SCOOP!!!
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/06/my ... spied.html
Spy Shot of a Bantley Continental GT Speed with Rear Engine!!!
It's the First Test Mule of a New Bugatti???

IT'S POSSIBLE?

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It could be two variants: 1) It is new Bugatti test mule, if they want to present new project this year, they must know what they going to make and how it going to look. 2) It is some new Bentley project, some new real future supercar from Bentley.

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Old name: D55L

BUGATTI VEYRON 16.4
DCT CONTROLLER by RICARDO


7 SPEED GEAR BOX

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Nice find!

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Vive la Marque !!

After 70 Years Bugatti Emerge from the Lago Maggiore (Ascona Italy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq4CW-qMzxw
http://www.cdt.ch/ticino-e-regioni/cron ... orata.html

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amazing ! does anyone know anything else about this car !

Movie gedouwnload, impressively it obtaining, thanks

I have been informed by an impeccable source that, In a private sale after the death of the car's owner about a year ago, a new record price was paid for an original twin-magneto type 13 (290,000 euros) IN NEED OF A COMPLETE MECHANICAL REBUILD having been unused for many years. The new owner does not want his identity revealed and has no plans to use the car in competition. It is said to be shortly heading to a well known "Brescia" specialist in the UK later in the year.

New Bugatti Press Release
THE BUGATTI FAMILY
In order to understand Ettore Bugatti, it is important to know something about the family he grew up in.
The family can be traced back to the 17th century when the well-known painter, Zanetto Bugatti, was
involved in the decoration of several Milanese churches, and whose work can still be seen today. Ettore’s
grandfather, Giovanni Luigi Bugatti, was an architect, but is principally remembered for his quest to
design a perpetual motion device. Carlo Bugatti, Ettore’s father, was born in 1856 and, after studying art
at the Brera School and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, became a famous sculptor and respected
furniture designer.
His sister Luigia lived with the Swiss painter, Segantini, who occasionally collaborated with Carlo. By the
end of the 19th century, Carlo had achieved all he had ever dreamed of. He sold his business in Milan and
moved to Paris in 1903, where he was able to live a comfortable life.
He was able to allow his two sons the time and freedom to choose their own careers and, above all,
instilled in them the self-confidence to develop their own talents. Ettore was born in 1881, his sister
Deanice two years later, and Ettore’s younger brother in 1884. He was given the promising name of
Rembrandt, even though his father intended him to become an engineer. At the age of 15, Rembrandt
created his first sculpture, without having made more than 25 drawings in his whole life.
His father consequently sent him to the Brera Academy and the sculptor Troubetzkoy, a friend of this
artist family, gave him additional tutoring. In 1903 Rembrandt held his first exhibition of his animal
sculptures at the Venice Biennale, and subsequently became known as an “Animalier” throughout Europe
and even in the USA. After the Bugatti family moved to Paris, he became a lifelong friend of Adrien
Hébrard, the owner of a famous gallery. In the period before the First World War, Rembrandt spent
much of his time in the Antwerp Royal Zoological Garden, the largest of its kind in Europe at that time. It
was here that he created many of his celebrated sculptures, working with clay, which allowed him to finish
the works in a very short time. When war broke out he served in a military hospital in Paris.
The horrors of war and the prospect of not being able to work for a long time, combined with an unhappy
love affair, drove him into a deep depression. In 1916, Rembrandt Bugatti took his own life. Today his
outstanding animal sculptures can be found in museums all over the world. While he is most famous for
his elephants, panthers and lions, he also depicted such humble creatures as cows and donkeys. Ettore’s life
in his own words “It was while I was growing up that the motor car was born. I was not exactly designated
for this new industry nor to any other activities of this kind, as my family had been creating sculptures,
paintings, engravings and chased work since the 16th century. I also started to study sculpture at the Brera
Arts School in Milan. Unfortunately I was more concerned with amusing myself and besides, I had a
brother who was already a sculptor. There are two types of artists. Those who are born artists – one daythey create something and are ‘hooked’. My brother was one of them. The other type, to which I belong,
are those who try and create art but are not as gifted, so they have to make up for it by working hard. One
day they should wake up and realise that they ought to do something else. If they truly respect art, they
stop and choose another path.
For that reason I left the world of fine art when I was 16 years old and joined the foundry of Prinetti and
Stucchi. Mr Prinetti, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, was a friend of the family. It was during this time as
an apprentice that I began to fall in love with all things mechanical. Together with a friend I eventually
managed to buy a motorised tricycle, which I even entered in races. I remember one of first ones very well.
It took place in Milan and I competed with my tricycle against a whole pack of motor cars over a distance
of 100 kilometres. I reached the finishing line ten minutes before any other participant.
The following year I set up my own little workshop. Not with any particular plans for the future, but
simply for my own enjoyment in motor sports and love of things mechanical. In general it was the
beginning of a whole new industry. Renault was also making his first steps. The only pioneers in France
were Leon Bollée, Serpollet, De Dion, De Dietrich and Panhard; and in Germany Maybach, Benz and
Daimler. They were all about 40 years old, while I was just 17, and Renault scarcely 20. I started building
motor cars for my own pleasure, more as an enjoyment than a way to earn a living.
Besides, I was not a trained engineer. Little by little I acquired the technical knowledge, such as calculating
the strength of materials. In the beginning, my greatest asset was my ability to draw. Sketches are not only
a way of representing existing objects, but a way to communicate your ideas and thoughts. Many things are
easier when you can draw. And I was lucky that I could. No doubt my ancestral roots played a part. You
may not necessarily be born a genius just because your father was one, but it is quite common to inherit a
talent that has been cultivated in your family for several generations.” A designer to his dying day Ettore’s
son, Jean, certainly inherited his father’s remarkable talent. He was born on 15 January 1909 – the same
year that Ettore started up his own company in a former dye works in Molsheim, Alsace. He regarded the
complex not simply as a factory, but as a work of art in its own right.
In 1921, Ettore became its owner, having previously rented it for 5,000 marks a year. His dominant role in
the company culminated in the purchase of the Château St. Jean. As the king of Molsheim, he obviously
needed a castle. None of this was necessary to run a car factory; it was simply about creating an image and
satisfying his own whims as its owner. In fact, if there had not been so many anecdotes associated with his
name, the Bugatti marque probably would not enjoy such prestige today. Throughout his life, Ettore never
gave up. For all his major successes, there were also huge setbacks, including the loss of his son and his
factories in two world wars. He retained his passion for designing things until his dying day, succumbing
to pneumonia on 21 July 1947, aged 66, in the American military hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

