Special Bugatti EB110 - Davide Cironi Training Experience (ENG.SUBS)
Over the last twenty years, this modern car factory in northern Italy has been abandoned, quietly performing a solitary existence behind overgrowth in a gated compound From 1991 to 1995 he was the factory forefront the world, the Bugatti Automobili SpA home and where 240 people have built some of the fastest cars in the world.
Bugatti Automobili was an Italian renaissance of classical French plate, which for five years produced supercar forgotten history, the Bugatti EB110 When the company encountered financial problems in 1995, went bankrupt and was forced to abandon its state of the -art facilities Almost miraculously, the complex has avoided serious redevelopment and vandalism for over two decades.
Today, the Bugatti EB110 unloved and abandoned factory are little more than the notes of the story, but the well-preserved buildings provide a time capsule for the inheritance of a dream and the triumph forgotten in the engineering, he has produced.
Ettore Bugatti Cars was a French automaker upscale established in 1909 by Italian-born French designer Ettore Bugatti For thirty years, the company produces known car to be like the Bugatti Type 41 Royale and the Bugatti the most exciting and fastest car world Cars 57SC Atlantic are considered some of the finest ever made, the latter fetching 40 million at an auction in 2010.
Ettore Bugatti died in 1947 and his company has stopped producing road cars in 1952. The company changed to the aerospace and made a small resurrection before being swallowed by Hispano-Suiza in 1963 and Snecma Snecma in 1968 a aircraft supplier sponsored by the french government, has merged two of its companies Messier-Bugatti in 1977. Until 1987, the only new Bugatti cars were reproductions, licensed by french bodies Xavier Chapel.
The idea to resurrect the Bugatti name came in the summer of 1986, current and former Lamborghini employees gathered to discuss an idea to build a special car without corporate or supervisory limitations Men were Ferruccio Lamborghini who sold its stake in Lamborghini Automobili in 1974 and in 1985 was itching to get back to the cars and former leader and father Lamborghini Countach Paolo Stanzani was also on board designer Nuccio Bertone, the famous eponymous design firm.
Overall, men had an idea, connections, design and expertise in engineering, but what men did not have funded.
Men with plans to build the Bugatti EB110 1 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Paolo Stanzani 2, 3 Nuccio Bertone, Romano Artioli 4, 5 Jean-Marc Borel.
While at Turin Auto Show in 1986, Ferruccio and Paolo met a former employee Lamborghini introduced the men to Romano Artioli, a wealthy Italian businessman with a similar desire to build a special car.
M. Artioli was a passionate collector of cars that had made millions as export dealer Ferraris in Germany and Italy import Suzukis French professor Jean-Marc Borel was asked to provide his brand experience, knowledge of history automotive, and political relations Borel began negotiations with french officials for the rights to name a tricky business because the hesitant french did not want to see the brand abused.
In 1987, two Bugatti sales made news around the world The first was a beautiful 1931 Bugatti Royale, which sold in a Christie's auction in London Sleeps 9 8000000 The second was the sale of rights in the name Bugatti and intellectual properties by the French aerospace company Snecma to a group of Italian businessmen.
Bugatti Automobili SpA Early flight team, L to R Romano Artioli behind the plan, Jean-Marc Borel, Ferruccio Lamborghini, gray tie Paolo Stanzani, and the extreme right, designer Marcello Gandini source.
Artioli and Borel presented acquire the rest of the team in 1987, but the project had grown beyond the scope of what others wanted Ferruccio Lamborghini decided to reduce its participation in the future, Nuccio Bertone limited his participation Paolo Stanzani design process has not been seduced by all the great ideas of Artioli, but he decided to stay with Borel Artioli and to establish the new Bugatti.
Bugatti International based in Luxembourg was created as a parent, and in October 1987 Bugatti Automobili, S p A was founded with 2 5 million in startup capital.
The goals were ambitious, but we had a fantastic technical team high that came from Maserati, Ferrari and Lamborghini.
