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This article is about the historic car maker. For the malised the transfer of Alsace from Germany to France,
current successor, see Bugatti Automobiles.
Bugatti was able to obtain, at the last minute, a stand at the
For other uses, see Bugatti (disambiguation).
15th Paris motor show in October 1919.[1] He exhibited
three light cars, all of them closely based on their prewar equivalents, and each tted with the same overhead
Coordinates: 483132N 073001E / 48.52556N
camshaft 4-cylinder 1,368cc engine with four valves per
7.50028E
cylinder.[1] Smallest of the three was a "Type 13" with a
Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a French car racing body (constructed by Bugatti themselves) and usmanufacturer of high-performance automobiles, founded ing a chassis with a 2,000 mm (78.7 in) wheelbase.[1] The
in 1909 in the then German city of Molsheim, Alsace by others were a "Type 22" and a "Type 23" with wheelbases
Italian-born Ettore Bugatti. Bugatti cars were known for of 2,250 and 2,400 mm (88.6 and 94.5 in) respectively.[1]
their design beauty (Ettore Bugatti was from a family of
artists and considered himself to be both an artist and
constructor) and for their many race victories. Famous
1.2 Racing successes
Bugattis include the Type 35 Grand Prix cars, the Type
41 Royale, the Type 57 Atlantic and the Type 55
The company also enjoyed great success in early Grand
sports car.
Prix motor racing: in 1929 a privately entered Bugatti
The death of Ettore Bugatti in 1947 proved to be the end won the rst ever Monaco Grand Prix. Racing success
for the marque, and the death of his son Jean Bugatti culminated with driver Jean-Pierre Wimille winning the
in 1939 ensured there was not a successor to lead the 24 hours of Le Mans twice (in 1937 with Robert Benoist
factory. No more than about 8000 cars were made. and 1939 with Pierre Veyron).
The company struggled nancially, and released one last
Bugatti cars were extremely successful in racing. The litmodel in the 1950s, before eventually being purchased
tle Bugatti Type 10 swept the top four positions at its rst
for its airplane parts business in the 1960s. In the 1990s,
race. The 1924 Bugatti Type 35 is probably the most
an Italian entrepreneur revived it as a builder of limsuccessful racing car of all time, with over 2,000 wins.
ited production exclusive sports cars. Today, the name
Bugattis swept to victory in the Targa Florio for ve years
is owned by German automobile manufacturing group
straight from 1925 through 1929. Louis Chiron held the
Volkswagen.
most podiums in Bugatti cars, and the modern marque revival Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. named the 1999 Bugatti
18/3 Chiron concept car in his honour. But it was the nal
1 Under Ettore Bugatti
racing success at Le Mans that is most remembered
Jean-Pierre Wimille and Pierre Veyron won the 1939
Founder Ettore Bugatti was born in Milan, Italy, and the race with just one car and meagre resources.
automobile company that bears his name was founded
in 1909 in Molsheim located in the Alsace region which
was part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1919. The 1.3 Aeroplane racing
company was known both for the level of detail of its engineering in its automobiles, and for the artistic way in In the 1930s, Ettore Bugatti got involved in the creation
which the designs were executed, given the artistic nature of a racer airplane, hoping to beat the Germans in the
of Ettores family (his father, Carlo Bugatti (18561940), Deutsch de la Meurthe prize. This would be the Bugatti
was an important Art Nouveau furniture and jewelry de- 100P,[2][3] which never ew. It was designed by Belsigner).
gian engineer Louis de Monge who had already applied
Bugatti Brescia engines in his Type 7.5 lifting body.
1.1
During the war Ettore Bugatti was sent away, initially to 1.4 Railcar
Milan and later to Paris, but as soon as hostilities had
been concluded he returned to his factory at Molsheim.[1] Ettore Bugatti also designed a successful motorised railLess than four months after the Versailles Treaty for- car, the Autorail (Autorail Bugatti).[4]
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6 MODERN REVIVALS
1.5
A family tragedy
The death of Ettore Bugattis son, Jean Bugatti, on 11 Au- 4.2 1956 Formula One
gust 1939 marked a turning point in the companys fortunes. Jean died while testing a Type 57 tank-bodied race (key)
car near the Molsheim factory.
* The World Constructors Championship was not
awarded before 1958.
