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She comes ! Before your amazed eyes, this is the first image of the Bugatti hypercar which will soon take over from the Veyron and Chiron.
Nice profile, right? The traditional arc that frames the doors is… no longer really circular, while the rear diffuser appears more imposing than ever. We find the (very) mobile rear wing, the LED curves as taillights, and the plunging snout (on a horseshoe grille that we can still only imagine from this angle).
Mechanically, we only know the essentials: the legendary W16 8 liter quad-turbo gives way to a hybrid V16. We still don't know its characteristics, but we can already announce performances superior to those of the W16, which developed between 1500 and 1600 hp depending on the versions of the Chiron.
It will be interesting to see the effect of this change of direction on the mass of the future Bugatti: electrification is heavy, but the colossal W16 weighed a dead donkey (or even two) with its ten radiators and oversized accessories . The Chiron thus flirted with two tonnes even in its lightest versions. For comparison, not far in the Volkswagen group's organizational chart, a Lamborghini Revuelto weighs 1772 kg with its 1015 hp 6.5 liter atmospheric hybrid V12, housed like the W16 Bugatti in a carbon monocoque.
The metallic brown non camouflaged car is a rendering based on the camouflaged car-photo, found on autoevolution.com
What the car will really look like? It will be presented on June 22. So let's wait... Or, probably there will be another teaser before that!
Gooding & Co Selections From The Mullin Collection Auction, Oxnard, CA, USA, April 26, 2024
This was quite a succesful auction! Many of the Bugatti's went above their top estimates, though admittedly some estimates were on the low side. The Mullin and Schlumpf provenance will have helped, though the six million for the T57C Aravis is a top price for such a Bugatti.
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Finarte Auction, Milano, Italy, April 17, 2024
Bring a Trailer Auction Online, April 13, 2024
Top Gear was the first to be invited by Bugatti to experience some track-miles in the Bolide, which is currently being developed into a "series"-production (40 examples only) track-only hypercar. With former Le Mans winner and Bugatti testdriver Andy Wallace at the wheel, Top Gear's Jack Rix was very much impressed!
Just watch the video and enjoy!
Christie's Modern Collector Auction, March 12, 2024
RM Sotheby's Dubai Auction, March 9, 2024
Not one, but two painted portraits by Carlo Bugatti were announced to be auctioned recently.
The complete history of Carlo Bugatti, and especially what exactly he did after changing to France, remains clouded in mystery. There's silverware (with two silver platters also being announced to be auctioned recently), some furniture, a few paintings and some other items. Nobody seems to have a complete overview.
More surprising this set of paintings, both are of the same size (92 x 67 cm) were painted in oil on canvas, and were signed "Bugatti" in the lower right corner. No date. Being of identical size, it is probable that the man and woman are indeed a couple, and somehow they seem familiar. Does anybody know who they are?
If you want to bid on either of the paintings (or both), you can go to
the Drouot site for the one or
the other portrait.
Gooding & Company Amelia Island Auctions, February 29 - March 1, 2024
Broad Arrow Auctions The Amelia Auction, March 1, 2024
Artcurial Retromobile Auction, Paris, February 2 - 3, 2024
RM Sotheby's Paris Auction, January 31, 2024
RM Sotheby's Arizona auction USA, January 25, 2024
Bonhams' the Scottsdale auction, January 25, 2024
One might remember the Bugatti replica's, or tribute cars one might call them, which have now long been out of production. Starting with a Type 55, powered by an in-line 6 from BMW back in the late 1970's. There came more versions of this car, also with more racy fenders, then calles the Type 55 Grand Prix.
How nicely built these cars were, and useable with their modern mechanics, they were still recognizable as replica's, compared with the original Type 55 by Bugatti, the dimensions were just not correct, not good enough. That changed in 1992 with the introduction of the Type 57S Atalante (or serie 5, on the right), dimensions and shape of this car are so good, that one might even mistake it for the real deal. With one exception: The cast aluminium wheels, which suit the car rather well.
After several years of relative silence from de la Chapelle, they now present the next model (serie 6), the Atalante V8, with a 6.7 litre Corvette engine, delivering 461 HP, and lots of torque. The car was also made 20 cm longer, and 10 cm wider. From the front and side the car looks as good as it used to, however from the rear it looks just too wide...
Read this article on the car: in the French magazine L'Argus.
I asked Xavier de la Chapelle for some comment on this car, and the current plans, and he tells us the following:
Both are very interesting to drive. The V8 is really impressive with almost 450 bhp! In comparison, the more powerful L6 versions were “only” 250 bhp .
Some prefer the L6, some prefer the V8 which has been completely developed from a white sheet and is a bit bigger in size compare to the L6 and with more room inside.
May be we will relaunch the L6 for some customers in the future.
See for more info: delachapelle.com/.
After the passing away of it's founder, Peter Mullin, on September 18 last year, it may not come as a total surprise that his museum will close it's doors. The last chance to visit will be on Saturday, February 10.