Bugatti Automobili SpA headquarters, around 1992 courtesy of Bugatti Registry.
Designed by Giampaolo Benedini, seat Bugatti Automobili was the Bugatti courtesy Benedini Partners buildings.
Those behind the 1990 Bugatti revival had a dream of building a supercar advanced using the most sophisticated available materials and technologies to do this from scratch required a key infrastructure in hand with easy access to the best designers, engineers and suppliers these things are not easily original to the original home of Bugatti in Molsheim, France, but near Modena, Italy, they were easier to find.
Paolo Stanzani identified the site in Campogalliano to build the plant and headquarters The small town is firmly rooted in the Modena corridor Silicon Valley Supercars also home to famous names like DeTomaso, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati.
Romano Artioli ordered his cousin, the architect Giampaolo Benedini, to design the plant site Bugatti 140,000 square feet 13,000 m² building Benedini was impressive and included three separate banks of structures surrounded by a small test track two structures of 3 floors with glass walls served as the headquarters and housed the designers, engineers and executives from the middle were two buildings without windows which was used for development and at the other end was the assembly and test production, readily recognizable as the two larger structures with lines symmetrical rectangle roofs.
Layout of the abandoned factory EB110 supercar Bugatti Automobili SpA in Campogalliano, Italy.
The construction of the plant Bugatti Automobili almost coincided with the development of the first car Bugatti Automobili, starting in 1988 and ending in September 1990.
Instructions to Benedini had to build the Bugatti factory, something beautiful in design and operation, and with the latest technology, the architect respected by the design of a plant that was avant-garde and modern, built to be as a centerpiece of the company as the car.
The building around the complex of the company Bugatti Automobili welcomed new deliveries of cars and gala events, designers and engineering services, and courtesy of computer systems Benedini business partners.
The interior of the Bugatti Automobili business center appears as if it was inspired by a government facility top secret, although the Hollywood version found on the 1990 Film Automatic doors, glazed offices, and access limited control systems keycard on different floors and storage rooms has been cleverly designed with hidden closets seamlessly integrated into the walls.
On the first floor of the circular building in the center of an enterprise of ballroom was opened used for special events, gala dinners, and customer deliveries; impressive ceiling was designed by Benedini to resemble driving a Bugatti Type 59.
The most unique feature of the plant is also its most authentic Tucked in the corner at the base of the stairs to the second floor of the mess hall, is the original door of the first Bugatti factory in Molsheim, France Au- above the door, a sign commemorating the artifact.
The jewel in the crown of the plant Bugatti Automobili was the original door from 1909 transplanted source Molsheim Ettore.
Jean-Marc Borel confirmed no expense has been spared on the building, acknowledging later Artioli spent one billion francs the construction of facilities.
After nearly three years of construction, the Bugatti factory was opened on the 109th anniversary of Ettore Bugatti, September 15, 1990 For an opening of a group of 77 classic Bugatti car is symbolically road Molsheim, France Campogalliano Italy.
You'd be hard pressed to find a factory of quality everywhere, not only in Italy but also abroad.
Bugatti Automobili factory and headquarters in 1993.
The Bugatti EB110 was advanced even during the design process, using the latest computer technology.
From the point of view of engineering the EB110 was a success, using new and unusual technologies to several first production cars during his short reign of five years.
To stand up against rivals like the Ferrari F40 and Lamborghini Diablo, engineer Paolo Stanzani has chosen to equip the car with the most advanced engine technology when he was the first to amalgamate five valves per cylinder, all-wheel motor, and the use of titanium and composite materials in a quad-turbo production car.
Inspiration for the style of the EB110 was from the combat aircraft and propulsion came from an explosive munition mounted amidships in the form of a hand-built, quad-turbo 3 5 liter V-12 engine It was small for a V-12, but it was rev happy and a sledge hammer north of 5000 rpm, over which the air was quickly put under pressure by four IHI turbos of the EB110 Two turbos were smaller to allow the engine to build boost in lower rpm; larger turbos resumed over 5000 rpm, and put the car to its high redline of 10,000 rpm.
