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Sorry; this barnfind was presented earlier, also in C&SC and also presented here. The Bugatti T44's body is by Thietart, and was found together with a Voisin, not Bugatti! After the find, the cars were bought by Christophe Grohe, this one apparently ended up with Alain D.
The September issue of Classic & Sportscar, probably the best classic car magazine around, shows these pictures of a recently surfaced 1928 Type 44 Bugatti, discovered by Gaynor Cautor in "Alain D"'s workshop in France.
Apparently the car was abandoned in a shed 30 years ago together with another Bugatti (no pictures of that one), to be removed from there only recently. The car will be restored, though there is a lot of work to do. The interior is in a bad shape, but complete.
August 12 -14, 2010 RM Auction USA; 1931 Bugatti Type 51 GP, chassis 51132
Not Sold, highest bid $2,750,000.
August 15, 2010
Class B – Bugatti: Pre-War Touring Cars
WINNER - Allan McNabs Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux (1935)
2nd - Jeffrey Gees Bugatti Type 44 (1930)
Class E – Hypercars: 200mph+ Pre-2000
WINNER - Rowan Atkinsons McLaren F1 (1995)
2nd - Peter Reads Bugatti EB110 GT (1994)
By: David Coffin
The cars are the stars at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and the event, since its inception in 1974, has always been a relaxed celebration of motorsports history with magnificent machines assembled from around the world. The Reunion officially kicked off Thursday with practice in all 19 classes of over 600 cars and runs through Sunday at the world-renowned raceway. Also among Thursday's action was the first qualifying session for a remarkably large gathering of Bugatti Grand Prix vehicles, with the final grid count showing 34 entries.
While things are a bit more relaxed than the raceway's season-opening American Le Mans Series race and the MotoGP extravaganza, don't kid yourself that there won't be some serious racing on the track.
Every year, there are a myriad of thrilling battles and tight finishes and this year should be no different.
In that opening qualifying session, Charles McCabe of San Francisco smoked the field, setting the fastest time by more than three seconds in his 1934 Bugatti Type 59, turning a one minute, 59.668 second lap with the 3300cc power plant.
While there are at least two qualifying sessions for each of the classes, the grids are set by a convoluted system I never have understood and, even if McCabe continues to run away from the pack, he most likely will not start on the pole come race time.
Often, the top qualifiers end up as far back as the end of the pack, but the cream always rises to the top and one of the thrills of the competition is watching some of the better cars and drivers fly through the field back up to the front, even though they have only 10 laps to accomplish it.
I remember one year when Bruce Canepa of Scotts Valley was lined up toward the front in his beautifully restored No. 83 Nissan but coming out of Turn 11 to take the green flag, Canepa thought he was in second gear. Oops. He was in first, did a 360 and the whole field passed him. Not to worry, Canepa, who can really drive, flew through the field and won the race.
From the Monerey County Herald
The Swiss / German tuner Mansory "improved" a Bugatti Veyron, and created the Bugatti Veyron «Vincero d’Oro». Gold plated in many parts, both inside and out, it is probably not to everyones taste...
As European and even US buyers will not appreciate this shining appearance, it will probably end up in Moscow or one of the Arab small countries where the black gold comes from for which the Veyron has quite a thirst. And hopefully, it will stay there! Fortunately, there will be only one example made.
August 8, 2010 OXNARD, Calif. — Must see! Used car, light blue, one of a kind. Expect sticker shock!
A 1936 Bugatti that recently sold for more than $30 million went on display Tuesday at the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard.
The museum says the 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic is one of only three ever made and was first purchased by Lord Victor Rothschild of London.
In 1939, it was sent back to the factory to be supercharged. The owners have included Dr. Peter Williamson, who bought the car in 1971 for $59,000 and restored it.
The car sold in May in a deal brokered by Gooding & Co. It says the unidentified buyer paid between $30 million and $40 million.
The museum says it is not sure how long it will be displayed.
August 8, 2010 By Andrew Doyle
Messier-Bugatti plans to demonstrate its "green taxiing" concept by the end of 2012 and says it is in discussions with Airbus about including the system on the proposed A320 New Engine Option programme.
Unlike rival designs that would use an electric motor mounted on the aircraft's nose gear, Safran group company Messier-Bugatti has decided to mount the motors on the main landing gear because "roughly 90% of the aircraft's weight is on the mains", says Safran equipment division executive vice-president Yves Leclère.
