Bugatti

Ettore Bugatti car is a French car manufacturer of high performance automobiles, was founded in 1909 in the city then Germany Molsheim, Alsace by Italian -born Ettore Bugatti. Bugatti cars are known for the beauty of their designs (Ettore Bugatti comes from a family of artists and considered himself to be an artist and constructor) and for the many victories of their race. Type 35 Bugattis including the famous Grand Prix car, the Type 41 "Royale", the Type 57 "Atlantic" and the Type 55 sports car.

Ettore Bugatti's death in 1947 proved to be the end for the marque, and the death of his son Jean Bugatti in 1939 certainly no substitute for a lead factory. No more than about 8,000 cars were made. The company struggled financially, and released one last model in 1950, before finally purchased for aircraft parts business in the 1960s. In the 1990s, an Italian businessman was revived as a builder of limited production exclusive sports cars. Today, the name is owned by the German automobile manufacturing group Volkswagen.

Under Ettore Bugatti

Founder Ettore Bugatti was born in Milan, Italy, and the car company that bears his name was founded in 1909 in Molsheim located in the Alsace region which is part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1919. The company is well known for the level of detail engineering in the car, and for how artistic where the design was executed, given the artistic nature of Ettore family (his father, Carlo Bugatti (1856-1940), was an important Art Nouveau furniture and jewelry designer).

World War I and its aftermath

During the war Ettore Bugatti sent away, first to Milan and then to Paris, but once hostilities have concluded he returned to his factory in Molsheim. Less than four months after the Versailles Treaty formalized the transfer of Alsace from Germany to France, Bugatti is able to obtain, at the last minute, standing at 15 Paris Motor Show in October 1919. He exhibited three cars lighter, everything is based closely on the pre-war equivalent to them, and each equipped with the same overhead camshaft four-cylinder 1,368cc engine with four valves per cylinder. The smallest of the three is the "Type 13" by the racing body (built by Bugatti himself) and use a chassis with 2,000 mm (78.7 in) wheelbase. The other is a "Type 22" and "Type 23" with wheelbases of 2,250 and 2,400 mm (88.6 and 94.5 in) respectively.

Racing success

The company also enjoyed great success in early Grand Prix motor racing: in 1929 entered the private Bugatti won the first Grand Prix of Monaco. Racing success culminated with driver Jean-Pierre Wimille winning the 24 hours of Le Mans twice (in 1937 with Robert Benoist and 1939 with Pierre Veyron).

Bugatti cars were extremely successful in racing. Little Bugatti Type 10 swept the first four positions in the race. 1924 Bugatti Type 35 is probably the most successful racing cars of all time, with more than 2,000 victories. Bugattis swept to victory in the Targa Florio for five consecutive years from 1925 to 1929. Louis Chiron held the most podiums in Bugatti cars, and marque modern revival of Bugatti Automobiles SAS was named 1999 Bugatti 18/3 Chiron concept car in his honor. But the success of the last race at Le Mans the most remembered-Jean-Pierre Wimille and Pierre Veyron won the 1939 race with just one car and little resources.

Aeroplane racing

In 1930, Ettore Bugatti was involved in the creation of an air racer, hoping to beat Germany in the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize. It will be the Bugatti 100P, which never flew. It was designed by Belgian engineer Louis de Monge already applied engines Bugatti Brescia in "Type 7.5" lifting body.

Railcar

Ettore Bugatti also designed a successful motorized railcar, Autorail (Autorail Bugatti).
A family tragedy
Ettore Bugatti's son's death, Jean Bugatti, on August 11, 1939 marks a turning point in the company's fortunes. Jean died while testing the Type 57 tank-bodied race car near the Molsheim factory.

After World War II

World War II left the Molsheim factory in ruins and the company loses control of the property. During the war, Bugatti planned a new factory at Levallois, a suburb northwest of Paris. After the war, Bugatti designed and planned to build a series of new cars, including the car Type 73 and Type 73C single-seat racing car, but in all Bugatti Type 73 was built only five cars.
375 cc supercharged car development was stopped when Ettore Bugatti died on August 21, 1947. After the death of Ettore Bugatti, the business declined further and make his final appearance as a business in its own right at the Paris Motor Show in October 1952.
After a long decline, the original incarnation of the Bugatti ceased operations in 1952.

Design

Bugattis which was focused on the design. engine block hand scraped to ensure that the surface is so flat that gaskets are not required for sealing, a lot of exposed surface of featured guilloche engine compartment (engine start) completed on them, and a security cable was threaded through almost every fastener in intricate patterns are mixed. Instead bolt springs to the axle because most manufacturers do, Bugatti forged axle so the spring passed though the opening carefully sized in the axle, which is much more elegant solution requires fewer parts. He describes the famous arch competitors Bentley car's as "the world's fastest trucks" for focusing on durability. According to Bugatti, "the weight is the enemy".

