Largely inspired and created in tribute to the magnificent Bugatti Grand Sport Sang Bleu. Designed by the young designer Ben Walsh and presented the beautiful blue speedboat the same polished aluminum and royal blue carbon fiber construction of the s
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Chassis n° PCD39006 Engine n° 0026 Ultra rare EB 110 SS Prototype with unique factory modifications Estimated : € 850.000 - 1.100.000 Sold for € 1.152.500 RM Sotheby's Place Vauban Parijs - Paris Frankrijk - France February 2018 Bugatti, one of the most legendary marques of all time, bears the name of Ettore Bugatti, who built his first automobile in 1898. In the first years of the 20th century, Bugatti designed several very important cars while working for other manufacturers. Following the factory’s move to Molsheim, the German town in Alsace, France, success abounded for Bugatti well into the mid-1930s, but the company fell on hard times soon thereafter. Ettore died in 1947 and the company lost direction. Bugatti ceased production completely in 1956. After passing through the hands of several owners, the Bugatti name was purchased in 1991 by Italian businessman Romano Artioli, seeking to revive the fabled marque to its former glory with a new supercar. Artioli’s Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. produced just 139 total examples of the quad-turbo 3.5-litre V-12 EB110 and a later variant called the EB110 Super Sport (shortened to SS), boasting even more performance with a top speed of 216 mph of which only 36 were built. The car offered here, chassis no. PCD39006, is a factory prototype of the SS variant and is, consequently, an ultra-rare and hugely significant automobile fit for any Bugatti connoisseur. Manufactured in early 1993, the car was intended to be used for body developments and was used in April of 1993 for homologation testing. Completed in June of 1993 with two-wheel drive and fitted with engine number 009, the car was used for fuel consumption homologation testing and afterwards, was later fitted with the standard four-wheel drive system and received a new and very special Super Sport engine, engine, no. 0026, the unit previously fitted to the prototype C7 (serial no. MCD39006 deconstructed) that was used to set the EB110’s world speed record in 1992 at 342.7 km/h. Further to this, it was used as a test bed for the evaluation of several other modifications. The factory-spec EB110 had a significant issue with fuel delivery. The car had two separate fuel tanks and fillers, one for each bank of the 3.5-litre V-12 engine. This caused the engine to run on only six cylinders if one tank ran dry before the other. The prototype introduced a dual tank with a single filler to eliminate this problem, and also featured a revised gear shifter and lightweight carbon fibre engine cover, modifications not seen on other EB110s. Mr Artioli’s company went into administration in 1995, and this car was sold to its first private owner in 1997. It was part of the Marin De Rijn Collection in the Netherlands until 2015, when it was purchased by the consignor. With him the car was shown at Salon Privé, where it received Best in Class honours. Presented in concours condition in stunning light grey metallic, this rare and all-original EB110 SS prototype shows just 3.300 km on the odometer and is arguably the finest EB110 in existence. The car was recently fully serviced by HR Owen Bugatti of London, is UK registered and is ready to drive and enjoy. It also retains its original books and tools. Considering its exceptionally low mileage, its use as a factory test bed and known ownership history from new, it is plain to see that this EB110 SS prototype is a remarkable automobile in every sense and one truly fit for inclusion in the world’s finest collections.
Built strictly for Grand Prix racing, the original Bugatti Type 51 emerged in 1931. Its engine was a 160 hp (119 kW) twin overhead cam evolution of the supercharged 2.3 L single overhead cam straight-8 found in the Type 35B. One of the forty Type 51s, chassis #51133, was made to combine the best attributes of luxury and sport. After a brief racing season, which saw this car race at the hands of Rene Dreyfus and Louis Chiron, it was sold to Andre Bith. He took his purchase to Louis Dubos in Paris to create a body which would end up being a miniature version of the Type 57SC Atlantic. Complete with tan pigskin upholstery and polished Sycamore wood trim, Dubos' detail work was as exquisite as the best Bugatti's. At some point the Dubos body and chassis #51133 got separated. While the chassis was owned by the Nethercutt Collection, the original body was offered at auction in 2000. The Collection picked up the body and reunited the orphan components after nearly 50 years of separation. Mr. Bith, the original owner, helped Collection by offering documents and photos pertaining to #51133. The restoration was completed just in time for the 2003 Pebble Beach Concours where the feature marque was Bugatti. Against very stiff competition, the Dubos Coupe took second in class to a Type 57SC Atlantic. (upercars.net) 1931 Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix Race Car Only 40 units were built. (Photos from ultimatecarpage.com, commons.wikimedia.org & supercars.net)
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