Bugatti Cars For Sale In the United States

Show search form Bugatti is a French company specializing in the production of racing, sports and luxury cars. Even in the narrow circle of legendary exclusive cars, Bugatti has a special place. Almost no one has succeeded in capturing the imagination of the public as Ettore Bugatti and his followers did.

Engineer and artist Ettore Bugatti founded the company in 1909. He followed the path of widespread use of advanced technology in the name of mechanical efficiency and lightweight construction. As a result, from the assembly line of the Soshe companyl a mobile car with a guaranteed speed of 100 km / h, which was easy and pleasant to drive. The Bugatti Type 13, prepared by Bugatti mechanic Ernest Frederick, finished second in one of the French Grand Prix on 23 July 1911. This car became the most significant novelty on the eve of the 1914 war of the company and was the basis for all modifications of Bugatti, up to the model 59.

In the 20s. world fame Bugatti brought the model Type 35 GP, which won more than one and a half thousand victories in car races and became famous in its time as the most successful model of racing1st class Grand Prix. Everything about this car's exterior served one purpose - speed. The car was very stable on difficult trails thanks to a brilliant combination of technical elegance and well-balanced handling characteristics. The 1922 four-cylinder Type 40 was called the "Morris Cowley" by the Bugatti.

The legendary Royale model - the deliberately extravagant Bugatti Type 41 - was produced in 1927. The long wheelbase (more than 4.27 m) of the model made it easier to drive: the car turned out to be unexpectedly maneuverable on city streets. Aboutthe work of art was wheels, the spokes of which were assembled from piano strings.

Beginning in 1923, the company released the luxurious Bugatti Type 43 with supercharging, the design-wise, sporty Bugatti Type 35B and, although not as pronounced as the sporty, but technologically carefully balanced Bugatti Type 44, deservedly crowned with laurels.

In 1930, Bugatti introduced two cars at Le Mans 24 Hours, called the Bug. In these competitions, the unsightly-looking Bugatti Bug, which was based on the design of the Type 40, gracefully and relentlessly followed the favorites.

The next 1931 was a significant year for the company with the emergence of the Type 50, radically different from its competitors in Le Mans 24 Hours: while the sports car manufacturers were carried away by the pursuit of horsepower and engine power, Bugatti created the perfect engine for that time - 8 -cylinder, double-head, 5-liter, 250 hp This model was modeled after American racing cars, but did not copy them.

Until 1937, a series of defeats lasted for the sporty Bugatti, when the Type 57, withWith a 3.3L drive and lowered chassis, it wins the Le Mans 24 Hours in first two places, ahead of the 3.0L Alfa Romeo, the 4.0L Talbot and the 4.5L Lagonda.

The model 46 (mini-Royale), striking in its luxury, became the most appropriate to the needs of motorists of these years.

Jean Bugatti, son of Ettore Bugatti, designed the Atlantic on the Type 57SC chassis. For several years this model appeared in all catalogs of the Bugatti brand, but only three copies were built. All three copies of the Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic have survived to this day.

The tragic death of Fon Bugatti a few weeks after winning the 24-hour race in 1939, the outbreak of World War II ended the sporting career of the Bugatti brand. However, in the chronicle of the races at Le Mans 24 Hours, this name is entered in gold letters!

After World War II, production of luxury cars dropped dramatically, leading Bugatti to financial disaster. Oddly enough, but it was Bugatti in the early post-war years that tried to apply a modern approach when creating their new models.

In 1947, at the Paris Motor Show, the company showed a new modelь Type 73 with a four-cylinder engine with a working volume of 1488 cc. see But Ettore Bugatti dies in August, and his family could not start production of the car at the plant in Molsheim, although in the early 50s they managed to assemble several copies of the Type 101, which was essentially a "redesigned" Type 57 and turned out to be uncompetitive, since it was uninteresting in design and frankly outdated in technical terms.

In 1963, the enterprises were transferred to the Hispano-Suiza company, which no longer dealt with automobiles. However, in such a countryx, like Germany and the United States, styling after the heyday of Bugatti is still common.

In the late 80s. the firm has experienced a rebirth. The glorified name of Bugatti resurfaces when, among supercars striving to overcome the 322 km / h barrier, a powerful extraordinary car appears that has nothing in common with the classic forms of Bugatti - the EB110 and its sports modification EB110 SS.

At the 1993 Geneva Motor Show, the company introduced the EB112 four-door sedan based on the EB110.

In 1999, the Bugatti brand was purchased by the VW concern. The first of theThe cars supplied by him were a fiberglass EB118 with a coupe body, created by ItalDesign stylist Fabrizio Giugiaro.

The EB218 sedan debuted at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show, featuring an all-aluminum body featuring Audi's ASF technology.

The next step on the road to serial production was the demonstration of the prototype EB 18/3 Chiron (Frankfurt "99), named after the famous French racer Louis Chiron.car dealership sensations. The maximum design speed of the coupe is 300 km / h.

A month later, in Tokyo, VW presented its next supercar - EB 18/4 Veyron. This time, the car was designed by VW's own design center under the leadership of Harmut Warkuss. A characteristic feature of the Veyron is the tall aluminum air intakes at the rear.

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