The most important models built

Prototypes Road Car Racing Car

• 1900-1901 Type 2
• 1903 Type 5
• 1908 Type 10 "Petit Pur Sang"
• 1925 Type 36
• 1929-1930 Type 45/47
• Type 56 (electric cars)
• 1939 Type 64 (coupe)
• 1943/1947 Type 73C
• 1910-1914 Type 13/15 Type / 17/22
• 1912 Type 16 "Bebe"
• 1922-1926 Type 29 "Cigare"
• 1923 Type 32 "Tank"
• 1924-1930 Type 35 / 35A / 35B / 35T / 35C / 37/39 "Grand Prix"
• 1927-1930 Type 52 (electric racer for kids)
• 1936-1939 Type 57g "Tank"
• 1937-1939 Type 50B
• 1931-1936 Type 53
• 1931-1936 Type 51 / 51A / 54GP / 59
• 1955-1956 Type 251
• 1910 Type 13
• 1912-1914 Type 18
• 1913-1914 Type 23 / Brescia Tourer (roadster)
• 1922-1934 Type 30/38/40/43/44/49 (touring car)
• 1927-1933 Type 41 "Royale"
• 1929-1939 Type 46/50 / 50T (touring car)
• 1932-1935 Type 55 (roadster)
• 1934-1940 Type 57 / 57S / Type 57SC (touring car)
• 1951-1956 Type 101 (coupe)
• 1957-1962 Type 252 (2-seater sports convertible)
Gallery
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1913 Bugatti 22, 3 seats Vinet
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1938 Type 57SC Atlantic from the Ralph Lauren collection
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1933 Type 59 Grand Prix racer from the Ralph Lauren collection
Victory Racing
Year Race Car Driver
Voiturettes 1921 Grand Prix Ernest Friderich
1925 Targa Florio
Bartolomeo Costantini
Type 35

1926 Grand Prix of France
Jules Goux
Type 39 A

1926 Grand Prix of Italy
Louis Charavel
1926 Grand Prix of Spain
Bartolomeo Costantini
1926 Targa Florio Bartolomeo Costantini type 35 T
1927 Grand Prix of Italy
Tazio Nuvolari
Type 35C
1927 Targa Florio Emilio Materassi
Type 35C
1928 French Grand Prix William Grover-Williams
Type 35C
Grand Prix of Italy Louis Chiron

Spanish Grand Prix Louis Chiron
Targa Florio Albert Divo
Type 35 B
1929 French Grand Prix William Grover-Williams Type 35 B
Grand Prix of Germany
Louis Chiron
Spanish Grand Prix Louis Chiron
Monaco Grand Prix
William Grover-Williams Type 35 B
Targa Florio Albert Divo Type 35C
1930 Belgian Grand Prix
Louis Chiron
Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia
Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen and Hermann zu Leiningen
Grand Prix of France Philippe Étancelin
Type 35C
Monaco Grand Prix René Dreyfus

1931 Belgian Grand Prix William Grover-Williams and Caberto Conelli

Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia Louis Chiron
Grand Prix of France Louis Chiron and Achille Varzi
Type 51

Monaco Grand Prix Louis Chiron
1932 Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia Louis Chiron
1933 Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia Louis Chiron
Monaco Grand Prix Achille Varzi
1934 Belgian Grand Prix René Dreyfus

1936 Grand Prix of France Jean-Pierre Wimille and Raymond Sommer
Type 57 G

1937 24 hours of Le Mans
Jean-Pierre Wimille and Robert Benoist
Type 57 G
1939 24 hours of Le Mans Jean-Pierre Wimille and Pierre Veyron
Type 57 C
1956 Formula One
(Key)
Year Chassis Engine (s) Ban Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points WCC
1956
Bugatti Type 251
Bugatti Straight-8
D
ARG
MON
500
BEL
FRA
GBR
GER
I TA
0 * - *
Maurice Trintignant
Wet
* World Championship Constructors' not given prior to 1958.
An important finding in the modern era
Relatives of Dr. Harold Carr found the rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante when cataloging items doctor after his death in 2009. Dr. Carr Type 57S is important because it was originally owned by British race car driver Earl Howe. Since many automobile original equipment intact, can be restored without relying on replacement parts.

On July 10, 2009, 1925 Bugatti Type 22 Brescia that lie at the bottom of Lake Maggiore on the border of Switzerland and Italy for 75 years was recovered from the lake. The Mullin Museum in Oxnard, California bought it at auction for $ 351,343 at Bonham's Retromobile sale in Paris in 2010.

Revival effort

The Company seeks comeback under Roland Bugatti in the mid-1950s to the mid-engined Type 251 race car. Designed with the help of Gioacchino Colombo, the car failed to perform to expectations and the company's efforts in the production of the car is stopped.

