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He also imported Japanese cars, owning Autoexpò which in 1982 became the first Italian importer of Suzuki. [ 3 ] He was encouraged by Ferruccio Lamborghini and Paolo Stanzani to establish Bugatti International , a holding company that bought the Bugatti trademark name in 1987 with Jan K Breitfeld as President of the holding.
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.
Surgical instruments, designed by Bugatti for a friend who was a professor at a nearby hospital, are still in use to this day. [9] Bugatti's son, Jean, was killed on 11 August 1939 at the age of 30 while testing a Bugatti Type 57 tank-bodied race car near the Molsheim factory. After that, the company's fortunes began to decline.
1952 Type 101. By the early 1950s, the automaking Bugattis had pretty much died out. But Ettore's youngest son, Roland, had the not-so-brilliant idea to try to revive the brand by rebodying some ...
With the Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo, the luxury manufacturer presented a possible new super sports car following the sale of all 450 Veyron. [19] The Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo design is intended to recall the racing tradition of the 1920s and 1930s. The color scheme represents the brand's victories in the Le Mans 24-hour race.
1912 Peugeot Bébé Built by Bugatti under license from Peugeot. Known as Bugatti Type 16/Peugeot Type 69 and BP1; 1922–1926 Type 29 "Cigare" 1923 Type 32 "Tank" 1924–1930 Type 35/35A/35B/35T/35C/37/39 "Grand Prix" 1927–1930 Type 52 (electric racer for children) 1936–1939 Type 57G "Tank" 1937–1939 Type 50B; 1931–1936 Type 53
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Born in Cologne, Jean Bugatti was the eldest son of Ettore Bugatti. Soon after his birth the family moved to the village of Dorlisheim near Molsheim in Alsace, Germany, where his father built the new Bugatti automobile manufacturing plant. Born into a family of creative people, from boyhood he was interested in his father's business.