /article.asp?section_id=12&article_id=2236 (246 words)

	SPEEDtv.com
		Reports published in the German financial press suggest that the Bugatti brand head, who was hired in 2003 to stabilize the floundering Veyron project, tendered his resignation at the end of last week.
		However, there's an increasing prominence on the VW board of voices sympathetic to Porsche's interests; they are reported to view further investment in the Bugatti brand as misplaced, and it appears they have now done enough to permanently defeat the brand's biggest proponent.
		Bscher seemed the perfect hand for the Bugatti tiller four years ago, having extensive experience in the field of management, boasting a glittering motorsport career and having played a pivotal role in the development of McLaren F1 — a race car in which he placed fourth at the Le Mans 24 hours in 1996.
	www.speedtv.com /articles/automotive/automotiveindustry/35947 (482 words)

	10 Tenths Motorsport - Thomas Bscher, where are you?
		As far as I know, he hasn't run a car since the privateer BMW in '99, which is a great shame, as he's had a lot of success in the past.
		I believe Bscher is German, and currently he is, well, banking.
		Bscher lives around Cologne and his office is in Frankfurt, some 200 km away.
	www.ten-tenths.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-37220.html (545 words)

	Le blog auto: actualités automobiles et sport automobile.
		Thomas Bscher a vu rouge lorsqu’à l’évocation d’un second modèle pour Bugatti l’actuel président de Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn a rétorqué à des journalistes que celui ci devait arrêter de rêver.
		Thomas Bscher, ancien pilote de F1, vainqueur du championnat GT en 1985 en Angleterre ou encore 5ème au Mans en 1999 sur BMW V12 est aussi un banquier réputé.
		Thomas Bscher excellent manager et commercial hors pair n’a jamais été un industriel de l’automobile comme Paefgen.
	www.leblogauto.com /2007/03/la-fin-du-reve-pour-bugatti-et-thomas-bscher.html (1572 words)

	Barchetta at the races!
		On the podium, Nielsen, Schenetti and Facetti, along with Bscher and Menegatto were awarded their trophies by Alejandro De Tomaso, Gigi Villoresi and Luisa Valdevit.
		By half distance Nielsen had a 20 second advantage over the accomplished Schenetti, and posted the fastest lap, recording a time of 1 min 22.870 secs, an average speed of 130.012 kph, and went on to add to his tally of championship points.
		Thomas Bscher from Germany was unable to attend.
	www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk /alfieri197.htm (4436 words)

	- - Auto Africa - - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		--> Dr Thomas Bscher is to become the new head of Volkswagen's Bugatti brand in December.
		Bscher replaces Karl-Heinz Neumann, who will retire at the end of this year after 38 years.
		Neumann was fired by group chairman Bernd Pischetsreider in August following delays with the Bugatti EB Veyron 16.4.
	www.autoafrica.com /content/news/singlepage.asp?in=5166 (167 words)

	Bugatti on target - News - Autocar Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		According to Bscher, the main engineering challenge has been to accommodate the huge 8.0-litre, 1001bhp, four-turbo V16 engine and its ancillaries inside the Veyron’s svelte shape.
		Extensive road and circuit testing has been going well (as our photographs show), and prototypes are believed to have achieved 2.8sec for a 0-62mph sprint, and exceeded the promised 400km/h (248.4mph) top speed.
		Bscher acknowledges that VW-owned Bugatti will need more models to achieve profitability, and will unveil a drop-top Veyron in the next couple of years.
	www.autocar.co.uk /news_article.asp?na_id=213701 (262 words)

	www.Bugatti-Veyron-16.4.com - 2006 Bugatti Veyron 16/4 History and development, containing lots of unique wallpaper ...
		It was planned all along that the Veyron would only be shown in Tokyo, LA and Geneva, with Dr. Thomas Bscher, President of Bugatti Automobiles citing the reason being that these autoshows are the most important markets for luxury automobiles in general and for Bugatti in particular.
		Bscher concluded by saying, “The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 has unanimously been very highly appraised by the international media and a few selected customers who have already had the privilege of experiencing the car.
		And we are delighted to present the new Bugatti to a wider audience here in Los Angeles.” It was at the end of 2003 that Dr. Bscher took overall responsibility for the Bugatti project and led the car to a successful start of production at the end of 2005.
	www.bugatti-veyron-16-4.com (687 words)

	ROADandTRACK.com -- Daily Auto Insider - Buyers Lining Up For Million-Plus-Dollar Bugatti Veyrons (3/2006) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bscher said complying with ever-tightening pollution and safety norms in the U.S. and Europe is a major headache and noted that the company had to destroy a Veyron in a crash test.
		Initially it planned to build 50 a year over six years but the company may step up production to 75 a year by adding an extra shift at its plant at Molsheim in eastern France and reducing the production run to four years.
		The company gives priority to customers who are either car collectors or have some close association with automobiles, the story said.
	www.roadandtrack.com /article.asp?section_id=14&article_id=3323 (224 words)

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