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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Bugatti page on 16 January 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a French car manufacturer of high-performance automobiles, founded in 1909 in the then German city of Molsheim, Alsace by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti. Bugatti cars were known for their design beauty (Ettore Bugatti was from a family of artists and considered himself to be both an artist and constructor) and for their many race victories. Famous Bugattis include the Type 35 Grand Prix cars, the Type 41 "Royale", the Type 57 "Atlantic" and the Type 55 sports car.
The death of Ettore Bugatti in 1947 proved to be the end for the marque, and the death of his son Jean Bugatti in 1939 ensured there was not a successor to lead the factory. No more than about 8,000 cars were made. The company struggled financially, and released one last model in the 1950s, before eventually being purchased for its airplane parts business in the 1960s.
In the 1990s, an Italian entrepreneur revived it as a builder of limited production exclusive sports cars. Today, the name is owned by German automobile manufacturing group Volkswagen.
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Sports Car Gallery: The Fabulous Bugatti Hot Rod Comics #7, Feburary 1953 View Hot Rod Comics: Issue 7 - 1.1MB |
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Sports Car Gallery: The Fabulous Bugatti Hot Rod Comics #7, Feburary 1953 View Hot Rod Comics: Issue 7 - 1.0MB |
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| Spring 1952 | The Greatest Sports Cars Ever | Speed Smith |
| 11 March 1994 | Bugatti Automobili, S.p.A.; Grant of Petition for Temporary Exemption From Standard No. 208 |