Engineers extracted more than 900 horsepower from the first test engines, but it was not found suitable for road use-tuned They first GT car engines more reliable and streetable 550 horsepower; the later models Supersport Ratched this number back to a 611 seat horsepower compression Summoned, the quartet of car hairdryer could beat EB110SS to 60 mph in a brutally fast March 2 seconds.
All-wheel drive has a bend dexterity and launch out of the hole not seen in competing exotic species of the time compared to the rough and rear-wheel drive Ferrari F-40 attempts compared snatch his pilot's face off as he struggled around the track EB 110 was a dance partner and consistent compound, with its more steady driver and neutral handling.
He was really the first frame full carbon fiber to exist.
A row of EB110s are built in 1993 at the Bugatti Automobili factory in Campogalliano, Italy courtesy Benedini Partners.
The EB110 was truly an international supercar While the design, engineering and manufacturing were Italian, Artioli pumped a good dose of France in automotive lubricants were supplied by ELF, Michelin tires, and the fiber frame carbon was molded by Aerospatiale Another influence came from Japan in the form of a stereo by Nakamichi and IHI turbochargers Bugatti used by German companies for its BBS and measurement systems and wheels Schenck balancing.
Like any Bugatti should be, the EB 110 was also claimed he had all-wheel drive when most others were rear wheel drive, it presented a monocoque carbon fiber completely while others were aluminum the steel EB110 was a six-speed transmission, while others had only four or five gears the engine had five valves per cylinder Bugatti was when four engineers commonality floating braking system and ABS antilock brakes used the year before rest of the auto industry has standardized.
A Bugatti EB110 undergoes courtesy Bugatti trial authorization Registry.
Greatly underestimated the car was fuel sipping 3 s 5-liter V-12, which returned greater than 21 miles per gallon in tests by more than double Autocar other results supercars The EB110 was also famous for its ease of use; after spending a week with the car, said it Autocar magazine next to a Honda NSX, it is not and never was a supercar that is so friendly and easy to get under the skin.
If there was a knock on the EB110 was the turbo lag of the car turbochargers vary in size, but being made high thrust and having only 3 to 5 liters of exhaust gas to motivate resulted in a late power surge really doesn t the driver feel forced induction up to 4000 rpm, but 5000 rpm at 9000 rpm the car feels chained to a rocket Continue to full boil snails of the 110GT and the car will end by a maximum speed of 212 mph 341 km h or 216 mph 347 kph for the SS.
dealer ad for the U S Bugatti American version of the source EB110 supercar.
As expected, a car with features like no other sold for a price like no other Depending on how the car was optioned prices EB 1991 GT 110 was from 400 000 to 600 000.
Pre-sales have been limited to 150 units per year, the magical figure of profitability for Bugatti and the company sold cars to those who are worthy of alleged property Bugatti said President Romano Artioli.
You must of course have the means to acquire, but mostly you have to have the right moral qualities Otherwise we charge do not sell to you.
Bugatti Develops luxury goods, foreign markets, Lotus.
Bugatti still selling luxury goods today, continuing the trend started by Renata Kettmeir Artioli in 1993.
Because of the significant investment in its facilities, the Bugatti executives knew could not be assured the company's survival with the success of a limited single model to the European market.
Artioli and Borel began to consider options to diversify the company's resources in other symbiotic companies In 1993, the wife of Romano Artioli Renata Kettmeir formed on luxury goods manufacturer Ettore Bugatti SRL, who shared the logo EB fat with the automaker and produces items such as handbags, perfumes, sunglasses and watches.
In March 1993 Bugatti Automobili introduced the concept for a second car, the EB sedan 112 style Giugiaro EB 112 presented four doors and had a six-speed transmission mated to 6 Production V12 0 liters of what would have been the world's sedan fastest was supposed to start in September 1993, the 112th anniversary of Ettore Bugatti, but delays have pushed the date of estimated production in 1996.