He says a "fully mature" version of the system could enter testing by late 2014 and be available for the A320 and Boeing 737 families by 2016.
"It's more interesting for short-range aircraft, but our intention is to have applications on all existing programmes and all new products, even to retrofit some existing programmes," says Leclère.
Short-haul aircraft typically perform more than 10 flights a day and so spend a much greater proportion of their service lives taxiing on the ground compared with long-haul aircraft.
Airbus and Boeing are "interested, and of course we have a strong interaction with them", says Leclère, who adds that discussions are also under way with "key airlines". Installation of the system would require some modifications to the airframe and well as the landing gear.
The motors would be mounted on the main landing gear bogies and draw electrical power from the auxiliary power unit, enabling aircraft to taxi without their main engines running. For the longer term, Messier-Bugatti is studying whether the landing gear motors could be powered by electrical energy recovered during the landing roll.
Safran says engines such as the CFM International CFM56 - which equips 737s and some A320s - burn around 12kg (5.4lb) of fuel a minute during the taxiing phase.
Although the green taxiing system will add "several hundred kilogrammes" to the weight of the airframe, this will be offset by the fact that the aircraft will carry less fuel, says Leclère. He says the fuel burn reduction will be "several percent" for a typical flight, which translates into savings of "several hundred thousand dollars per aircraft" every year.
Another advantage is that carbon brake wear is reduced because the taxi-out can be conducted "more smoothly" than under main engine power when the brake pads are cold before take-off, which "changes the business model for brakes", says Leclère. The engines would also be less susceptible to foreign object damage on the ground.
"Our concept will have a very significant effect for the pushback, because you don't have to use an external vehicle, so that's a key element for the business model," says Leclère.
July 5, 2010 The new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport takes production sports cars to a whole new dimension.
Wolfsburg/Molsheim, July 4, 2010 – on a beautiful sunny day at 25 degrees the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport achieved a new landspeed world record for production cars, on the proving grounds of the Volkswagen Group at Ehra-Lessien (nearby its headquarters at Wolfsburg). In the presence of the German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) and a representative of Guinness Book of Records the Super Sport achieved an average top speed of 431 km/h. This is 24km.h more than the regular Veyron's 407km/h.
Saturday, 2 pm – Bugatti’s Pilote Officiel Pierre Henri Raphanel puts his helmet and gloves on, pulls the safety belts tight whilst the engineers check the car a very last time: tyre pressure, temperature, all systems go. Then the orange black Super Sport crosses the light barrier, from now on the time will be taken, within one hour the car has to drive from South to North and then in the opposite direction.
No one but the driver is allowed to touch the car during this time. The tension rises. A few minutes later we can hear from the left side the sound of a starting jumbo jet coming closer towards us. First we perceive the headlights of the Veyron, then we can recognize the shape of the car, a loud wooosh…. and Raphanel dashes in top speed past us. The GPS-tachometer stops at 427, 933 km/h. Now the same procedure from the opposite direction. This time the car reaches 434, 211 km/h. As average top speed the representatives of the “TÜV”and Guinness generate a value of 431, 072 km/h (268 mph). This even hit Bugatti’s engineering team by surprise.
“We took it that we would reach an average value of 425 km/h,” explains Bugatti’s chief engineer Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, “but the conditions today were perfect and allowed even more.”
The climax of the Veyron series: the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport
Had a model been especially popular or highly successful in races, Ettore Bugatti’s customers often pushed the master to tease out of the engine a few horsepower more for their future car. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. had been in a similar situation when their existing customers asked the company to not only design their second model optically differently but to also create a version with a sportier and more extreme driving experience. The result is a car with a uniquely high performance of 1,200-hp (882 kW) offering experienced drivers a whole new dimension of excitement, with a maximum torque of 1,500 Newton metres and a limited top speed of 415 km/h (to protect the tyres) but, the technique of the Super Sport is identical to the record car. The first five Super Sports to come off the production line will constitute a special series of their own, with the same configuration as the landspeed record car.
The Super Sport is a consequent of the further development of the classic exclusive 1,001-hp Bugatti Veyron 16.4, launched in 2005. This model offers a stunning set of specifications, such as the twin clutch gearbox with seven speeds, the extraordinarily precise driving performance in bends and excellent stability when braking and accelerating.
