The Gabilier would most likely have been one of if not the most luxurious cars in the world, with interior features such as an analog timepiece which can be mounted in the dash as a clock or on a wristband as a watch.

debuted the Bugatti 16C Galibier 5-door fastback concept at an invitation-only show held at the Molsheim, France assembly salon on September 12, 2009.

Bugatti bosses asked for significant changes to the production design based on customer clinic feedback from the concept.

In an attempt for a more practical "jack of all trades" model, the Galibier grew in length and height, and eschewed the concept's liftgate for a small trunk for further appeal to Chinese buyers.

The Galibier project was cancelled in May 2012, from a viewing by a "powerful and influential gentleman from Salzburg, Austria", (speculated by the press to be Ferdinand Piëch[12]) who expressed a strong disliking of the new design, and how it had changed from the concept.

Bugatti then focused their efforts on the Chiron, which had begun development the previous summer as a precaution in case of the Galibier's cancellation.

[14][15] In 2016, the then Bugatti CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer stated a production version of the Galibier concept was being considered as one of four possible alternatives for a successor to the Chiron.