Reading Time: 6 minutesEver since the Veyron was introduced in 2005, the W16 engine has been the beating heart of every Bugatti. The roadgoing car that brings the W16 era to an end was always destined to be special: exclusive, elegant and powerful. It must be the very best of its kind. ThisContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesAlthough Bugatti’s motorsport heritage is most associated with French Racing Blue, many of its most elegant cars were finished in the favourite colour combination of its founder Ettore Bugatti: black and yellow.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesFor over 110 years, Bugatti has been developing exceptional automobiles, including numerous one-of-a-kind roadsters, renowned for their unadulterated driving pleasure.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe 8.0-litre W16 engine has been propelling Bugatti’s hyper sports cars for almost 20 years. The only 16-cylinder engine in the world to be used in a car, it is a veritable engineering masterpiece that has become an icon in its own right. This look back at the story ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Jean Bugatti timepiece is perhaps the most demanding watchmaking project ever undertaken by Jacob & Co, named after a visionary pioneer. Jean was the eldest son of company founder Ettore Bugatti, born in 1909 – the same year Ettore set up his new company in Molsheim, Alsace. As aContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 1922, Bugatti unveiled the Type 30: the first Bugatti production automobile with an eight-cylinder engine and leading technological advancements. Eight cylinders, a displacement of two litres, 100 PS and speeds up to 145 km/h – the figures of a true sports car for the road of 100 years ago.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesTaking to the GP Ice Race track and its accompanying 50m-roundel photo circle for the annual GP Ice Race in Zell am See, Austria, a Bugatti Type 51 and a Bugatti Baby II – based on the Type 35 – were the first Bugattis to partake in the historic eventContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn January 15, 113 years ago, renowned automobile designer and son of Ettore Bugatti, Jean Bugatti, was born. Jean’s passion for engineering led to the creation of some of the most extraordinary vehicles in history.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2019, Bugatti revealed the ultimate incarnation of its no-compromises approach to the hyper sports car, with ‘La Voiture Noire1’. This one-off tailor-made creation was handcrafted to represent the perfect form and finish, inspired by one of Bugatti’s most legendary historic models, the Type 57 SC Atlantic. Now, the latestContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesMolsheim in Alsace, the birthplace of the Bugatti brand and the location of its headquarters to this day, is often mentioned in the same breath as the brand’s eponymous founder. But there is a place just a few kilometres further south which has similarly close ties with Ettore Bugatti –Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesIngenious inventor, perfectionist, connoisseur – Ettore Bugatti possessed many extraordinary talents and abilities, which he not only transformed into his world-famous cars. Throughout his life, the founder of the French luxury automobile brand dedicated his energy to all kinds of design ideas – which included not only automobiles but alsoContinue Reading