Bugatti
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Automotive designer Jean Bugatti was the man behind the styling of such classic Bugatti automobiles as the Type 41 Royale and the Type 57. Despite his artistic gift, Bugatti was an engineer who also helped develop designs for twin-cam engines and independent suspensions for the French automaker. Jean Bugatti died in 1939, at age 30, in the crash of a Type 57 racer. While there’s no telling what may have been had Bugatti’s life not been cut short, one dream that never saw fulfillment was the aerodynamic 1939 Bugatti Type 64 Coupe, based on chassis number 64002. Bugatti had created...
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Bugatti Spaceship Crash Lands For Comic-Con
Automaker Bugatti already has a lengthy history in building some of the finest (and fastest) vehicles, aimed at buyers for whom money is not a concern. If the upcoming science fiction saga Elysium is accurate, Bugatti appears to have quite a future, too. Set in the year 2159, Elysium tells a...
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Bugatti Considering Hybrid System For Veyron Successor
Not much is known about Bugatti’s successor for the Veyron supercar. That’s probably because the Veyron itself is still being built and the model after it, due around 2014, will be a production version of the Bugatti Galibier sedan concept. This means that the Veyron’s successor...
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Bentley And Bugatti Get New Boss In VW Group Manager Shuffle
A major reshuffle of senior executives at the Volkswagen Group has seen Wolfgang Dürheimer, the former Porsche exec who’s been in charge of the prestigious Bentley and Bugatti brands for a little more than a year, move to Ingolstadt, Germany, to head up Audi’s research and...
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Ferrari FXX Evoluzione, Bugatti Veyron And Peugeot Le Mans Racer Up For Grabs
The auction to end all auctions is taking place this month in Monaco. Hosted by RM Auctions, the caliber and sheer variety of vehicles going under the hammer are unmatched by anything we’ve ever seen in the recent past, so if you happen to be in area on the dates of May 11 and 12 head down to...
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Bugatti Teases The Galibier 16C Four-Door Concept, Again: Video
For a car that doesn’t really exist and may never hit the market, Bugatti’s Galibier 16C has received an amazing amount of coverage in the media. Since its unveiling as a concept in 2009, the car has been the subjected to more rumor, speculation and innuendo than any other concept...
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Making its debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show this week is Bugatti’s latest model, the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. The stunning supercar is the result of combining the record-breaking Veyron Super Sport with the more lifestyle-oriented Veyron Grand Sport. And contrary to previous reports, the ultimate open-top Bugatti brings with it the full 1,200 horsepower and 1,106 pound-feet of torque of the Veyron Super Sport’s quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W-16 engine. This results in a top speed of 255 mph, 13 mph short of the world speed record for a production car. The peak power is...
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Czech Police Clamp Down Bugatti Veyron: Video
It appears no one is above the law when it comes to parking, at least in the Czech Republic, as the owner of this Bugatti Veyron found out recently. The video above shows local police applying a wheel clamp to the million dollar exotic, which was left illegally parked on a downtown Prague street...
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Bugatti Presents Veyron Super Sport Edition Merveilleux To ‘Simon’
Bugatti has built another special edition Veyron supercar, this time based on the already limited Veyron Super Sport model. Only one example of the car, dubbed the Edition Merveilleux, will be built, and it was recently delivered to its buyer in China, a 40-year old man known only as...
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Bugatti Galibier (Royale) Delayed Until 2015: Report
Conceived as a Veyron-like sedan, later updated to include the trendy plug-in hybrid idea, then shelved for not being outrageous enough, the Bugatti Galibier, or Royale as it's expected to be called when it reaches production, has already lived a hard life--and it won't even be born until 2015...
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Equatorial Guinea President’s son has supercars seized in Paris
A total of 11 supercars owned by the son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the president of the tiny African nation of Equatorial Guinea, were seized in Paris, France on September 28. The lineup consisted of a who’s who of the latest supercars including no less than two Bugatti Veyrons, a...
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Bugatti Galibier To Be Significantly Redesigned For Production: Report
First unveiled to the public in 2009 as a design concept, to be shopped around to potential buyers to gauge interest, the Bugatti Galibier 16C was quickly rumored to be on the fast-track to production. Two years have intervened without any official confirmation of production, however, there...
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Wolfgang Durheimer is reportedly not quite happy with the 16C Galibier's 800 horses and opulent interior. He demands more before green-lighting the sedan.
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Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Super Sport Spy Shots
The boss of Bugatti, Wolfgang Durheimer, recently revealed the 1,200 horsepower W-16 engine of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport was not compatible with the body of the Veyron Grand Sport, though a more powerful version of the open-top supercar had not been ruled out. Today we have new spy shots of a...
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Jay Leno Takes You Through The Bugatti Type 51: Video
Jay Leno has a passion for Bugatti automobiles, both old and new. In this video, the comedian takes you through the French automaker's Type 51 race car in exquisite detail.
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Bugatti Galibier's Price Will Be 'Extraordinary', If It Arrives
If you were hoping to score the upcoming Bugatti Galibier on a bargain basement budget, think again: head honcho Wolfgang Durheimer says that the Galibier's pricetag will be "extraordinary". That's about as specific as Durheimer will get at this point, roughly two years before the Veyron...
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Bugatti Boss Boast: We'll Continue To Build World's Fastest Cars
Wolfgang Durheimer, head of Bugatti and Bentley, wants to assure customers that the Bugatti name will continue to be synonymous with the fastest cars in the world.
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More Powerful Veyron Grand Sport Possible, Says Bugatti Boss
While the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport's 1,200 horsepower engine isn't compatible with the Veyron Grand Sport, the open-top supercar can handle more than its current 1,001 horsepower output.
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The one-off Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Sang Blanc was commissioned by a customer in the UK, albeit with a left-hand drive configuration.
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Gruesome Images From Bugatti Veyron Crash Test
Hyper-expensive supercars are rarely crash tested by independent safety agencies but that doesn't mean they aren't tested by the automakers themselves.
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Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Touches Down In Jay Leno’s Garage: Video
Jay Leno finds out how to check the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport's oil in this latest episode.
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Red Chrome Bugatti Veyron Wrap: Why, Dartz, Why?
Dartz, the Latvians known for gigantic armored SUVs, faux whale penis leather, and something called a "Prombron Nagel," have just completed a red chrome wrap on a Bugatti Veyron. While we (and anyone with eyes) ask why, Dartz asks, why not? Though the video is low-res and grainy, it's still clear...
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The Porcelain (And Functional) Bugatti Veyron
Bugatti introduces a one-of-a-kind porcelain Veyron Grand Sport.
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1935 Bugatti Type 57 Roadster Up For Sale At 2011 Pebble Beach Concours
When it comes to rare classic cars selling at auction, few can match Bugatti’s ability to draw in the multi-million dollar bids as we’ve seen in the recent past. The current record for a car sold at auction goes to this 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, which fetched an undisclosed sum...
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