Continuous work in extreme performance ranges lead to constantly new conclusions, which enabled the engineers at Bugatti to develop the Veyron into a direction in which the driver can reach new dimensions. Every modification is designed to produce an even more powerful car for an agile ride.
Four enlarged turbochargers and bigger intercoolers have been used to boost the power of the 16-cylinder engine, and the chassis has been extensively redesigned to maintain safety at extreme speed – thanks to slightly raised main-spring travel, stronger stabilisers, and new shock absorbers with a complex architecture originally developed for racing cars. This gives noticeably more precise control of the wheels and the car as a whole. With lateral acceleration of up to 1.4 G and improved interaction between the tyres and the intelligent all-wheel drive system, the Super Sport offers perfect handling and even more powerful acceleration of 1,500 Newton metres on corner exits.
The body has been fine-tuned to improve aerodynamic efficiency and maintain perfect balance in every situation, while the new fibre structure of the all-carbon monocoque ensures maximum torsion rigidity and passive safety – at reduced weight. The skin is made entirely of carbon-fibre composites, and the new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is available in 100 per-cent clearlacquered exposed carbon on request.
Dynamic exterior
Every detail of this car, and not just its use of advanced motorsport technology, harks back to the pioneering spirit of company founder Ettore Bugatti. This brilliant designer came from a family of artists, and his philosophy was always to combine mechanical perfection and exterior beauty. This ethos remains alive and well at the company, and the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport is wholly unmistakeable, with every external modification serving to coax greater performance from the car.
The Super Sport’s flat, elongated silhouette is immediately recognisable. The 16-cylinder engine gets its air from two NACA ducts integrated into the roof, rather than from scoops above the engine.
The front air intakes have been expanded and reshaped, with the lower one extending elegantly around the sides to the wheel arch. The revised back looks sportier due to the double diffuser and a centrally arranged exhaust system.
Bugatti has a tradition of making super-sport versions of successful models, usually with racing chassis and supercharged engines. These cars were considered as true racing machines for diehard Bugatti devotees. The most successful were the type 55 and type 57S; only around forty of each were built.
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. has sold 260 Veyrons and 35 Grand Sports by now, of which 249 Veyrons and 22 Grand Sports had been delivered. The Super Sport will begin production this autumn at Molsheim along with the Veyron and the Grand Sport. The first five cars – known as the World Record Edition – are in a special black exposed carbon and orange finish and have already been sold.
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport will appear for the first time in public in California at the Pebble Beach Concours weekend in mid-August and will be featured at The Quail, Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca and on the concept lawn of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
July 4, 2010 The new Louwman museum, the museum based on the oldest private collection of the world, has been opened last Friday, by our Queen Beatrix (picture). The museum is now in a purpose-built building in the Hague, close to the Queen's palace.
Apparently the long-awaited Grand Raid (on the other picture, chassis 57221 or 57222?) is also in the museum, but I have had no reports yet of anybody actually seeing it. Also there Black Bess, the T50 Profilée, the T54 Bachelier, a T43 and a T44.
The old museum already was one of the best in the world, it is said that the museum is now even better. The 3 most interesting museum's worldwide for the Bugattiste now probably are the Louwman museum in the Hague, the Netherlands, the Musée national de l'Automobile, collection Schlumpf, in Mulhouse, France, and the Peter Mullin museum in Oxnard, California, USA.
More info: www.louwmanmuseum.nl
The Helle Nice Foundation has commissioned a marker to be placed on the grave of Hellé Nice (her sister Solange accepted HN's remains but refused to inscribe her name on the stone), the ceremony will take place Saturday, September 4.
A number of Bugatti owners have expressed interest in attending and bringing their Bugattis, and there will be members of Hellé Nice's family present, as well as VIPs from the area and from racing. Women Bugatti driver Historian Patricia Lee Yongue will be saying a few words in behalf of Helle Nice.
For more info read the Press release
June 23, 2010 The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport was named "Best Convertible" by the world renowned Robb Report magazine in its annual "Best of the Best" issue.
