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Ettore Bugatti was born September 15, 1881, in Milan, Italy His father was an artist and well-known carpenter that built the furniture was exquisite and sold far beyond the Italian borders He doubted that his newborn son leave a brand of its own on the world.
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Ettore attended finishing school and continued at the Academy of Art He began an apprenticeship at the factory bikes Prinetti Stucci The car had just been invented and young Bugatti was bewitched with his mechanics and technology Milan at the tender age of 17, he installed an engine on a tricycle After that, he installed two engines DeDeon another tricycle in 1897, he ran his first vehicle, a bicycle.
In 1901, Bugatti created his first car with the help of brothers Gulinelli It introduced in Milan at the International Motor Show Club The French awarded him the Q2 price for the construction of the vehicle.
Bugatti approached Dietrich Company and asked them to produce the vehicle after some minor difficulties, the license was granted because Bugatti was still a minor, under 21, his father signed the contract on its behalf in the coming years he produced five more vehicles for Deutz Cologne Society.
Ettore Bugatti has spent a lot of time to develop and build race cars This made the unfortunate Dietrich Company They felt his time would be better spent developing a mass production Since Bugatti was not obliged to consider t Dietrich, his contract expired at the time Bugatti sought employment at Emi Mathias He designed a new car and installed a 4-cylinder engine in two years, problems arose between Bugatti and Emil Mathias again, the contract was terminated.
Ettore Bugatti had not been put off by the contract terminations His goal in life was to design racing cars and worked toward it without the restrictions of a contract he has developed a car that had a 50hp engine in 1906, it Deutz offered the following year, they have already made petrol engines a license was obtained by Deutz to produce the car and Bugatti was selected to lead the production department, which was located in Cologne.
When Bugatti had free time, he worked in the basement of his apartment in Cologne, creating car models It was here that he developed the model 10.
When the third child of Ettore Bugatti was born, he decided to open his own factory in early 1909, with the financial support of the banker Vizcaya, he opened his business in the town of Molsheim, Germany He borrowed additional funding from the Darmstaedter Bank to build five aircraft and ten cars.
In January 1910, the first machines for the Bugatti factory were delivered Five cars were built that year every five sold the same year, the Bugatti assistant, Ernest Fredrich drove the Bugatti cars in races That was the beginning the legendary success for Bugatti cars on the race track.
Bugatti has seen several victories on the track in 1911, the most astonishing was second in the French Grand Prix Model 10 beat fierce competition whose cars were more powerful that year, a contract was signed between Bugatti and the automaker Peugeot Peugeot Baby with an engine model 19 has been produced the babe was a huge success and was used in the majority of Bugatti cars.
Between 1914 and 1918, the years of the First World War, Bugatti has developed and produced aircraft engines for both the American and French governments license fees for engines gave Ettore the capital he needed to start production at the factory in Molsheim when the war ended Bugatti increased production and hired more employees labor in Molsheim was over 1,000.
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In 1921, the Bugatti racing team took first, second, third and fourth place in Brescia Grand Prix Victories carts immortalized the Bugatti model 13 From that moment, every engine was stamped in honor Brescia Site of the race 16 valves.
In 1922, Bugatti has equipped 29 30 racing car with eight cylinders He had hydraulic brakes and a revolutionary chassis as a cigar Dubbed the cigar, the car made its debut at the Grand Prix of the ACF He took second place.
There was much excitement caused by Bugatti at the ACF Grand Prix in 1923, when a car with a blade-shaped chassis, known as the Tank name debuted The tank had a new engine and 8 cylider It was a short wheelbase led by Ernest Fredrich and placed third.
Ettore Bugatti wanted to offer its customers an attractive race car in 1924, the Bugatti returned to a traditional chassis Model 35 was the first Bugatti sport aluminum spoke wheels is equipped with an 8-cylinder engine 2 l later this year, the engine was started day 2 3 liter model 35 collected 2,000 victories if all changes are considered It was the most successful racing car in the record and continues to be to this day .
A dream, he wanted to build the most luxurious car ever made his dream was realized in 1926 when the Royal debuted He had a 12 7-liter engine with 300 hp Unfortunately, Royal came on the market as the world plunged into the Great depression Royal Only three were sold and Bugatti was in dire financial straits.
The years 1932-1934 were very difficult for Bugatti However, Ettore could find a ray of sunshine through the clouds, it has won a contract with the French government to build a new, high-speed trains railcars were built Bugatti factory Royale and technically superior engines were used the French government was delighted with the result that contract Bugatti put back on solid financial ground train has been the exclusive design Ettore himself the only car produced at that time was the model 57 About 750 of these sedans were built and sold.
Bugatti's world changed forever in 1936 employees wanted better working conditions and a wage increase Ettore had always treated its workers fairly, offering good social benefits and higher average salary This caused him personally take the strike demands Although he always had a close relationship with his employees, he now retreated to his office in Paris strike caused a break in the Molsheim factory that never healed.
In 1937, drivers Robert Benoist and Pierre Wimille won the Le Mans victory They led model G57 tank.
As the decade of the 1930s ended, Ettore Bugatti once again found himself and his company in the financial turmoil John, his son encouraged him to enter a racing team drivers Le Mans Pierre Wimille and Pierre Veyron shared a Bugatti car a series of chassis 57 which had a compressor both made significant victory This was the last great victory for the son of the company Bugatti, Jean, was killed during a test 11 August 1939 in some days of World War II broke out.
When World War II ended, some weak attempts were made to restart production at the factory in Molsheim Due to financial problems, Bugatti was unable to produce new cars.
Ettore Bugatti contacted a lung infection and died in a Paris military hospital August 21, 1947, during the time he headed the Company, about 7900 cars were produced Many of them have survived to this day , reflecting the genius of Ettore and competence He left behind a legacy of great contributions in the history of the automobile.
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