Inspiration for the concept Porsche Panamera The EB112 sedan was introduced in 1993 and could have saved Bugatti, but it was never built.
In the summer of 1993 Bugatti EB 110 launched in Japan A delegation of four EB 110s and a concept of EB 112 were shipped in early Tokyo Japan's introduction was considered a success after each of the 110s were sold.
While still was being developed EB crucial to survival 112 in August 1993 Romano Artioli spent 30 million to buy the patient Lotus Artioli a General Motors brand value, estimated assessed Lotus engineers, and desired its distribution network set up the move was bold but proven divisive and that was the beginning of the dismantling of Bugatti.
Lotus Elise was named for the granddaughter of Romano Artioli Elisa.
Artioli served as president of Lotus from 1993 to 1996, when it sold its remaining stake in Lotus Proton Malaysia 82 7 million.
Did you know that the Lotus Elise was named for the granddaughter of Romano Artioli Elisa Ironically, the Elise would continue to be a good salesman and help save his own Lotus threat of bankruptcy.
The company began to realize the impact of his spendthrift behavior in 1995 In the beginning, Bugatti President Jean-Marc Borel said that to remain solvent the company had to sell 150 cars a year, but after four years, the company had sold only 139 cars.
Currency fluctuations have made the Japanese launch of the Bugatti financial failure after rising yen eroded profits The EB112 was still a whisper and a prayer, far from being ready for production The acquisition of Lotus levered balance sheet of the company to the slope and put Bugatti in a precarious debt situation and the best performing division was Ettore Bugatti luxury brand, which in 1994 made more money in sales that the automaker.
Bugatti Automobili SpA Chief Executive Romano Artioli office as it was in 1993 and 2014 with permission Benedini Partners.
strict safety rules U S delayed the stateside release of the Bugatti EB110 America for several years, prompting financial profitability threshold of the car further up the road would demand wasn t an issue; the company has amassed a list of sixty stateside ready buyers who have plunked down 1 5 million in deposits.
By mid 1995 Bugatti was in full crisis mode, but the employees were mostly led to believe that things were fine, we tried to float a public offer of shares, but it went nowhere .
Left, CEO Bugatti Automobili Romano Artioli is in the conference room in this 1993 photo press Right, the same room in 2014 with the the_gallas27 permission.
Artioli wasted money on unnecessary things, like the extravagant factory and our suppliers have started to become nervous when he started verbally bashing Ferrari.
In August 1995, newspapers reported two Indian princes arrived in Campogalliano to open talks with Romano Artioli save Bugatti The rumor revived the hope of the survival of the brand among the employees, who repeated whispers that Bugatti debts could be resolved prior to 20 September.
But at the last minute withdrawal was announced due to the hostile attitude of the Italian press Some speculate it was a false investor, designed to give executives Bugatti a false sense of financial security and prevent them from attaching also the funds for survival.
The blue building Bugatti Automobili, pictured here in 1993 and 2014, was home to engine development and EB110 Boitierrouge test courtesy.
Hail Mary came businessman Florence final Lisio Bartali, who with a group of fashion executives were interested in the Bugatti name and relationship continues to luxury items and high fashion as the said Bartali, M . Artioli refused to relinquish control of the management of the international Bugatti and when bankruptcy was declared, he canceled his offer prosecutor Artioli said Bartali's offer was rejected because it failed to guarantee financing by the deadline.
In 1993, the last stage of construction around engineers Bugatti Automobili housed and a state of the art in computer system 2014, the site groundskeeper placed buckets to collect water in its courtesy the_gallas27 on the roof leaks.
A few days before the court appearance of the planned bankruptcy, two investment groups The End of the first group and Franklin Enterprise Limited would step forward with interest in the acquisition of Bugatti, but the Italian courts did not consider end reliable recovery attempts.
