Bugatti supersaloon

Finally! Bugatti has officially revealed its long-awaited flagship saloon car, the 16 C Galibier. 

Set to grace the firm's show stand at the Frankfurt Motor Show on 15 September, the car gets the same 16-cylinder engine that powers the Veyron coupe - mated to an eight-speed automatic gearbox.

With the empahsis of the design and engineering firmly on ultimate luxury, the £900,000 model also gets a distinctive wood and leather trimmed interior, with room for four passengers.

Like the Veyron, which at 1,000bhp offers a top speed of over 240mph, the Galibier also aims to the be the world's fastest saloon. With a detuned 800bhp version of the Veyron's engine under the boonet, top speed should be around 220mph.

To help improve the performance further still, a lightweight body, built of carbon fibre and aluminium, will feature.

Although officially a concept car, Bugatti clearly has high hopes for its latest model  - and first saloon car since the dramatic Atantique concept - hinting that production models could be on sale by 2013, the same year production of the Veyron is tipped to end.