Bugatti
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Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a French manufacturer of high-performance automobiles. The company was founded in 1909 in the then-German city of Molsheim, Alsace, by the Italian-born industrial designer Ettore Bugatti. The cars were known for their design beauty and numerous race victories. Famous Bugatti automobiles include the Type 35 Grand Prix cars, the Type 41 "Royale", the Type 57 "Atlantic" and the Type 55 sports car.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Automobiles Ettore Bugatti
- Company.logo
- Bugatti logo.svg
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.fate
- Sold to Hispano-Suiza (1963)
- Company.founder
- Ettore Bugatti
- Company.location_city
- Molsheim, Alsace
- Company.location_country
- France
- Company.industry
- Automotive
- Company.products
- Automobiles
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Under Ettore Bugatti
- World War I and its aftermath
- Racing successes
- Aeroplane racing
- Railcar
- Family tragedy
- After World War II
- Design
- Notable models
- Gallery
- Notable finds in the modern era
- Attempts at revival
- Modern revivals
- {{anchor|Bugatti Automobili|Bugatti Automobili S.p.A.}}Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. (1987–1995)
- Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. (1998–present)
- Pre-Veyron
- Veyron era (2005–2015)
- Chiron era (2016–present)
- See also
- References
- External links
Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a French manufacturer of high-performance automobiles. The company was founded in 1909 in the then-German city of Molsheim, Alsace, by the Italian-born industrial designer Ettore Bugatti. The cars were known for their design beauty and numerous race victories. Famous Bugatti automobiles include the Type 35 Grand Prix cars, the Type 41 "Royale", the Type 57 "Atlantic" and the Type 55 sports car.
The death of Ettore Bugatti in 1947 proved to be a severe blow to the marque, and the death of his son Jean in 1939 meant that there was no successor to lead the factory. With no more than about 8,000 cars made, the company struggled financially, and it released one last model in the 1950s before eventually being purchased for its airplane parts business in 1963.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bugatti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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