Sunday, July 29, 2012

Who is the founder of the legendary Bugatti?


Named Automobile Manufacturing Artisan, this man has been studying at Milan Academy of Art before starting the car manufacturing industry.
He was dubbed the "Artisan Fabrication Car" 
The founder of the legendary Bugatti is no other Ettore Bugatti, was born September 15, 1881 in Milan, Italy, in a family of artists whose name the father has to overcome the geographic boundaries of Italy , sculptor Carlo Buggatti. After graduating from high school he studied at the Academy of Art (Milan), but the attraction of art he did not keep long. He left the Academy to pursue their profession in a bicycle factory Prinetti & Stucchi. At age 17 he built three-wheeled vehicle engines, in the late 18th century he attended a race car with his first car.
1901 at the Milan International Exhibition, he introduced the car to create with the help of brothers Gulinelli and won prizes awarded by the French Automobile Club awarded. Do not the legal age named in the contract, his father had named in the contract works for Dietrich. Unfortunately Dietrich can not meet the research and passion for racing cars manufactured by Ettore. He quickly began to terminate the contract and went to work for Emil Mathis, where he built a car with four-cylinder engine did not forget the passion to continue making his race car. 
After nearly ten years working for various car manufacturers, Ettore Bugatti founded his own in Molsheim, near Strasbourg in 1909. He persuaded a bank to borrow money to build 10 cars and five aircraft engines.
He started his career by making 1327cc engine, 4 cylinders operating as Type 13.One of his success is a sample "Bebe" produced by Peugeot on his design. Before the war, he has built four models 1368cc engine, 8 valves and 5027cc, 16 valves. In 1913 he built 2906cc engine, 8 cylinders in line. In 1921, after the glorious victory at Brescia Grand Prix with the fourth highest ranking belongs to Bugatti, all 16-valve engine produced later Brescia were named to commemorate this victory.
In 1924, Bugatti introduced the Model 35 with racing engine and 2-liter eight-cylinder car is also equipped with cast wheels first. With more than 2,000 wins the Model 35 became the most successful racing cars of all time.
In 1926, Bugatti decided to produce a dream luxury car ultimate reality Royales car engine with 8 machines, 12762cc a capacity of 300 horsepower! Instead of sick dread, this legendary car was born at the wrong time: right before the world entered the Great Depression. Only the 3 most expensive cars in the history of the world's car was found the owner and the car made ​​legendary Bugatti company broke.
During the Depression, fortunately, Bugatti won a contract to build high speed trains for the French government, with the accumulated long experience he has pleased not only government but also help companies its turbulent waves.
Ettore Bugatti also designed and constructed a car running on rails, the Autorail. He also try to both the planes, but without success, Jean Bugatti, son killed while driving on 8/11/1939 try Type 57 racing car near Molsheim factory. Since then, bad luck began to arrive. World War II devastated the factory in Molsheim. T
During the war, Bugatti also built a new factory at Levallois, Paris.
When World War II ended, the Bugatti back into poverty due to forest can no longer restore the Molsheim factory production and on August 21, 1947, he died at the Military Hospital in Paris by lung disease.
Although only 7900 cars produced during the Bugatti of the company, but there are many cars which are still to this day-a testament to the talent and dedication to the history of Bugatti developing world car. With his enormous contribution to the car industry in the world, Ettore Bugatti really deserves the title "Artisan Fabrication Car".

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