Each June, Robb Report, a leading US journal on luxury brands, publishes this special issue, which represents the culmination of an entire year's search for excellence in every aspect of the affluent lifestyle. The Bugatti Grand Sport hails as this year's "Best of the Best" Convertible and is featured as the blue ribbon winner in the 22nd annual issue. In fact, Robb Report has awarded the Grand Sport two prestigious honors since the car's introduction, one being the unprecedented "Car of the Decade" award, created specifically for the Grand Sport.
"Named "Car of the Decade" by Robb Report's Car of the Year panel last November, the Grand Sport is not only the most arresting vehicle on the market today, but it also happens to be the world's best convertible, " said Paul Meyers, Contributing Writer for Robb Report.
June 23, 2010 Posted: 11:34 am June 18, 2010 by CarsUK
We’ve been here before with rumours of a lighter and more powerful Bugatti Veyron. In fact the rumours have been around almost as long as the Veyron itself. And they resurface at regular intervals. So when we saw the rumours earlier this week we thought it was probably more of the same – a slow news day for someone so ‘Let’s run a Veyron Story’. And then we got a phone call.
“Have you heard about the new 1200bhp Veyron Supersport?” said the familiar voice. “It’s just the same old rumour, sunshine” we retorted. “Then why am I about to transfer €400k to Bugatti?” came the reply. So it’s not a rumour – it’s real.
There are going to be 30 Bugatti Veyron SuperSport. They will shed in the region of 300kg with liberal use of carbon fibre, get 1200 horses and each will cost their owners €1,650,000. There are exterior styling changes but Bugatti aren’t sending out photos – even to buyers – at this stage.
Bugatti were hoping to have the Veyron Supersport ready for Goodwood this year, but that’s not going to happen. The aim now is to show the new Veyron at Pebble Beach in August. But Bugatti aren’t the best in the world at keeping to delivery dates so it could even take until Paris before the world sees the SuperSport.
The Veyron SuperSport will be the last iteration of the Veyron. Probably.
The picture is NOT of the SuperSport, but of the Bugatti Ettore concept. Though it looks professional, it probably does not come from Bugatti.
TrueCar, a Santa Monica firm that gathers vehicle buying and pricing data, has done a study on gender differences based on 13 million vehicle registrations from the past two years.
Most popular with women is the Volkswagen New Beetle, with 56.1% women buyers.
On the other side of the scale is the Bugatti Veyron, with no women buyers at all! (At least in the US, does anybody know female Bugatti buyers in other countries??)
So, it seems that the Veyron is a pure masculin automobile! Or has this something to do with the old story about big cars making up for small....
However, sports car marques in general are unpopular with women: Ferrari (5.6%); Lamborghini (6.5%); Tesla (9.8%); Aston Martin (9.9%); and Lotus (10%).
June 17, 2010 A 1926 Bugatti Type 35 sold to its first owner by Brooklands personality Malcolm Campbell made a triumphant return to the Birthplace of British Motorsport at the Brooklands Double Twelve Motoring Festival on 5-6 June, 2010.
The Bugatti beat a strong field of classic cars to take overall first place in the Brooklands Double Twelve competition for its current owner, Chris Jaques (photo top right). And in a similarly nail-biting finish on the Mercedes-Benz World circuit next door, Pete Candy’s 1936 Riley Special “Super Rat” stole first place in the Brooklands Speed Trials by just 0.2 sec from Terry Crabb’s ERA R12C.
The two competitions kept a strong crowd at the 2010 Brooklands Double Twelve Motoring Festival – organised by Brooklands Museum and the Vintage Sports-Car Club – captivated throughout two days of motoring action, spectacle and glamour which culminated with the Museum’s Royal Patron Prince Michael of Kent presenting the Double Twelve prizes.
In the Double Twelve competition – in which car and driver had to excel in both complicated driving tests and the rigorous judging of a Concours d’Elegance to be in with a chance of winning – the Bugatti narrowly but decisively beat Simon Taylor’s beautiful 1937 Bentley 4¼ litre Sedanca Coupé, which was a winner at last year’s Pebble Beach Concours in the USA. Other class winners included John Dennis’ 1907/16 Berliet-Curtiss racer, Alex Pilkington’s 1930 Alfa Romeo 1750 Zagato, Bryan Smart’s 1973 Porsche 2.7 RS Carrera and Jo Moss’ 1973 Morgan Plus 8.