In September 1995 Bugatti Automobili was too broad and bankruptcy was inevitable What struck Romano strange Artioli was the sharp fall in orders and refusal parts suppliers continue to work with the Bugatti checks to vendors began to rebound, and at the urging of the company Bugatti competitors was examined by the court process has been so rapid and pronounced, Artioli believes that the downward spiral has been accelerated by sabotage.
What surprised me was a sudden drop in orders How Come Who knows very strange things in fact orders arrived, but they were put aside the factory had collapsed Do you understand It was very well organized was made by specialists they knew who our suppliers were, they took them one by one and indoctrinated they said that if you provide another spare Bugatti, you won t work with us again you choose a party day for Bugatti against thousand you do for us.
Bugatti achieved its fate to a judge of Modena late at night on September 22 th 1995 During the night, the trustee appointed by the court closed corporate offices Bugatti, closed factories, and locked the entrance doors the remaining 200 Bugatti Automobili employees do not find they were out of jobs until their access cards did not work the next morning.
On September 23 rd documents was filed and it was official Bugatti Automobili S p A has been closed.
The 2nd floor of a building near Bugatti Automobili once home to the best designers and engineers today is vacuum source.
the numbers of accumulated debt ranged from $ 125 million as reported by the New York Times to 300 million francs in the French press on message boards, auto forums and fan sites, the claims sometimes inflated fantastically large number 200 billion.
Taking the 125 million number and divide it by the 139 cars sold, the Bugatti debt service alone consumes 900,000 for each car, he had a car, it sold only between 400k and 600k.
Notes and documents left at the factory Bugatti Automobili SpA abandoned in Campogalliano, Italy.
The special entity Fallimento Bugatti Bugatti was not created to liquidate assets Sales to bankruptcy auction was held April 4, 1997 e, where machines, tools, and the rest 110 EB chassis and parts were sold.
German company Dauer Racing GmbH has bought seven semi-finished cars, five engines, and rights to the EB110 Corporate name The company hired former Bugatti engineers and technicians and has continued to produce nearly a dozen Dauer EB 110 SS cars that were lighter and produces more power than their cousins Dauer Bugatti finally face their own bankruptcy in 2008, after which all remaining Dauer Bugatti parts were purchased in 2011 by Toscana-Motors GmbH in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
The concept of EB 112 sedan prototype landed in the hands of Gildo Pastor, owner of French automaker Venturi Pastor and Monaco Racing Team have built three models EB 112; the first went to a collector in Switzerland, the second was kept by the pastor, and a third was assembled to a German collector.
The B Edonis engineering is based on the EB110 and Bugatti built by former employees behind the old factory.
EB 110 chassis and engine were sold to B engineering that incorporates both in its supercar 760000 Edonis an extensively updated, re-tuned and re-EB 110 SS body built between 1999 and 2000.
engineering B has significant links to the defunct Bugatti Automobili, established by Jean-Marc Borel and endowed by former employees Bugatti The Company operates an interview EB 110 and repair shop on the warehouses behind Bugatti that belonged to the satellite Po bus Company for Google still shows the genius Pandane B bus originally planned to produce 21 cars, but only two copies of Edonis were built.
the factory was sold to one billion Swiss francs to a company making furniture that was on track to insolvency before it is able to move in at some point Horacio Pagani SCOPED on campus while seeking a place to build its Zonda supercar Then, in 2008 it was sold to Stefim SRL an Italian real estate investment company that has proposed the construction of a 55 million Urban area style mall that would open in late 2012, the group has set up a website and set up a video to promote their concept, but from the end of 2016 there has been no visible progress.
Urban Style proposed to redevelop former plant site area Bugatti Automobili, as proposed by Stefim SRL.
Regarding the nameplate, private group of investors CVC Ventures shares tried to buy Bugatti in 1996, but the agreement of 100 million pounds failed at the stage of due diligence.
The Bugatti name was finally purchased in July 1998 by the Volkswagen group, which relaunched the brand as Bugatti Automobiles A S and introduces the most famous in the world Bugatti Veyron.
