Bugatti Collection

Bugatti 'le Pur Sang'

The company was founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace by the Italian-born industrial designer Ettore Bugatti. The first true Bugatti 'pur sang' race car was the Type 10 in 1910. This evolved into the Type 13 'Brescia' model and was the car driven to second place in the 1911 French Grand Prix. After the First World War, production on the type 13 continued. Bugatti enjoyed huge success in racing with the highlight being the Type 35 and its variants - first introduced in 1924 at Lyon. 

The Type 35s were truly world beaters, winning many Grands Prix including the first ever Monaco GP in 1929 and the legendary Targa Florio five times. The successors to the Type 35 series of GP cars were not to prove quite as as successful, but the sales of road cars improved with a string of superb creations from Bugatti, led by Ettore's son Jean Bugatti. Later Bugatti competition models won the Le Mans 24 hours in 1937 and 39 and a catalogue of other races.

Sadly after the deaths of Jean Bugatti (1939) and Ettore (1947) and production of both racing and road cars had declined sharply.

Bugatti finally ceased production in 1956.