Another historic Grand Prix Bugatti claimed honours in the Brooklands Speed Trials – this time it was Martin Overington’s spectacular 1927 Type 35B grand prix car, which was the fastest Vintage (pre-1931) car, taking just 1.36 longer to cover the 900 metre course than Candy’s time of 43.0 sec. The fastest road-going sports car was Andrew Mitchell’s 1937 HRG 1½ litre, and honours in the closely-fought Edwardian (pre-1919) class – with six giant racers taking part – went to Karl Foulkes-Halbard’s 5 litre 1907 Corbin Vanderbilt Cup car.
Brooklands Museum Director Allan Winn said, “The 2010 Brooklands Double Twelve Motoring Festival proved to be a real hit with competitors and spectators alike. We were very pleased to see so many families and enthusiasts enjoying the biggest competition event held at Brooklands since the original circuit closed in 1939. We look forward to building on the success of this weekend at the next event in June 2011.”
Source: Sports Car Digest Above right: Edmund Burgess in 1924 Bugatti Brescia
June 11, 2010 The famous champion Maurice Trintignant was Mayor of Vergèze from 1959 to 1965
To honor him, the municipality ordered a statue of the champion, at the wheel of his Bugatti 51.
The statue will be unveiled in Octobre 2010.
Picture: Trintignant's T51
June 6, 2010
Bugatti CEO Dr. Paefgen, who also heads the likewise VW-owned Bentley, assumes that the Galibier will reach the production stage. A green light has not yet been given, though. "We now encounter many challenges," he said to Dutch car-magazine Autovisie, "but count on the Galibier being produced."
The Galibier, named after the famous Pass in the French Alps, as well as a 4-door version on the Bugatti Type 57, was shown to potential buyers the first time last year. The reactions were very positive to the new five-door saloon, says one of those present. Dutch Bugatti dealer Hessing could immediately write some orders. A price tag for the limousine is not known, but will be around 800,000 euros. Excluding taxes, though. Including taxes the car will be at around 1.3 million euros.
As a technical basis, the Galibier is the sister of the Bentley Mulsanne. The prestigious brand will have the same architecture, including double wishbones, air suspension, self-thinking shock absorbers and four-wheel drive. Under the hood the Galibier will have the sixteen (!) Cylinder power from the Veyron instead of the 6.75-liter V8 engine from the Mulsanne. The ability of the engine is reduced to a still impressive 800 hp. Enough for the 5.30 meters long car to run at 350 km / h.
If Bugatti decides to put the limousine into production, she will not leave the factory before 2012.
May 29, 2010 - it´s officially the only EB 110 SS (Sport Stradale) with the luxury interior of the EB 110 GT.
The last car, which was personally registrated on Michael Schumacher.
The car is in mint condition, best EB 110 SS available, better than new. Car comes from a high class collection and was never used. (It is NOT Michael Schumacher selling the car!)
- Car ID: ZA9BB02EO RCD 39020
€ 600,000
Maranello Motors
Cologne, Germany
Phone: +49 22137050096
May 27, 2010
According to insiders at Molsheim, France, Bugatti has produced an 800-hp electric supercar prototype, which may never be displayed to the public… at least that’s what the sources told AutoExpress.
The working electric supercar Bugatti is said to be built on the chassis of a Bentley Continental GT and features an advanced lithium-ion battery pack and two huge powerful electric-motors that can deliver a neck-snapping 1,622 lb-ft of torque from 0 mph.
Why is it that we may never get to see the electric supercar from Bugatti? Insiders say that the model is being built just to study the technology and allow engineers to explore the ultimate performance available from an electric powertrain.
This isn’t the first time that Bugatti has ever built a battery-powered car. Ettore Bugatti, founder of the company, made an electric-car called the Type 56 that he used to tour around the factory in Molsheim, France.
Last week Evert Visser passed away, at the age of only 54 years.
Many of the especially Dutch Bugattistes entrusted their Bugattis to Evert of Superleggera, for repairs or maintenance. Evert was a skilled technician, friendlym and always in for a conversation. Only recently he participated in the 100 miles rallye together with Bart Rosman in his 43.
The death of Evert is a big loss for the Bugatti world.
