Bugatti History:
Bugatti was founded by Ettore Bugatti in Molsheim, a town in the Alsace region of France. The company was known for the advanced engineering in its premium road cars and its success in early Grand Prix motor racing, winning the first ever Monaco Grand Prix.Ettore Bugatti also designed a successful motorised railcar, the Autorail, and an airplane which never flew. As a result, the companysfortunes began to decline. The company’s factory in Molsheim was ruined during world war Two.The Company lost control of the property. During the war, Bugatti planned a new factory at Levallois in Paris and designed a series of new cars. Ettore Bugatti died on August 21, 1947.The company attempted a comeback under Roland Bugatti in the mid-1950s with the mid-engined Type 251 race car. Even with help from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Maserati designer Gioacchino Colombo, the car failed to perform to expectations and the companysattempts at automobile production were halted. In the 1960s, Virgil Exner designed a Bugatti as part of his "Revival Cars" project. A show version of this car was actually built by Ghia using the last Bugatti Type 101 chassis and was shown at the 1965 Turin Motor Show. Finance was not forthcoming and Exner then turned his attention to a revival of Stutz.Bugatti continued producing airplane parts and was sold to Hispano-Suiza in 1963. Snecma took over in 1968, later acquiring Messier. The two were merged to form Messier-Bugatti in 1977.

Bugatti Overview:
Bugatti is one of the fastest marques of automobile and one of the most exclusive car producers of all time. The company is legendary for producing a few of the fastest sports cars in the world. Like many high-end marques, the original Bugatti failed with the coming of World War II, but the name has been resurrected twice, most recently under the Volkswagen Group.

Other Bugatti Details:
With the Bugatti name fast fading, Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli decided to acquire the legendary Bugatti name in 1987 and established Bugatti Automobili SpA. The new company built a factory in Campogalliano, Italy, a town near Modena.By 1989, the plans for the new Bugatti-revival were presented by Paolo Stanzani and Marcello Gandini, famous designers of the Lamborghini Miura and Countach. The first completed car was labelled the Bugatti EB110 GT. By the time the Bugatti EB110 came to market the North American and European economies were in recession and operations ceased in September of 1995. A model specific to the United States market called the "Bugatti America" was in the preparatory stages when the company closed. In 1995, the German manufacturer Dauer bought the EB110 license and remaining parts stock to Bugatti in order to produce a dozen Dauer EB110 SS units. Volkswagen AG purchased the rights to produce cars under the Bugatti marque in 1998. They commissioned ItalDesign to produce the Bugatti EB118 concept, a touring sedan which featured a 555 hp DIN (408 kW) output and the first W-configuration 18-cylinder engine in any passenger vehicle. In 1999 the Bugatti EB 218 concept was introduced. Later that year the Bugatti 18/3 Chiron was introduced at the IAA in Frankfurt. At the Tokyo Motor Show the EB 218 reappeared and the Bugatti EB 16/4 Veyron was presented as the first incarnation of what was to be a production road car. In 2000 Volkswagen founded Bugatti Automobiles SAS and introduced the EB 16/4 Veyron concept, a 16-cylinder car with 1001 hp DIN (736 kW), 0-60 in 2.5 sec., at the Paris, Geneva and Detroit auto shows.