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8 unusual facts about Bugatti


Arlen Ness

The museum displays his famous Untouchable, the twin motor Two Bad, the antique inspired Ness-Tique, Blower Bike, the Italian sports car inspired Ferrari Bike, the '57 Chevy inspired Ness-Stalgia, the Bugatti-like Smooth-Ness, the Discovery Channel's Biker Build-Off bike Top Banana, and his jet-powered Mach Ness.

Bruno, Count of Harcourt

The day prior to the race, Harcourt took his Bugatti out for an early morning practice run on the road course and crashed when he ran off the first bend.

Dietrich-Bugatti

It won an award at the Milan Automobile Exhibition that year and gained the notice of the Baron de Dietrich.

Ehra-Lessien

The track is currently used by all Volkswagen Group subsidiaries and marques, such as Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti, SEAT, Skoda, and Porsche.

John FitzRoy, 9th Duke of Grafton

The duke died aged twenty-two, unmarried and childless, after his Bugatti crashed during a motor race in Limerick, Ireland.

Messier-Bugatti-Dowty

Bidos: responsible for the production of large components (bogies, main fittings, integral axles) for large commercial, business, commuter aircraft and helicopter gears.

Querétaro: manufacturing of major landing gear components for: A320 main landing gear fitting, A330 main landing gear bogie beam and B787 nose landing gear inner cylinder.

Reg Parnell

Before World War II Parnell was a very successful racing driver, winning at many levels with various cars, including a Bugatti.


1928 Grand Prix season

The 1928 Grand Prix season saw the Monegasque driver Louis Chiron take seven Grand Prix victories whilst driving for the Bugatti team.

Bugatti 16C Galibier

Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. debuted the 16C Galibier at an invitation-only show held at the Molsheim, France assembly salon on September 12, 2009.

Bugatti 18/3 Chiron

The Chiron 18/3 is named after Bugatti race driver Louis Chiron.

Bugatti named the Chiron in honor of Bugatti racing driver Louis Chiron.

Bugatti EB110

Dauer Sportwagen in Nuremberg, Germany, bought the remaining stock of EB110 parts from the Bugatti factory.

Bugatti Type 57

In 2008 the Bugatti Type 57S with chassis number 57502 built in 1937 with the Atalante coachwork for Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe was discovered in a private garage in Newcastle upon Tyne, having been stored untouched for 48 years and known about only by a select few people.

Carlo Bugatti

He settled in a flat north of Château Saint-Jean, Dorlisheim, with his wife Teresa (who died shortly after), at the domain of promotion of Bugatti property of his son Ettore.

Charlie Martin

He started racing at Southport sands on the Lancashire coast in 1932 moving on to circuit racing driving an MG, also racing in Bugatti's and Alfa Romeo's at Donnington and throughout Europe at Pau and Deauville in Grand Prix gaining wins at Brooklands in 1936.

Dropped axle

Bugatti famously used a round bar for their axles, with the spring passing through holes within it and avoiding the U bolts that il patron found so ungainly.

Edgar Müller

At the Sarasota Chalk Festival, the featured artist, Vera Bugatti, and Müller, created a 3-D street painting that made history as well.

Edonis

B Engineering plan to build only 21 vehicles from chassis originally built for Bugatti by Aérospatiale (Most of the remaining chassis delivered to Bugatti prior to their bankruptcy were delivered to Dauer Sportwagen when they purchased the assets of the company).

Ehra-Lessien

The facility also appeared on National Geographic Channel's Man-Made, in an episode about the Bugatti Veyron.

Ettore Bugatti

His aunt, Luigia Bugatti, was the wife of the painter Giovanni Segantini.

Ettore Bugatti was buried in the Bugatti family plot at the municipal cemetery in Dorlisheim near Molsheim in the Bas-Rhin département of the Alsace region of France.

Franz-Josef Paefgen

Since departing from Bentley and Bugatti, Dr Paefgen has accepted a position of a Board Member at the Finnish automotive company Valmet Automotive.

George Bugatti

Wizard is a labor of love for Bugatti who has written, directed and stars in this tribute to one of his favorite songwriting heroes, Harold Arlen.

Grand Prix Legends

The French Grand Prix is raced at Rouen-Les-Essarts in GPL, even though the actual Grand Prix that year was held at the Le Mans Bugatti track.

Hellé Nice

Seymour, Miranda Bugatti Queen : In Search of a French Racing Legend.

Jack Barclay Bentley

As of 2013 Jack Barclay of Berkeley Square retails Bentley and Bugatti cars, both brands being part of the Volkswagen Group and therefore not considered to be commercial rivals.

Juan Zanelli

In a Bugatti he won the 1929 and 1930 Bugatti GP at Le Mans, finished 8th in Alessandria in 1929 and 2nd in 1930, 2nd at the 1929 Marne GP and 3rd at the 1930 French GP at Pau.

Lewes Speed Trials

"Speed trials were held on the Race Hill at Lewes three or four times a year from 1925 to 1939, at the instance of the Brighton & Hove MC, the Kent & Sussex LCC, the Bugatti Owners' Club and the Vintage Sports Car Club,..."

Million Franc Race

René Dreyfus was hired by Delahaye to drive their model 145 in testing and in the competition itself, where he risked death by setting a literally blistering pace, wearing the special Dunlop tires down to the fabric, but handily overwhelming all competitors except the Bugatti team.

Parmigiani Fleurier

In 2006, Parmigiani produced the Bugatti 370, a driving watch based on the Bugatti Veyron supercar, which won the 2006 "Watch of the Year Award" from the Japanese press.

Philippe Étancelin

After Étancelin switched to Alfa later in the year, he came fourth in the Marne Grand Prix and won the four-hour Dieppe Grand Prix, ahead of Czaykowski's Bugatti and Earl Howe's Delage.

René Dreyfus

Dreyfus was hired by Delahaye to drive their model 145 in testing and in the competition itself, where he risked death with a literally blistering pace, wearing the special Dunlop tires down to the fabric but handily overwhelming all competitors except the Bugatti team.

Romano Artioli

Artioli became chairman of Bugatti Automobilie S.p.A., which made the Bugatti EB110 between 1991 and 1995.

Sega GT 2002

It featured the addition of "over 40" new cars (now 165+) including Auto Union, Bugatti, and De Tomaso vehicles.

Tony Angell

Naturalist painters Bruno Liljefors, Carl Rungius and sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti have been cited as influential in his approaches to his work.

Volkswagenwerk Braunschweig

Until today, only components for vehicles of VW Group (Audi, Škoda, SEAT und Bugatti) are produced, such as running gears, axles, shock absorbers, brake parts and all pedals.

Walter de Silva

Walter Maria de Silva (born 27 February 1951 in Lecco, Italy) is an Italian car designer who is currently Head of Volkswagen Group Design, and is currently responsible for oversight on the design of all Volkswagen Group passenger car brands including Audi, Volkswagen, SEAT, Škoda as well as Bentley, Lamborghini and Bugatti.

William F. Milliken, Jr.

He drove cars such as Type 35 and 54 Bugattis and an ex-Indy Four Wheel Drive (FWD) Miller at Watkins Glen, Pikes Peak, Sebring and many others across North America for 15 years.


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