Olav Glasius
The Volkswagen Group and Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A. (IDG), Turin, are to intensify their successful cooperation, putting it on a new footing. This was announced by both companies at a joint press conference in Turin on Tuesday. The Volkswagen Group will take a 90.1 percent stake in IDG, including the brand name rights and patents. The shares are being acquired by AUDI's Italian subsidiary Lamborghini Holding S.p.A. The remaining shares will stay in the possession of the present owner family Giugiaro.
"With this shareholding in Italdesign, we are participating in one of the most renowned design and development companies with one of the richest traditions in the automobile industry. Italdesign is the flagship for creative Italian automobile design and has been instrumental in shaping the face of the automobile industry worldwide. As the creator of the Golf I, Giorgetto Giugiaro laid a new foundation for Volkswagen design in the 1970s," Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, commented in Turin.
The Volkswagen Group has enjoyed successful cooperation with IDG for many decades. Giugiaro made a name for himself not only with the Golf I, but also with concepts for important models such as the first Volkswagen Passat, Scirocco or the Audi 80. A comprehensive development framework agreement was concluded in 2008. Volkswagen and IDG are also collaborating closely on ongoing projects such as the planned Volkswagen Up! model family. Implementation of the agreement is also subject to the standard approval by the relevant authorities."A new era in the strategic partnership between our companies begins today. Italdesign becomes a permanent member of the global Volkswagen family," Winterkorn said. "The Volkswagen Group will be continuing its model initiative over the coming years and will benefit from the capacity and competence of Italdesign. The company will therefore be making an important contribution to our 2018 global growth strategy," Winterkorn continued.
IDG was founded in Turin by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani in 1968. Both founders are considered pioneers of modern Italian automobile design. Italdesign has also acquired a reputation worldwide as a highly-competent development center. Today, the company generates sales of over €100 million and has a workforce of some 800 employees.
With Italdesign having designed a series of Bugattis in the past, starting with the ID90, the EB112, EB118, EB218 and EB18-3 Chiron, one wonders if VW now will give Italdesign again a role in designing the future Bugattis!
May 27, 2010
You are right, the electric Bugatti announced above is strange enough in itself, despite the type 56 provenance. The truth of course is that Bugatti continues to inspire (automotive) design students: this one seems to be the most radical so far!
Masters students from Sweden's Umea Institute of Design recently exhibited their final-year projects at the university's annual degree show. Featuring the work of both graduating diploma students and those completing the first year of their MA in Transportation Design, this year's exhibition brought together a diverse range of themes, ranging from futuristic interpretations of existing brand DNA to new concepts in car production, usage and forms.
The Bugatti Morpheus was designed by
Doojin Choi
Designed for the year 2050 - a time when congestion forces drivers to take to circuits and areas of desert for thrills - the Morpheus concept takes the Bugatti Veyron's hunched-forward, beetle-like proportions and evolves them into an even more extreme single-seat speedster form designed purely for track day use.
The driver sits on an outrigger section that hangs on the right side between the front and rear wheels, creating an unusually open driving experience. Other unusual features such as the exposed structure, bespoke luggage set and the large spare wheel attached to the middle add a futuristic twist to design cues that date back to the birth of the Bugatti brand, not to mention a welcome dash on humour on the part of its South Korean creator.
The most innovative aspect is the backbone structure of the chassis, which flexes and acts as suspension also.
May 15, 2010 What has been a legend for half a century, has now been confirmed to be true; there does indeed exist a seventh Royale.
This was all brought about by an article in the Bugatti Revue, published on May 13; in it a brochure from Gene Cesari's Grand Prix Imports in the USA, dated 1961. In this brochure a chassis of the prototype Royale is described; a car that has been missing ever since. This is the text:
The Royale does exist, but we will not photograph it until much more work has been completed. We knew that Bugatti had crashed the original Royale and had then sold it. After four years of sleuthing, our cloak and dagger boys turned it up, sadly neglected but indomitably proud, in a barnyard in France. Thus far our restoration has been difficult, with many new parts being made at considerable expense in Molsheim, preventing us from quoting a price at this time. We expect to sell it in the chassis form: allowing the future owner to select his own design features , which will surely be in the classic tradition.
