“A SILENT AND ABSOLUTELY TRACTABLE” BUGATTI
PERHAPS THIS TITLE BRINGS TO MIND THE ROYALE, the 12,760-cc straight-eight Golden Bug only six of which left Molsheim. No, actually these tidbits are gleaned from the British Autocar Road … Continue reading
BRESCIA TALES
THE BUGATTI BRESCIA WAS NAMED FOR HAVING RUN 1–4 in the 1921 Italian Grand Prix des Voiturettes near that city. These Type 13 chassis were fitted with 1453-cc, 16-valve, four-cylinder … Continue reading
THE TYPE 44 BUGATTI—“A GENTLEMAN’S CARRIAGE”
IN HIS BUGATTI MAGNUM, HUGH CONWAY wrote “… the new 3 litre car, Type 44, which came out in October 1927 in time for the Motor Salons was clearly destined … Continue reading
LE PATRON’S PERSONAL PASTA MACHINE
ETTORE BUGATTI WAS KNOWN as Le Patron, French loosely for “the Boss,” with factory and estate located in Molsheim, Alsace, in a portion of eastern France that had been western … Continue reading
AN ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE BUGATTI!
A BUGATTI WITH all-wheel drive? Am I talking about the latter-day Veyron? No. Do I mean the EB110 that I drove back in 1994? No. I mean a real Bugatti … Continue reading
THE BUGATTI TYPE 35 ENGINE—POM’S VIEWS
LAURENCE EVELYN WOOD POMEROY, “Pom,” for short, was an English motoring journalist who wrote one of the great books of automotive technicalities, The Grand Prix Car, published in two volumes, … Continue reading
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