Mate Rimac, the maverick behind Rimac Automobili and now calling the shots at Bugatti Rimac, just dropped a bombshell: he’s in advanced talks to snatch Porsche’s 45% stake in their joint venture. If this deal goes through, he’ll be holding all the cards, with complete say over both his own trailblazing electric beasts and Bugatti’s next-gen speed demons.
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The Bugatti Rimac alliance, born in 2021, was supposed to be a match made in automotive heaven—pairing Bugatti’s storied legacy with Rimac’s mind-blowing EV wizardry. Porsche, the ever-cautious corporate giant, played mediator, balancing old-school muscle with new-age tech. But Rimac’s itching to cut the red tape and take the wheel solo by 2026.
Word on the street? His opening bid clocks in at just north of $1.1 billion. And get this: he’s already wrangled deep-pocketed backers—global investors and private equity sharks—to bankroll the whole thing. This guy’s got a vision, and he’s dead set on chasing it without big brother Porsche breathing down his neck.
Timing couldn’t be weirder, though. Porsche’s sweating bullets—EV hype is fizzling, China’s market’s wobbling, and tariffs are bleeding them dry. Ditching their Bugatti Rimac share might just be the lifeline they need, especially after axing big-ticket projects like their World Endurance Championship run.
For Rimac? Total control means molding Bugatti and Rimac into one unstoppable force. Picture this: Bugatti’s future hypercars, slathered in Rimac’s groundbreaking tech, screaming down the Autobahn at warp speed. Pulling this off would fast-track innovation like never before.
If successful, the buyout would mark another milestone for Rimac, transforming him from startup founder to the sole leader of two of the world’s most advanced hypercar brands.
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