From: www.bugattirevue.com/revue41/henry.htm
The existence of this chassis has been confirmed to me. The chassis of the prototype Royale was sold in the 60's to Bill Harrah, and afterwards to a collector in the USA, who had it for about 40 years. It was then sold again, the current owner wants to remain unknown however (at least for the time being). It seems that the chassis (which is the prototype chassis and different from the later "production" Royale's) is being restored, and that a body will be made for it. Which one is not known, though the Weyman body would be the most appropriate.
This does imply that the Bugatti Royale coupé Napoleon (chassis 41100) was indeed a new car, and not a rebuild of the crashed prototype, as has been often written.
Sotheby's auction May 5 and 6, NEW YORK, NY.- Impressionist and Modern Art Evening and Day sales, Property from the S. Joel Schur Collection
Rembrandt Bugatti, Petite panthère
278,500 USD
Rembrandt Bugatti, Chimpanzé assis sur une boule
512,500 USD
Rembrandt Bugatti, Petit Léopard assis, la queue placée en avant
194,500 USD
Rembrandt Bugatti, Marabout au repos
92,500 USD
Rembrandt Bugatti, Lionne de Nubie
1,426,500 USD
Rembrandt Bugatti, Babouin Sacré Hamadryas
2,098,500 USD
Rembrandt Bugatti, Grand Girafe tête basse
1,426,500 USD
Prices including buyer's premium.
Of the 11 Bugattis, the above 7 were sold. The male "Lion de Nubie" was not sold.
Did we report yesterday that the Williamson Atlantic had been sold, to an undisclosed buyer, we now get reports that it is sold to Peter Mullin, and his Oxnard museum!
This makes sense, Mr. Mullin is buying almost all Bugattis that are really special, like the Brescia Submarine.
The following is from: automotive.speedtv.com
The highest price ever paid for an automobile was reached last week when a 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic was sold for something approaching $40 million, according to unconfirmed reports.
The curvaceous Bugatti coupe, considered to be the epitome of French art deco styling, was sold by California auction house Gooding & Company, which served as broker for this private sale.
The Bugatti sale eclipses the highest price ever paid at auction for a car: $12.2 million for a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa sold a year ago in Maranello, Italy.
Although Gooding would not reveal details about the transaction, the buyer of the Bugatti was reported to be the Mullin Automotive Museum of Oxnard, Ca., according to a Wall Street Journal report. The museum, dedicated to French deco style, was recently opened by noted car collector Peter Mullin.
Just before its opening, the Mullin museum made headlines when it paid $365,000 for the corroded remains of a 1925 Bugatti Brescia that was under Lake Maggiore for more than 70 years.
“I am extremely pleased to have found the new buyer for the 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, one of the world’s most significant and valuable automobiles that has been in a private collection and rarely seen during the past four decades,” said David Gooding, president and founder of Gooding & Company.
Yesterday the amount indicated was 30 million, probably closer to reality than the 40 million mentioned in the above article. Either way, a lot of money for an old car, not much though for an automotive Mona Lisa.
May 5, 2010 A continent away from the glitz of Monte Carlo, a private sale has just taken place which ends two years of speculation about the car’s fate and establishes a new all-time high in the classic car market. Considered by many to be the ultimate expression of the motor car as an art form, the Bugatti Type 57S Atlantic of the late 1930s puts even a Ferrari 250GTO in the shade. Styled by Ettore’s son and heir apparent Jean Bugatti, so rare and mysterious that historians cannot agree on how many were made or even survive (three and two is a best guess), most collectors would however agree that this grandfather of all supercars is about as good as it gets. Ralph Lauren famously has one, whilst the second Atlantic was owned for almost four decades by respected former American Bugatti Club president Dr Peter Williamson until his death in 2008, when David Gooding auctioned most of his collection to benefit medical charities. He’s now been involved in the private sale of the family’s Atlantic for an as-yet undisclosed sum thought to be in the region of $30,000,000. Stay tuned for news of where you'll be able to admire it shortly...
When Dr Williamson bought the Atlantic at Sothebys auction on 12th June 1971 in Los Angeles for $59,000, it was a logic-defying world record price.
From: www.kidston.com
I knew from when dr.Williamson was still alive, that he was interested in selling the car in the 30 million $ region. There were rumours about 5 years ago that his Atlantic had been sold for 3 million, which he very clearly told to be not true. (Ed.)
