Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a German then French manufacturer of high-performance automobiles.
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14 Facts About Bugatti
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Bugatti was founded in 1909 in the then-German city of Molsheim, Alsace, by the Italian-born industrial designer Ettore Bugatti.
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Famous Bugatti automobiles include the Type 35 Grand Prix cars, the Type 41 "Royale", the Type 57 "Atlantic" and the Type 55 sports car.
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Bugatti struggled financially, and it released one last model in the 1950s before eventually being purchased for its airplane parts business in 1963.
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Founder Ettore Bugatti was born in Milan, Italy, and the automobile company that bears his name was founded in 1909 in Molsheim located in the Alsace region which was part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1919.
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Bugatti was known both for the level of detail of its engineering in its automobiles, and for the artistic manner in which the designs were executed, given the artistic nature of Ettore's family .
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Less than four months after the Versailles Treaty formalised the transfer of Alsace from Germany to France, Bugatti was able to obtain, at the last minute, a stand at the 15th Paris motor show in October 1919.
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Ettore Bugatti designed a successful motorised railcar, the Autorail Bugatti .
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Rather than bolt the springs to the axles as most manufacturers did, Bugatti's axles were forged such that the spring passed through a carefully sized opening in the axle, a much more elegant solution requiring fewer parts.
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Bugatti famously described his arch competitor Bentley's cars as "the world's fastest lorries" for focusing on durability.
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Bugatti continued manufacturing airplane parts and was sold to Hispano-Suiza, a former auto maker turned aircraft supplier, in 1963.
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Bugatti presented a prototype large saloon called the EB112 in 1993.
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On 23 February 2015, Bugatti sold its last Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, which was named La Finale.
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Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engined, two-seated sports car, designed by Achim Anscheidt, developed as the successor to the Bugatti Veyron.
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