Brussels Museum Bugatti Car
One hundred years after the birth of the legendary Bugatti brand, the automobile museum in Brussels meets today in a unique exhibition of 44 models manufacturer, since the oldest copies until the last Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport. Exclusivity, elegance, power and speed are consistently some of the adjectives associated with these vehicles, of which only 8,000 copies were manufactured in its history.
“This is a unique exhibition because for the first time we have a sample of almost all models manufactured Bugatti”, explained to EFE museum spokeswoman, Patricia Raes. The aim of “Bugatti 100 Expo, which will be open from today until January 17, is to tell the story of the legendary French brand through their cars.
In this way, visitors can review the history of the house founded in 1909 by Italian Ettore Bugatti while watching a total of 44 vehicles in perfect condition. Five of them come from the “Motor City” of the French city of Mulhouse, Molsheim other five come from, where the Bugatti factory is located, while the remaining 34 have been loaned by private collectors.
The earliest example given is a Bugatti T13, 1910, one of the first cars of this house, which was discovered in perfect condition after having spent decades hiding after its owner sandwich that was not plundered by the Nazis during World War II.
The Bugatti Brescia T22 and T23 (1921-1926), Tank T32 (1923), T35 (1924-1930), T37 and T40 (1926-1930) followed in succession the first car manufactured by the Italian inventor and designer, who also saw how some of his cars were made famous in the careers of the era.
But without doubt one of the stars is a copy of the legendary Bugatti T41 Royale “, designed for kings and of which only six copies were made in 1927-33, as neither monarchs could afford during the Great Depression.
With 12,763 cubic centimeters and 250 horses, this was the most luxurious model created by Bugatti, designed from its motto “Nothing is too beautiful or too expensive” and is one of the world’s rarest cars.
About a dozen models would come to market after the Royale, and also part of “Bugatti 100 Expo” as the T59, which was the property of King Leopold III of Belgium-until in 1939 the eldest son of the founder and partner Jean Bugatti, died tragically whilst testing one of the cars of the brand.
This dramatic episode, coupled with the Second World War would mean the demise of the brand, which disappear with the death of its founder in 1947. A few years later, the youngest son, Roland, try to revive the company with making the spectacular T101, T251 and T252-all present in the sample, but without much commercial success.
In 1987, when Italy’s Romano Artoli purchase the rights to the brand, Bugatti is reborn through the manufacture of powerful and fast cars EB110 and EB112, also present in the museum “Autoworld”. But the economic situation of the house was not very favorable and Bugatti once again changed hands, being acquired by German giant Volkswagen.
The EB118, EB218, Bugatti 18.3 Chiron and the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, the fastest production car, more luxurious and performance in the world with 1,001-horsepower would mean the final revival of the brand. In 2008 the brand was bringing to market the Bugatti Veyron Fbg by Hermès, which combines the technical performance of the Veyron 16.4 with artistic details of the exclusive French fashion brand. The Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, Bugatti latest model which goes on sale in 2010-with the same features as above, but with convertible top, puts the finishing touch to this exceptional show.
