Bugatti

Bugatti's disdain for his customers is as legendary as his devotion to his creations; in one probably apocryphal incident, upon greeting an unhappy customer returning to the factory with "What, you again?", he replied to the subsequent tale of automotive mechanical woe with "Well, see that it does not happen again!" and strode away.

Models

1938 Type 57SC Atlantic from the Ralph Lauren collection

1933 Type 59 Grand Prix racer from the Ralph Lauren collection

Jean Bugatti and his 1932 "Royale"

Only a few examples of each of Ettore Bugatti's vehicles were ever produced, the most famous being the Type 35 Grand Prix cars, the "Royale", the Type 57 "Atlantic" and the Type 55 sports car.

Throughout the production run of approximately 7,900 cars (of which about 2,000 still exist), each Bugatti model was designated with the prefix T for Type, which referred to the chassis and drive train.

Prototypes

1900–1901 Type 2

1903 Type 5

1908 Type 10

1925 Type 36

1929 Type 40

1929–1930 Type 45/47

Type 56 (electric car)

1939 Type 64 (coupe)

1943/1947 Type 73C

Racing cars

1910–1914 Bugatti Type 13/Type 15/17/22

1922–1926 Bugatti Type 29

1923 Type Bugatti 32 "Tank"

1924-1930 Bugatti Type 35/35A/35B/35T/35C/37/39

1927-1930 Bugatti Type 52 (electric racer for children)

1936–1939 Bugatti Type 57G "Tank"

1937–1939 Bugatti Type 50B

1931–1936 Bugatti Type 53

1931–1936 Bugatti Type 51/51A/54GP/59

1955–1956 Bugatti Type 251

Road cars

1910 Bugatti Type 13[1]

1912–1914 Type 18 "Garros"

1913–1914 Type 23/Brescia Tourer (roadster)

1922–1934 Type 30/38/40/43/44/49 (touring car)

1927–1933 Type 41 "Royale" (limousine)

1929–1939 Type 46/50/50T (touring car)

1932–1935 Type 55 (roadster)

1934–1940 Type 57/57S/Type 57SC (touring car)

1951-1956 Type 101 (coupe)

1957-62 Type 252 2 seater sports convertible

During the war Bugatti worked at Levallois on several new projects, including the Type 73 road car, Type 73C single seater racing car (5 bult), and the Type 75. After World War II, a 375 cc supercharged car was canceled when Ettore died.