The Bugatti EB110 and his little brother, courtesy Bugatti Veyron Autocar.
The dishes of the last gala event are still stacked in the headquarters Bugatti Automobili abandoned the_gallas27 with permission.
Meanwhile, the plant is sitting vacant for more than twenty years behind the objects are left undisturbed and appear as if the building was released there a few months Amazingly, the old factory has passed over the years virtually unscathed vandalism and graffiti.
With the exception of a missing bust of Ettore Bugatti and lettering stole the letters boards facing the street, most of the property it sits was left by bankruptcy trustees there are more than twenty years.
A handful of rooms scattered trash, but the only obvious damage to the buildings are exposed cracks, a lasting reminder of 2012 earthquakes in the region.
The reception at Bugatti Automobili was released in a hurry mail, phone messages unanswered, and even the guest book were among the items left behind the source.
Walking on the site today, it is clear that life here ended abruptly and without much warning glasses used champagne and the last event dishes are still stacked in the corner, and the crowded reception again telephone messages scribbled on notepads.
Computers and monitors were probably obsolete in 1995 were left behind, and neatly stacked against the walls of the rooms Incredibly none were smashed, perhaps a testimony of respect Campogalliano youth must have for Bugatti or no sign of intrusion.
reception congested Bugatti Automobili is a time capsule in 1995.
Upon receipt of the guestbook was left behind and still shows an entry of the last visitors in July 1995, the Bugatti Type 35 that once sat parked in the business center of the reception area is long gone, but the reception area of flag Japanese launch of EB 110 Tokyo still hangs on a pole.
A calendar hanging in the factory still shows in September 1995, almost cryptic, 23 is encircled in blue, and is written in Here Be Dragons.
Cracks in a bathroom of the former Bugatti Automobili seat recall in 2012 source of earthquakes in northern Italy.
In 2012, the plant was damaged by a series of earthquakes that hit northern Italy, cracks which are still visible in buildings today the latest redevelopment threat came in 2015, with business rumors Jacometti Piero build the supercar Twelve wild in old factory Bugatti Automobili was quickly denied by the owner Stefim SRL property.
In October 2016, the plant remains unoccupied, but always original site groundskeeper Ezio volunteers his free time to maintain the facility.
These mammoth computer systems cost six figures and was the state of the art in 1991, but in 1995 had become obsolete and failed to sell at auction Bugatti bankruptcy auction Over the past 20 years they sit quietly in the old Bugatti Automobili company enter the_gallas27 courtesy.
The EB110 was an engineering marvel, but it was not a commercial success, and today it is often called the forgotten supercar What Went Wrong Ask ten former employees and you could hear ten different reasons.
Bugatti Automobili lacked economies of scale, and production is far from efficient because everything was handmade process was slow; each station has produced an EB 110 every 54 days as opposed to Ferrari, which produced more than one car per day.
Bugatti Automobili spent 400,000 francs a year just to honor the car 3 years, unlimited mileage warranty service that included oil changes and tires when new versions of EB 110 were released, older cars have been update available for free while the plant was enough, the thermal efficiency point of view, it was an operational nightmare, generating heat in size and cooling bills.
An old body assembler thought restart Bugatti was too ambitious The cost of a shift lever has exceeded 40,000 francs, the price of the Fiat Cinquecento If we sold a car in Saudi Arabia, it took ten employees to leave for a week deliver the car and explain the functions and maintenance.
The Bugatti factory was a radical, if not timeless design Twenty-five years later, the buildings still look good source.
Some cite poor economic situation supercars in the early 1990s, and others will point to poor financial management, Lotus acquisition, or insufficient sales and others believe there was some collusion extortion, and industrial espionage among competitors Bugatti Suppliers.
Romano Artioli believes that if Ferrari didn t force providers retain Bugatti, he convinced them to alert the judge of the Commercial Court the Bugatti time was late paying a bill, it also highlights the fact someone hacked with a cargo of EB110s-related Germany, loosen steering columns and make them dangerous to drive cars and there was the rumor unpopular but often repeated, that Bugatti was the best way to launder Mafia money.
