Bugatti was a car manufacturer from mol home in the Elsass, France. Its production ran from 1909 to 1963. The company was created by Ettore Bugatti. Bugatti is considered world-wide as one of the most famous automarks at all and is surely the most exclusive French vehicle mark of automobile history. The company was legendary to build the best sports cars which gave to buy it at their time for money. The original Bugatti enterprise went down after the Second World War, but the mark rose equivalent twice again again up. Since 1998 it firmiert under Volkswagen leadership.

Under Bugatti

The automobile designer and - manufacturer Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti on 15 September 1881 in Milan, Italy born as a child of a well-known artist family, which has its roots in north Italy. He was the older son of Carlo Bugatti (1856 - 1940), an important furniture manufacturer of the epoch kind of the Nouveau and jewel designer, and his Mrs. Teresa Lorioli. Its younger brother was a well-known animal sculptor, rem Brandt Bugatti (1884 - 1916). Its aunt, Luigia Bugatti, was the wife of the painter Giovanni Segantini. Its grandfather on the paternal side, Giovanni Luigi Bugatti, was an architect and sculptor.

Although in Italy born, Ettore Bugatti created its car factory in mol home in the Elsass, to the German empire at that time belonged and only after the First World War to France. The society was admits for their outstanding engineer art with high class automobiles and for successes with the early Grand Prix running; one won the all first Grand Prix of Monaco. The success of the society had its high point in the twice double victory in the 24-Stunden-Rennen von Le Mans with the driver Jean Pierre Wimille 1937 (1937 with Robert Benoist and 1939 with Pierre Veyron).

Models under Bugatti

Only some few models of the cars of Ettore Bugatti were produced: the most famous were the type 35-Rennwagen, the enormous Royale, and the type 55-Sportwagen.

Over the entire production of approximately 7900 cars away the models with the letter T (for type) were designated, which referred to the chassis and the drive strand.

(Table explanation: I4 means four-cylinders in row arrangement, I8 eight-cylinder in row.)