RM Auctions, Sporting Classics Of Monaco, 1st May 2010, Grimaldi Forum
- Lot No. 253: 1935 Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux #57594, Not Sold at high bid of €220.000 Vs estimate of €285.000-€340.000
- Lot No. 254: 1951 Bugatti Type 101 Coupé by Van Antem #101504, Not sold at high bid of $508,875 versus pre-sale estimate of €500.000-€750.000 / $680,000 - $1,100,000.
- Lot No. 283: 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Stelvio by Gangloff #57435, Sold for €336.000 - $455,952 Vs estimate of €420.000-€480.000 / $570,000 - $650,000
Thanks to Christophe Chanterault
May 5, 2010 I was sent the link to these photo's, and thought I really should show them to you.
They were taken in Argentina, at the rally de Jose C. Paz, in the spring of 1963.
The boys are: Jaime, Diego and Manuel Arcos, Lucio Bollaert, Marcos (sitting in the Buga), Javier and I. The one in the background I can't see.
In the other picture, the Mini Bugatti has been taken apart to paint, in the workshop of "Chuzo".
Chuzo Gonzalez
From: www.retrovisiones.com/2010/04/les-petits-bugattistes/
September 4, 2010 ceremony to honor Hellé Nice Sainte Mesme, France
Ceremony to honor Hellé Nice and place the marker on her grave in Sainte Mesme, France on September 4, 2010.
Everyone is welcome to attend, AND to bring their vintage cars!
The ceremony will begin at 11:00 AM at the church in Sainte Mesme. For more information or directions - European contacts: Bruno PERRIN (bruno.perrin3@wanadoo.fr) or Louis DEJEAN (louis.dejean91@orange.fr) USA Sheryl Greene (hellenicefoundation@gmail.com) or the phone number below.
Sheryl A. Greene, The Helle Nice Foundation, Inc., "Excel and Accelerate!", 404-429-9600
Schedule:
10.09.2010 13.00 Welcome at Hotel de la Monnaie Molsheim 14.00 Official presentation of the Type 50B/59 (50180) monoplace of the Musée national Collection Schlumpf Mulhouse 16.00 visit of the bread museum Fortwenger at Gertwiller 18.00 visit of the wineyard Bachert at Barr 19.30 visit of the arts and crafts museum Folie Marco at Barr 20.00 Dinner at Caveau de la Folie Marco at Barr 11.09.2010 8.00 Gathering at the Hotel de la Monnaie Molsheim 8.30 Departure for the touristic trip: Molsheim - Epfig - Hohwarth - Neuve Eglise - Fouchy - Colroy La Grande - 9.30 Rest at Café à L'auberge du Spitzenberg at La Petite Fosse 10.45 Continuation of the trip: Provenchères s Fave - St Die - St Léonard - Arnould - Gerbépal - Gérardmer 12.15 Lunch at Hotel Restaurant Bon Rivage At Gérardmer 15.00 Continuation of the trip: Gérardmer - Gerbépal - St. Léonard - St Die - Provenchéres s Fave - Col de Saales - Schirmeck - Mutzig - Molseim 17.00 Trophée Fondation Bugatti at Molsheim 20.30 Official Diner at the Hotel de la Monnaie Molsheim 12.09.2010 8.30 Breakfast by invitation of the commune of Molsheim at the Hotel de la Monnaie 10.00 Ceremony at the Bugatti family graves at Dorlisheim 11.00 Price giving at the Hotel de la Monnaie Molsheim 12.30 Farewel Brunch at the Hotel de la Monnaie Molsheim From 11h-14h the Bugattis will be visible close to l'Hôtel de la Monnaie
More than 200 unique cars will be on display Sept. 12 at the Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance, including the legendary Rolls-Royce Phantom III Vutotal Cabriolet.
This one-of-a-kind, custom-built vehicle appeared at the 1939 World’s Fair and was redesigned by famed coachbuilder Henri Labourdette in the 1940s.
The concours includes judging classes for Porsche, Bugatti, period hot rods, barn finds, and custom cars from 1948-64.
You’ll also find special collections of LeMans and Packards, and an exhibit that celebrates automotive aerodynamics.
Show up on Sept. 11 for the Car and Motorcycle Club Celebration. Both events take place at the Fairfield County Hunt Club.
203-227-7988, www.fairfieldcountyconcours.com
I can be reached by email at J.J.Horst@BugattiPage.com.