In 1960, Virgil Exner designed a Bugatti as part of the "Revival Cars" project. A version of the show car is actually built by Ghia using the last Bugatti Type 101 chassis, and is displayed in the 1965 Turin Motor Show. Finance will not come, and Exner then turned his attention to the revival of Stutz.
Bugatti continues to manufacture aircraft parts and sold to Hispano-Suiza, also a former auto maker turned aircraft supplier, in 1963. Snecma took over Hispano-Suiza in 1968. After obtaining Messier, Messier joined Snecma and Messier-Bugatti to Bugatti in 1977 ,

Modern revival

Bugatti Automobili SpA 1987-1995

Bugatti EB110 (1996)

Italian businessman Romano Artioli acquired the Bugatti brand in 1987, and established Bugatti Automobili SpA. Giampaolo Benedini Bugatti commissioned architects to design a factory built in Campogalliano, Italy.

In 1989 plans for the new Bugatti revival were presented by Paolo Stanzani and Marcello Gandini, the designer of the Lamborghini Miura and Lamborghini Countach. Bugatti called their first production vehicle that Bugatti EB110 GT. Bugatti EB110 sports cars advertised as the most technically advanced ever produced.

Famous race car designer Mauro Forghieri Bugatti served as technical director from 1992 to 1994.
On August 27, 1993 through its investment company, ACBN Holdings SA of Luxembourg, Romano Artioli bought Lotus Cars from General Motors. Bugatti made plans to list the company's shares on international stock exchanges.

Bugatti presented a large sedan called the EB112 prototype in 1993.

Perhaps the owner of the most famous Bugatti EB110 is a seven-time Formula One World Champion driver Michael Schumacher who purchased EB110 in 1994. Schumacher sold EB110, which had been repaired after a severe accident in 1994, to Modena Motorsport, Ferrari service and race preparation garage in Germany.

At the time EB110 came to market, North American and European economy in recession. Poor economic conditions force companies to fail and cease operations in September 1995. A special model for the US market called the "Bugatti America" ​​was at the stage of preparation when the company ceased operations.

Liquidator Bugatti sold Lotus Cars for Proton from Malaysia. The German company Dauer Racing bought EB110 license and remaining stock of parts in 1997 to produce five vehicle EB110 SS. The fifth version of the EB110 SS was very refined by Dauer. The Campogalliano plant was sold to a furniture-making firm, which then collapsed before moving on, leaving the building empty. After Dauer stopped producing cars in 2011, Toscana-Motors GmbH of Germany to buy shares remaining part of Dauer.

Bugatti Automobiles SAS 1998-present

Bugatti Veyron 16.4

Volkswagen AG acquired the Bugatti brand in 1998.

Bugatti Automobiles SAS was assigned Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign to produce the first Bugatti vehicle concept, EB118, a coupé that made its debut at the 1998 Paris Auto Show. EB118 concept featuring 408- kilowatts (555 PS; 547 bhp), W-18 engine. After the debut of Paris, the EB118 concept shown again in 1999 at the Geneva Auto Show and the Tokyo Motor Show.

Bugatti introduced the next concept, the EB 218 at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show and 18/3 Chiron at the 1999 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA).

Bugatti Automobiles SAS began to assemble vehicles first regular-production, Bugatti Veyron 16.4 (1001 BHP supercar with the W-16 8-liter engine with four turbochargers) in September 2005 on the Bugatti Molsheim, France assembly "studio". On February 23, 2015, last sold Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, named La Finale.

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Bugatti

Can You Afford to Own a Bugatti Veyron? Probably Not!

I remember my first look at the awesome Bugatti Veyron. It was on an episode of Top gear where Jeremy Clarkson drove the beast of a machine from Italy to the UK in a race against his co-hosts, Richard Hammond and James May who were doing the same route in a small passenger plane. After watching that episode and hearing all about the car, I thought to myself: "That would be an awesome car to own!" For this reason I own many Bugatti Veyron... Pics! It turns out however, that even if you can afford the enormous Bugatti Veyron price tag of the car, chances are you won't be able to afford to maintain it.

A recent comparison was done between the maintenance costs of a Bugatti compared to a small private jet. The results may surprise you:

If you manage to find a car dealer in your vicinity that actually has a Bugatti for sale, you could expect to pay about $2,128,230 for the car. Once you have plucked up the courage to pay for the car, you need to be prepared to pay for the service plan which will set you back about $20,000 a year. $20,000 for an annual service is almost 8 times the amount it would cost you to service a Ferrari Enzo. OUCH! The Bugatti uses tailor made tires which manufacturers advise you replace every 2500 miles. Replacing the tyres will set you back about $10 000 - EACH! That's $40 000 per set of tyres. The manufactures of the Bugatti Veyron (who clearly think money grows on trees) also advise that you replace the cars wheels every fourth tyre change to ensure optimal performance and safety. Not a problem, I'm all for safety. However, when wheels cost $60 000 to replace then I think I'd rather just take my chances with the ones I already have.