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New Bugatti Press Release
ETTORE BUGATTI
THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH
Compared to other famous automotive designers of his time, such as Vittorio Jano, Ferdinand Porsche,
Mark Birkigt or W.O. Bentley, Ettore Bugatti was certainly a flamboyant character in more ways than
one. He was six years younger than Jano and seven years older than Bentley, and in purely technical terms
they were undoubtedly superior to Bugatti. Yet they had nothing of his creative background, resulting
from being born into an artistic family.
Ettore Isidoro Arco Bugatti was born on 15 September 1881 as the eldest son of Carlo and Theresa
Bugatti in Milan. It was his parents’ desire that the young Ettore should follow in his father’s artistic
footsteps, while his brother Rembrandt, born in 1884, should pursue a technical career. In the end, it was
to be the reverse.
Rembrandt was the artist in the family and Ettore began his apprenticeship with the bicycle
manufacturers Prinetti & Stucchi. Although he was never to study engineering at university, he
designed machines at a furious pace. Each day he filled numerous pages of his famous notepads (over
20,000 of his sketches have survived), and not just with car designs: he also churned out ideas for
fishing boats, spaghetti machines and medical instruments. He seemed to see room for improvement
in almost everything and ended up owning no fewer than 500 patents!
At his factory, Ettore was never satisfied with second best. He always wanted the best available and if it did
not meet his expectations he simply made it himself. Thus, many of the tools in Molsheim were of his own
design, including the feet of the wooden workbenches and the vices used by his workers. Even the
entrance and oak doors to the factory were Bugatti originals. He did not consider his Atelier as just
another factory; he saw it much more as a complete work of art. And none of his contemporaries set any
great store by such things.

THE DAWNING OF A NEW ERA
Ettore Bugatti was in his prime as motor racing became a spectator sport. It had shed ist image of dirty
exhaust gases and dusty roads and instead was taking on a more glamorous air, with a touch of the heroic
and romantic. This perfectly suited the artist and aesthete Ettore, who saw it as his vocation to define the
new fashion. Following his company’s triumph in Brescia and the steady income from racing car sales,
Ettore decided to move his image up a level or two.
After all, he was now truly a factory owner and no longer wanted to be remembered for his overalls and
peaked cap. Strangely, there are many references in the literature glorifying Ettore’s appearance, in
particular his tasteful clothing. Yet this is not apparent from the thousands of photos available.
There are, on the other hand, contemporary references to his relatively short height, and his penchant for
riding apparel even when miles away from a horse. Ultimately, Ettore’s purchase of the Château St. Jean in
Molsheim in May 1928 made him “Le Patron”, and this is all he ever wanted to be. For his drivers, his
employees and Bugatti clients.

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"He did not consider his Atelier as just another factory; he saw it much more as a complete work of art. And none of his contemporaries set any great store by such things".

Rubbish. Several manufacturers in the pre-WW2 era constructed sumptuous factories in which to manufacture cars.

I agree, but we have to keep in mind the intended audience : Veyron owners, most of whom are unaware of Ettore's existence. Pity VW feel the need to regurgitate the Lebe Bugatti/Bradley inspired fairy tale ; I find the gritty reality so much more interesting. Thank you Norbert Steinhauser.

Johan

NO NEW MODEL CONCEPT IN IAA FRANKFURT 2009
Bugatti will not be launching a new concept model at the Frankfurt motor show in September after all, according to company sources.

A teaser picture on an official Bugatti invitation to an event at the show has been circulating online, prompting speculation that Bugatti would be launching its second production model, a Rolls-Royce Phantom rival.

However, Bugatti sources claim the new model will only be shown to a select few customers, executives and dealers to gauge reaction to the car ahead of an official launch.

BUGATTI VEYRON 16.4 GRAND SPORT EDITION CENTENAIRE in Pebble Beach
Bugatti will be launching another special-edition Veyron at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance event in the US next month, meanwhile. The latest Veyron special edition will be based on the 16.4 Grand Sport convertible model.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArtic ... rs/241869/

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250 Veyron Coupé Sold, 215 delivered to customers
20 grand sport are sold, start the delivering

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Factory Tour... not mith

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