The documents, notes and receipts left by Bugatti Automobili p A.
technical manuals the_gallas27 Drawings courtesy.
Regarding the claims of collusion Artioli, it has produced no evidence, however, by connecting the dots, it is easy to see the potential of bad blood when he reset a Bugatti, Artioli left one of the largest Ferrari dealerships the world we know CAUSED disagreement with Enzo and led to Ferrari sever all ties with Artioli Bugatti Automobili still good graces by poaching engineers from Ferrari and Lamborghini and lure assemblers and technicians of the parent company Maserati Fiat Ferrari at the time would surely have the volume of coins to any threat to credible suppliers.
By far, it seems that the Bugatti logo was painted blue, but the applied coating bank is actually a series of stickers that are beginning to take off the_gallas27 courtesy.
Conspiracy theories aside, in the pantheon of supercars you re as good for as long as you can maintain your title The introduction of the McLaren F1 in May 1992 and the Jaguar XJ220 in June 1992, a few months after the Bugatti would played a role in pushing the EB110 away.
Like Bugatti, McLaren and Jaguar also engineering and wonders both challenged immediately the fastest car Bugatti request More importantly, both had the support and blessing of the major automobile manufacturers Jaguar with Ford McLaren and BMW.
Production Official EB110 was estimated at 139 cars Thirty-three were models Supersport cars have held their value well, although hasn EB110 t appreciated in value as fast as some of his contemporaries In 2015, a yellow 1995 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport sold at auction Sotheby's for nearly 950k 627200 or the exchange rates before Brexit.
Even today, no one wants old CRT monitors Surprisingly, those left in the former headquarters of Bugatti Automobili not smashed the source.
Despite the relative unpopularity of the EB110, one can not overstate how impressive the car was for his time Consider the most powerful American cars of the time were the Viper 1993 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 and Dodge , who made 375 and 400 horsepower, respectively, and could neither touch 200 mph.
When it was introduced in 1994, the Porsche Turbo is the car most powerful regular production available in America; it made 355 horsepower and capped at 174 mph while the Ferrari Testarossa created 390 horsepower from its twelve-cylinder and ran out of steam at 180 mph.
Access to rooms inside the former headquarters Bugatti Automobili source keycard access required.
The closest competitors when the EB110 was launched were the Ferrari F40 471 hp, 199 mph Lamborghini Diablo 485 hp, 200 mph and the Porsche 959 440 hp, 195 mph but no one could match the 611 hp, 216 EB110 SS mph.
Only the Jaguar XJ220 540 hp and 213 mph McLaren F1 618 hp, 240 mph have been able to challenge the EB110 s acceleration, top speed and power of crowns in the 1990s, but these cars were also sold for twice price.
The Bugatti EB110 supercar was paradoxical; it was a failure, but it was also a Bugatti Automobili success did not survive, but he honorably served the plate and there is no doubt he has produced a car that Ettore would have been proud to award its name.
If there was a lesson to Romano Artioli and Bugatti Automobili, was perhaps the road to bring your own car on the market without the support of the majors is never easy Just ask Jerry Wiegert John DeLorean or Preston Tucker.
Stops along the factory floor built once fastest supercar in the world they've been empty for the source of more than twenty years.
Inside the old factory Bugatti EB110 source Campogalliano Italy.
the glass Bugatti factory was beautiful, but wasn t efficient heat source.
Stairs lead from the factory to the source of the canteen on the second floor and employee break area.
Inside a room abandoned old factory source Bugatti Automobili of EB110.
Most of the plant is clean and empty, but some rooms are still a mess.
equipment left in the old installation courtesy of Bugatti EB110 the_gallas27 control emissions.
Dyno bench was sitting in this room in the old factory the_gallas27 courtesy of Bugatti EB110.
