According to Autocar, Wolfgang Dürheimer will be leaving his CEO post at Bugatti and Winkelmann will take his place. However, Dürheimer will stay as the head of Bentley for the time being. However, the reporting article did note that Winkelmann will become the chairman of Bentley in the future.
Wolfgang Dürheimer (left) with Massimiliano Pogliani (centre) and Kevin Rose at Bentley MotorsReplacing Winkelmann is Michael-Julius Renz, who is leaving his position as President of Audi China's sales division. He also previously was the head of sales for Audi in Germany.
At Bugatti, Winkelmann will be overseeing the future Chiron hypercar variants that will be introduced. Autocar says that the rumoured models include the Chiron Grand Sport and Chiron Supercar.