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 | - | type 2 | 1900-1901 | | 3050 cm3 I4 | | | - | type 5 | 1903 | | 12867 cm3 I4 | | | - | type 10 | 1908 | | 1131 cm3 I4 | OHC; became second with the French Grand Prix 1911 | | - | type 13 | 1910-1914 | | 1368 cm3 I4 | OHC-4-Ventiler; Places 1, 2, 3 and 4 with the Grand Prix 1921 in Brescia | | - | type 15 | 1910 | | 1327 cm3 I4 | OHC-8-Ventiler; Four seater | | - | type 17 | 1910 | | 1327 cm3 I4 | OHC-8-Ventiler; Four seater | | - | type 18 | 1912-1914 | 6 or 7 | 5030 cm3 I4 | 3-Ventiler | | - | type 19  | thousand | 855 cm3 I4 | Peugeot  - engine | | - | type 22 | 1913-1914 | | 1368 cm3 I4 | same SOHC-4-Ventiler-Motor as the Brescia | | - | type 23 | 1913-1914 | | 1368 cm3 I4 | 2-Ventilversion of the Brescia engine | | - | type 28 | 1921 | | 2995 cm3 I8 | OHC-24-Ventiler; Prototype luxury route car | | - | type 29 | 1922-1926 | | 1991 cm3 I8 | OHC-3-Ventiler, 60 HP (45 KW); Second engine as type 29, same with the ACF Grand Prix 1922 | | - | type 30 | 1922-1926 | approx. 800 | 1991 cm3 I8 |; also for the Indy 500 | | - | type 32 | 1923 | | 1991 cm3 I8 | same engine as type 29; Structure of tank; Third engine as type 29, same with the 1923er ACF Grand Prix | | - | type 35 | 1924-1930 | 96 | 1991 cm3 I8 |; 90 HP (67 KW) | | - | type 35 A | 1926 | | 1991 cm3 I8 | OHC-24-Ventiler; Grand Prix racing car "imitation"; Engine type 30 | | - | type 35 B | 1924-1930 | 38 | 2262 cm3 I8 | Type-29-Motor with more stroke, 135 HP (101 KW); won the French Grand Prix 1929 | | - | type 35 Targa Florio | 1924-1930 | 13 | 2262 cm3 I8 | modified type 35 B; 100 HP (75 KW); for the Targa Florio from 1925 to 1929 | | - | type 35 C | 1924-1930 | | 1991 cm3 | engine with 8 cylinders; 125 HP; Maximum speed 205 km/h; won the French Grand Prix; 1928 and 1930 | | - | type 35 T | 1927 | | 2261 cm3 I8 | OHC-24-Ventiler; Grand Prix racing car; Targa model | | - | type 36 | 1925 | | 1493 cm3 I8 | Type-29-Kurzhubversion | | - | type 37 | 1926-1930 | 212 | 1496 cm3 I4 | new OHC-3-Ventiler-Motor, 60 HP (45 KW) | | - | type 37 A | 1927 | | 1496 cm3 I4 | OHC-12-Ventiler; Grand Prix racing car, two-seater | | - | type 38 | 1926-1927 | approx. 100 | 1991 cm3 I8 | Type-29-Motor | | - | type 38 A | 1927 | | 1991 cm3 I8 | OHC-24-Ventiler; Route car; Engine such as type 30 and 35 A | | - | type 39 | 1926 | approx. 20 | 1493 cm3 I8 | OHC-24-Ventiler; Grand Prix racing car; Chassis such as type 35 | | - | type 39 A | 1926-1929 | | 1493 cm3 I8 | Type-36-Motor, 120 HP (89 KW); won the French Grand Prix 1926 | | - | type 40 | 1926-1930 | approx. 800 | 1496 cm3 I4 | Type-37-Motor | | - | type 40 A | 1930 | | 1627 cm3 I4 | OHC-12-Ventiler; Touring, Typ-49-Motor | | - | type 41 | 1927-1933 | 6 | 12736 cm3 I8 | OHC-3-Ventiler; 300 HP (224 KW); Royale | | - | type 43 | 1927-1931 | approx. 170 | 2262 cm3 I8 | Type-35-B-Motor, 120 HP (89 KW) | | - | type 43 A | 1928 | | 2261 cm3 I8 | OHC-24-Ventiler; Route sport two-seater with type 35 B-engine | | - | type 44 | 1927-1931 | 1,095 | 2291 cm3 I8 | drilled out Type-35-B-Motor, OHC-3-Ventiler | | - | type 45 | 1929-1930 | 1 | 3801 cm3 U16 | 1+1-Nockenwellen-3-Ventiler-U-Motor | | - | type 46 | 1929-1936 | 400 | 5359 cm3 I8 | new SOHC-3-Ventiler-Motor, 140 HP (104 KW) | | - | type 46 S | 1930 | | 5359 cm3 I8 | OHC-24-Ventiler; Sporty luxury route car | | - | type 47 | 1930 | | 2986 cm3 I6 | OHC-48-Ventiler; Work racing car; similarly type 45 | | - | type 49 | 1930-1934 | 470 | 3257 cm3 I8 | drilled out Type-44-Motor | | - | type 50 | 1930-1934 | approx. 100 | 4972 cm3 I8 | new DOHC-4-Ventiler-Motor, 225 HP (168 KW); Route car | | - | type 50 B | 1937-1939 | | 4972 cm3 I8 | 470 HP (350 KW) Type-50-Motor; Sports car | | - | type 50 T | 1937-1939 | | 4972 cm3 I8 | 200 HP (150 KW) Type-50-Motor;  | | - | type 51 | 1931-1935 | 40 | 2262 cm3 I8 | DOHC-4-Ventiler-Motor; won the French Grand Prix 1931 | | - | type 51 A | 1931 | | 1493 cm3 I8 | 2x OHC-16-Ventiler; Grand Prix racing car; like type 39 A | | - | type 51 C | 1931 | | 1991 cm3 I8 | 2x OHC-16-Ventiler; Grand Prix racing car; like type 35 C; rare type | | - | type 53 | 1931-1932 | 3 | 4972 cm3 I8 | Type-50-Motor, 300 HP (224 KW); with all-wheel drive for mountain running | | - | type 54 | 1931 | | 4972 cm3 I8 | 2x OHC-16-Ventiler; Racing car; Engine of type 50 develops | | - | type 54 GP | 1932-1934 | 4 or 5 | 4972 cm3 I8 | Type-50-Motor, 300 HP (224 KW) | | - | type 55 | 1932-1935 | 38 | 2262 cm3 I8 | Type-51-Motor, 130 HP (97 KW) | | - | type 56  | | | electricalmobilely (100-Ah-6-Volt-Batterie) to drive around in the work area | | - | type 57 | 1934-1940 | approx. 750 | 3257 cm3 I8 | drilled out Type-51-Motor, 135 HP (101 KW); Route car | | - | type 57 C | 1937-1940 | | 3257 cm3 I8 | 160 HP (119 KW); Racing car | | - | type 57 G | 1936-1939 | | 4743 cm3 I8 | "the tank"; the French Grand Prix' won 1936 and 1937 and the 24h von Le Mans 1939 | | - | type 57 S | 1936-1938 | | 3257 cm3 I8 | 175 HP (130 KW); Atlantic | | - | type 57 S/45 | 1936-1939 | | 4743 cm3 I8 | | | - | type 57 sports club | 1937-1938 | | 3257 cm3 I8 | 200 HP (150 KW); Atlantic | | - | type 59 | 1934-1936 | 6 or 7 | 3257 cm3 I8 | 250 HP (186 KW) | | - | type 64 | 1939 | 4 | 4432 cm3 I8 | 2x OHC-16-Ventiler; Prototype; Cotal transmission; hydraulic brakes | | - | type 68 | 1946 | | 369 cm3 I4 | OHC-16-Ventiler; Prototype for small cars | | - | type 73 | 1943-1947 | 2 | 1488 cm3 I4 | DOHC-3-Ventiler | | - | type 73 A | 1947 | | 1488 cm3 I4 | OHC-12-Ventiler; Prototype route sports car | | - | type 73 C | 1947 | | 1488 cm3 I4 | 2xOHC-16-Ventiler; Prototype racing car (Monoposto) | | - | type 101 | 1951 | 5 | 3257 cm3 I8 | 135 HP (101 KW); modern route car | | - | type 101 C | 1951 | | 3257 cm3 I8 | 2xOHC-16-Ventiler; 101 compressor version; 188 HP of 5200 rpm. | | - | type 101 CX | 1966 | | | | | - | type 251 | 1955-1956 | | 2486 cm3 I8 | DOHC | | - | type 252  | | | prototype; 4-Zylinder; 1,5-Liter sports car | | - | style= " background: #EEEEEE; text align: center" colspan=6 | 
 

Models under Romano Artioli

| - | EB 110 | 1991-1995 | | | | | - | EB 118  | | | | | - | EB 218 | 1999 | | | sedan and Cabrio | | - | style= " background: #EEEEEE; text align: center " colspan=6 | 

Models under VOLKSWAGEN

| - | - | | 1999 | | | study | | - | 16,4 Veyron | 2005 - | | | first standard model under Volkswagen direction, edition limited 18,3 Chiron: 300 pieces, 1001 HP | | style= " background: #EEEEEE; text align: center " colspan=6 | |} 

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