A small error to report that they could not have paid 300 million euros to buy Lotus in 1993, the currency was still six years old Bugatti introduction This campus is indeed beautiful, and I usually have a dim for buildings of the late 80s and early 90s Sad that this ostentation in architecture and corporate general culture contributed to his fall, I can not help, however, to have a caricatured image all these Italian businessmen and engineers while shouting loudly and gesticulating at each other as I read this I think it is something to build spectacular cars that demands Mediterranean fiery temperament is, there a similar story about a terrible stereotypes with closed shutters of the Saab factory side, great article as always.
Thank you for the correction of money, my friend When I practically explored the factory, the first thing I wondered was how limited sales of a vehicle could pay for it, so I thought to Tesla, which spent the same amount of capital egregious early yet this company has had mixed fortunes course a major difference is Musk public for support.
I wonder if a share issue would have saved Bugatti Automobili, but I also wonder if it would have been good if VW never buy Bugatti, we don t see the Veyron From what I've read, some Bugatti purists wouldn t mind.
amazing item is a very interesting story for morotsport- and abandoned places -enthusiast If you go on holiday Emilia Romagna, you can still see the mill from the highway As usual, amazing history, but also shame for a big name like Bugatti.
Paolo thank you As a car enthusiast myself, I was particularly intrigued by this story all the time I was researching this It was a wonderful combination of two passions I grew up a fan of the EB110, but never knew the story, it made me appreciate the car much live the comments of my friend.
Marble in the bathroom, a meeting room which wouldn t be hurting the company Star-ship, these people really know how to spend money The biggest problem I had with the EB110 when I was younger and supercars loving was hideous I remember came around the same time as the McLaren F1 is a magnificent car and the Bugatti was the ugly duckling.
amazing and very well written buildings but as usual IF Thanks.
Ha The car is definitely a love-it-or-hate-it design I guess I'm one of the few who really like the style I am pleased Benedini also redesigned the car, I thought the design of Gandini looked a bit like a Lamborghini other models suggested I thought Bertone and Giugiaro designs looked better that the wild art is how new and fresh to the Bertone design still looks today, I thought in this case, hiring Artioli his cousin to design the car and buildings was a rare case of nepotism work well enough; how architects can also claim to have designed a sleek supercar but I admit EB110 is more confrontational than in the design of F1, I can see why the story is better than the other potedude Thanks for the comment.
Yeah, I thought the Bertone design is now the most attractive and always appealing, I think it has a lot of Ferrari F50 in it's look and is very pleasing to the eye.
I'm sure you know, but today Bugatti made by Volkswagen in fact a loss of about 6 million car Seems like Bugatti name is a nickname for losing money.
Wow I had read that they weren t make money on the Veyron, but didn t hear the numbers 6 million car s Ha brutal, someone canceled the beancounters VAG bless them.
Combined our two passions in an article, he likes a good read.
This right was very nice, two passions in a thank you and thank you for sending me this video, planted the seed and everything.
Loved the article, very inspiring for me, I have a small Trattoria in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa My Trattoria called Bucca Bugattis My dream one day is to own a Bugatti and a Sunday park outside my small Italian restaurant and take disadvantaged children for a ride around Chapman's Peak Drive along famous Bugatti live.
How wonderful Bucca Bugattis I love this sound like a good plan, I hope you do not get your Bugatti and take the children for walks.
Beautiful peace journalism you did Congratulations n I think buying Lotus was one of the reasons why, Bugatti went bankrupt, it was sold at a profit at the end, right Personally, I believe that there must be a lot of truth about corruption and pressurbe by his opponents of Ferrari and Lamborghini to end this resurgence of Bugatti.
Thank you for the kind comments and words João You are right, Lotus didn t do Bugatti bankruptcy I think that hurt was the cost of lost opportunity, as in the resources that were used to buy retool Lotus could have been spent on the next Bugatti But it seems that there as you discuss with the other manufacturers, enough other headwinds were perhaps was just the perfect storm Thanks for the comment.
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