Bugatti was founded in in 1909 in Molsheim, France by Ettore Bugatti an Italian imigrant. The company produced expensive, and in the case of the Royalle some of the most exclusive bespoke cars in the world. The T35’s and T51’s were amongst the most sucessful voiterette racing cars.
Bugatti also produced aircraft engines and the engines for French rail cars. The badge not only bears the name Bugatti but the initials of Ettore Bugatti with an inverted E.
The death of Ettore Bugatti in 1947 proved to be the end for the marque, and the death of his son Jean Bugatti in 1939 ensured there was not a successor to lead the factory. No more than about 8,000 cars were made. The company struggled financially, and released one last model in the 1950s, before eventually being purchased for its airplane parts business in 1963.
In the 1990s, an Italian entrepreneur revived it as a builder of limited production exclusive sports cars. Today, the name is owned by the Volkswagen Group.
Here is a cool photo collection that shows Bugatti cars in the 1920s and 1930s.
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| 1927 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Coupe Napoleon with with family chauffeur |
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| 1927 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Prototype body by Packard |
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| 1927 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Prototype body by Packard |
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| 1927 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Prototype body by Packard |
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| 1927 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Prototype body by Packard |
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| 1927 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Prototype body by Packard |
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| 1928 Bugatti Type 43 Grand Sport |
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| 1928 Bugatti Type 43 Grand Sport |
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| 1929 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Coupe body by Weymann |
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| 1929 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Coupe body by Weymann |
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| 1929 Bugatti Type 43 Grand Sport |
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| 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Limosine body by Park Ward |
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| 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Limosine body by Park Ward |
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| 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Limosine body by Park Ward |
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| 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Victoria Cabriolet body by Weinberger |
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| 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Victoria Cabriolet body by Weinberger |
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| 1932 Bugatti Type 41 Roadster Esders |
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| 1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale 2-Door Saloon body by Kellner |
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| 1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale 2-Door Saloon body by Kellner |
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| 1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale 2-Door Saloon body by Kellner |
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| 1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale 2-Door Saloon body by Kellner |
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| 1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Berline de Voyage body by Bugatti |
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| 1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Esders Roadster body by Jean Bugatti |
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| 1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Esders Roadster body by Jean Bugatti |
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| 1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Esders Roadster body by Jean Bugatti |
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| 1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Esders Roadster body by Jean Bugatti |