So now, if you take into account all of the above costs and add in the costs for insurance (I shudder at the thought) and fuel, your annual costs for owning this beast of a machine start to near the $300,000 mark. That is a lot of money.

Perhaps, you have a car dealer nearby and feel you can afford the above costs for the Bugatti Veyron because you like to travel in style. This is why we've compared it to costs for a private jet, I mean, what's more comfortable than travelling in a private jet?

I don't want to go in to too much detail about the costs of owning a private jet, but what I can tell you is that it will cost you about $200 000 a year for a medium sized private jet. This includes all maintenance costs, catering costs as well as paying someone to fly the thing. Value for money springs to mind in this instance.



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2004 Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 Overview

The Bugatti Veyron requires no introduction; it's known for having 1,001 horsepower. It's the world's fastest production car at 268 MPH, a title that the McLaren F1 held from 1998 to 2005. It's known for 0 to 60 MPH acceleration in 2.6 seconds. And it's known for the most expensive price tag of $1.7 million USD. The Bugatti Veyron is the most recognized supercar in the world, among the likes of the Ferrari Enzo, Pagani Zonda, Lamborghini Murcielago, Ford GT40, and the McLaren F1; but does top speed and over 4-digit horsepower equate into a great supercar?

The Veyron has been around since 2005. It's been tested by BBC's acclaimed Top Gear program and bought by oil sheiks from around the world. It's made other automotive manufactures scratch their heads for years and has spawned dozens of "wanna-be" manufacturers who seek to topple the 1,001 horsepower Veyron. For instance, the SSC Ultimate Aero, built by Shelby SuperCars, challenged the Veyron's top speed by beating the original Veyron's record of 253.81 MPH in 2005 by 2.37 MPH. The SSC Ultimate Aero set a new record of 256.18 MPH in 2007. Three years later, in 2010, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport once again took the record with a speed 11.676 MPH faster than the SSC Ultimate Aero, topping off at a cool 267.856 MPH as the world's fastest production car.

An 8.0-liter W16 quad turbocharged engine yields an output of 1,001 horsepower for the Veyron. The car nomenclature, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, indicates a 16 cylinder engine with 4 turbochargers. Impressive output for an 8.0-liter engine considering the Bugatti's engine is smaller than a Dodge Viper's, yet yields nearly double the power. Putting 1,001 horses to the ground is certainly a challenge, so Bugatti decided to implement a permanent four wheel drive system paired to a dual-clutch 7 speed automatic transmission that allows for shifts in under 150 milliseconds, faster than Chuck Norris' punches.

The tires for the Bugatti are specially manufactured by Michelin and can only be changed in France for a recession competitive price of $70,000. That doesn't even include the cost of the specially designed Michelin tires that cost $25,000 for the set.

The size and complexity of the engine requires a significant amount of cooling to make sure that the car does not overheat. It takes 10 radiators to keep the car cool, 3 engine radiators, 3 air-to-liquid intercoolers, 1 for the air condition, 1 for the transmission oil, 1 for the differential oil and 1 for the engine oil. The engine configuration also leads to a fairly impressive, yet relatively unimportant fact that the EPA MPG rating for the Veyron is a mere 8 MPG in the city and 13 MPG on the highway and a whooping 3 MPG when driving at top speed.

Due to the large 8.0-liter W16 and the four-wheel drive system, the Veyron weighs 1,888 kg (4,162 lbs), considerably light considering its size and configuration. The Veyron weights just 7% more than a Chevrolet Camaro (3,860 lbs) and 16% more than a Mercedes-Benz SLS (3,600 lbs). Nonetheless, the weight doesn't stop the Bugatti from accelerating from 0 to 60 MPH in 2.6, something that a lightweight, 2,954 lb (1,340 kg) Gallardo LP-570-4 Supperleggera does in only 3.3 seconds.

Despite impressive figures no matter where you look, the Bugatti does lack the flair that a Lamborghini offers, or the finesse of an Aston Martin. The car design is just plain boring. A well-rounded watermelon that can do 260 MPH is impressive on paper, but the engine compartment just looks like a few round tubes and the front end looks like an overweight whale. The design is even further put into question considering the nearly dozen variants of the car that exist, from an all chrome Veyron, to the Bleu Centenaire, a matte blue that Bugatti created to celebrate their 100th anniversary.

Design goofs or not, the Bugatti is still an extremely popular car, with all the original 300 Veyrons sold as of September 2011, there really is no disputing that the car is highly desirable. The only other option from this point is to upgrade to the $2.7 million, 1,184 horsepower Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, or convert to the more luxurious and just barely more tame Bugatti Galibier.



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