Design
3.1
5 Attempts at revival
The company attempted a comeback under Roland
Bugatti in the mid-1950s with the mid-engined Type 251
race car. Designed with help from Gioacchino Colombo,
the car failed to perform to expectations and the companys attempts at automobile production were halted.
In the 1960s, Virgil Exner designed a Bugatti as part of
his "Revival Cars" project. A show version of this car
was actually built by Ghia using the last Bugatti Type 101
chassis, and was shown at the 1965 Turin Motor Show.
Finance was not forthcoming, and Exner then turned his
attention to a revival of Stutz.
Bugatti continued manufacturing airplane parts and was
sold to Hispano-Suiza, also a former auto maker turned
aircraft supplier, in 1963. Snecma took over HispanoSuiza in 1968. After acquiring Messier, Snecma merged
Messier and Bugatti into Messier-Bugatti in 1977.
Gallery
1913 Bugatti 22, 3 seat Vinet
6 Modern revivals
6.1 Bugatti Automobili SpA 19871995
1938 Type 57SC Atlantic from the Ralph Lauren Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli acquired the Bugatti
brand in 1987, and established Bugatti Automocollection
bili SpA. Bugatti commissioned architect Giampaolo
1933 Type 59 Grand Prix racer from the Ralph Lau- Benedini to design the factory which was built in
ren collection
Campogalliano, Italy.
6.2
By 1989 the plans for the new Bugatti revival were pre- Bugatti Veyron 16.4
sented by Paolo Stanzani and Marcello Gandini, designers of the Lamborghini Miura and Lamborghini Coun- Main article: Bugatti Automobiles
tach. Bugatti called their rst production vehicle the
Bugatti EB110 GT. Bugatti advertised the EB110 as the Volkswagen AG acquired the Bugatti brand in 1998.
most technically advanced sports car ever produced.
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. commissioned Giorgetto
Famed racing car designer Mauro Forghieri served as Giugiaro of ItalDesign to produce Bugattis rst concept
Bugattis technical director from 1992 through 1994.
vehicle, the EB118, a coup that debuted at the 1998
On 27 August 1993, through his holding company, Paris Auto Show. The EB118 concept featured a 408ACBN Holdings S.A. of Luxembourg, Romano Artioli kilowatt (555 PS; 547 bhp), W-18 engine. After its Paris
purchased Lotus Cars from General Motors. Bugatti debut, the EB118 concept was shown again in 1999 at the
made plans to list the companys shares on international Geneva Auto Show and the Tokyo Motor Show.
stock exchanges.
Bugatti introduced its next concepts, the EB 218 at the
Bugatti presented a prototype large saloon called the 1999 Geneva Motor Show and the 18/3 Chiron at the
1999 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA).
EB112 in 1993.
Perhaps the most famous Bugatti EB110 owner was
seven-time Formula One World Champion racing driver
Michael Schumacher who purchased an EB110 in 1994.
Schumacher sold his EB110, which had been repaired after a severe 1994 crash, to Modena Motorsport, a Ferrari
service and race preparation garage in Germany.
By the time the EB110 came to market, the North American and European economies were in recession. Poor
economic conditions forced the company to fail and operations ceased in September 1995. A model specic to
the US market called the Bugatti America was in the
preparatory stages when the company ceased operations.
Bugattis liquidators sold Lotus Cars to Proton of
Malaysia. German rm Dauer Racing purchased the
EB110 licence and remaining parts stock in 1997 in order
to produce ve more EB110 SS vehicles. These ve SS
versions of the EB110 were greatly rened by Dauer. The
Campogalliano factory was sold to a furniture-making
company, which subsequently collapsed before moving in, leaving the building unoccupied.[8] After Dauer
stopped producing cars in 2011, Toscana-Motors GmbH
of Germany purchased the remaining parts stock from
Dauer.
7 See also
Muse National de l'Automobile de Mulhouse,
home of the Schlumpf Collection of Bugatti cars
8 References
[1] Automobilia. Toutes les voitures franaises 1920 (salon
[Oct] 1919) (Paris: Histoire & collections). Nr. 31: page
63. 2004.
[2] Bugatti Model 100 at the EAA Museum. Retrieved
2009-01-28.
External links
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
Bugatti bibliography
The Bugatti Trust
Bugatti at LeMans
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