1. Introduction
BUGATTI, a French sports car brand with a history of more than 100 years. When talking about luxury goods, everyone will definitely think of various luxury brands from France. The luxury goods in cars-Bugatti (Bugatti) is undoubtedly an important member of the French luxury brands. The early Bugatti brand integrated art and technology and had a brilliant record on the field. However, it gradually declined after World War II and changed hands several times. In 1998, the Volkswagen Group acquired and revived the Bugatti brand and established it as an independent operation. French car brand. Bugatti is still headquartered in Molsheim, France.
Bugatti was famous for its exquisite car-making technology at the time. It was created by Italian Ettore Bugatti in 1909 and specializes in the production of sports cars and high-end luxury cars.
2. Design
Bugatti's cars are like works of art. The engines of its vehicles are all made and tuned by hand, and all parts that can be lightweight are not spared. , Bugatti pays attention to the details and balance of the vehicle. He described his main competitor Bentley as "the fastest truck in the world" because Bentley only focuses on durability and performance and ignores lightweight. In Bugatti’s car-making philosophy, weight is the biggest enemy.
Bugatti is known as a Cubist artist, and he actually visited Cubist artists. Many Bugatti engines are not impressive in terms of size, but their output is extremely powerful, and many are three valves per cylinder. There are even ones equipped with superchargers. After seeing two American Miller racing engine structures, Bugatti obtained Miller's authorization and began to configure the DOHC structure on its cars.
3. Development History
Bugatti is a world-famous old sports car brand. In 1909, Italian Ettore Bugatti founded the Bugatti company in France, specializing in the production of sports cars. Sports cars and premium limousines.
Bugatti's products feature exquisite workmanship and excellent performance. Each of its cars can be regarded as a world-famous car. Production was discontinued in 1956. When production was discontinued, Bugatti produced a total of more than 7,000 cars. In 1990, Italian industrialist Romano Atioli bought the ownership of the Bugatti trademark, rebuilt the Bugatti Automobile Company in Italy, and produced the world-famous EB110 series of super sports cars. However, due to poor management, it unfortunately went bankrupt in 1995. It was acquired by the German Volkswagen Group in 1998 and is now owned by Volkswagen.
The Bugatti factory was originally located in Molsheim and belonged to Alsace. Alsace was originally a province of France and was later transferred to Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War (the relationship between Prussia and Germany should be clear) ). Then he didn't return to France until World War I, and was occupied by Germany in World War II. So Bugatti's factory was located in France for a period of time and in Germany for a period of time. Although its geographical location and nationality have changed (from 1909 to 1918 in Germany; from 1919 to 1956 in France; from 1991 to 1991 after the factory was rebuilt in Italy[4]), the important stages of its development are all located in France. , so we still consider it a French brand. After disappearing during World War II, Bugatti did not re-establish a factory in Italy until 1991.
The Bugatti Veyron EB16.4 once set an unofficial world record for the fastest production car at 407km/h. It was later broken by the Ultimate Aero Twin Turbo owned by Shelby Supercars (SSC) with an average speed of 411.76km/h (recognized by Guinness Records). The ultimate Veyron model launched by Bugatti, the Bugatti Veyron Supersport, achieved an average speed of 431km/h (whichever is The average value of the two forward and reverse directions, the two test runs were 428km/h and 434km/h respectively) once again won the world's fastest production car record (recognized by Guinness Records).