Peter and Merle Mullin founded the Oxnard-based museum in 2010 to educate guests about 20th-century French automotive styling and design by showcasing the finest vehicles, sculptures and artifacts from the most-esteemed French master coachbuilders. The museum boasts nearly 47,000 square feet of exhibit space in an elegantly designed structure, which was previously owned by legendary newspaper publisher Otis Chandler. In addition to its sweeping gallery spaces, the museum includes a roof garden, theater, gift shop and archival storage.
Peter was inspired by Art Deco design and was equally passionate about sharing it with the public. To continue that legacy, four of the collection’s most iconic vehicles have been donated to the Petersen Automotive Museum. The 1937 Talbot-Lago T150 CS “Teardrop,” the 1938 Hispano Suiza H6B Dubonnet Xenia, the 1939 Delahaye 165 and the 1938 Delahaye 145 will now become part of the Petersen Automotive Museum, which Peter helped transform into the globally respected automotive institution it is today as part of a major overhaul a decade ago.
“Sharing these ‘rolling sculptures’ and beautiful art with others was Peter’s truest passion, and the museum helped bring that vision to life,” said Merle Mullin, director of the Mullin Automotive Museum. “We are deeply indebted to our staff, docents, volunteers, visitors and supporters who have dedicated their time and passion over the past 13 years. I hope past and first-time visitors will have a chance to say goodbye before we close.”
The museum will be open on a limited basis through Saturday, Feb. 10. Please visit mullinautomotivemuseum.com for opening dates and hours.
So far the official announcement. At the time there was no information about what will happen to the rather extensive Bugatti collection, with not just cars, but also parts, a You-you boat, Carlo Bugatti furniture and Rembrandt Bugatti sculpture.
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Bonhams Auction, UK, December 15, 2023
April 26, 2024 Gooding & Co Selections From The Mullin Collection Auction Oxnard, CA, USA
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Full description of all items in this auction
More info on the Gooding & Co website
April 28, 2024 Osenat Arts and Cars Auction Paris, France
For several decades, the “black car” as it is nicknamed has caused a lot of ink to flow. It is thanks to the brand historian Pierre-Yves Laugier that its existence will be highlighted (we invite you to obtain his work on the Bugatti 57 Sport). From then on, every collector car enthusiast has fantasized about discovering one, at the bottom of a barn, under thick blankets. She has made, still makes and will make many fans dream and her quest, like that of the Santa Maria, has become legendary. Some say that if it appeared, it would become the most desired car in the world.
The chassis plate that we are presenting to you is therefore the one that was affixed to the car when it left the factory on October 3, 1936. The black car will then be photographed with different registrations (very common at Bugatti) and the last written trace, in February 1941 in Bordeaux, mentions it as #57454, the original plate #57453 was therefore already separated from the car just before it disappeared.
But when and why were the plate and the car separated?
One theory caught our attention:
In any case, it is a significant piece of the puzzle that has kept the collector car world in suspense for decades. To our knowledge, it is also the only piece of the factory's black car whose authenticity and ownership are beyond doubt.
May 29 - June 2, 2024 100e anniversaire du Grand Prix Bugatti
Bourgogne, France
Below some photographs of the event, as it was held in the Baie du Somme in 2014
August 22 - 25, 2024 Bugatti Club Denmark Meeting
And we have only just begun.
So, on our next trip we will be visiting Southern Jutland,
the beautiful borderland that is almost an inseparable part
of Denmark’s history and self-understanding; and a part of
the country at the same time so very distinctive.
With some 450 km routes during the meeting, reaching
from Jutland’s east coast to the west coast, we will experi
ence and enjoy all that which characterizes South Jutland:
the landscape, the architecture, the culture, the crafts
manship, the language, the food - and the people.
The deadline for inscription has been extended to mid April.
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May 1, 2024
April 27, 2024
April 14, 2024
April 6, 2024
March 19, 2024
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000: Sold for $11,340
March 10, 2024
Chassis "57302", Estimate: $700,000 - $900,000: Sold After Auction
March 8, 2024
March 4, 2024
Estimate:
$600,000 - $800,000: Sold for $525,000
Estimate:
$150,000 - $225,000: Sold for $350,000
Estimate:
$350,000 - $450,000: Sold for $425,000
Estimate:
$2,400,000 - $2,800,000, Sold for $2,050,000
February 5, 2024
Estimate € 300,000 - 500,000, Sold at €405,280 (incl. premium)
Estimate € 350,000 - 450,000, Sold at €405,280 (incl. premium)
Estimate € 160,000 - 240,000, Sold at €238,400 (incl. premium)
Estimate €250,000 - 350,000, Sold at €262,240 (incl. premium)
Estimate € 600,000 - 800,000: Not sold
January 31, 2024
January 28, 2024
Chassis No. 57587, Engine No. 458, Gearbox No. 46H, Estimate: US$900,000 - US$1,200,000: Not sold. US$975,000 Asking
January 25, 2024
Chassis no. 57432, Engine no. 547, Estimate: US$1,500,000 - US$1,800,000: Sold for US$1,250,000 ($1,380,000
inc. premium)
Estimate $5,000,000 - $5,500,000: Sold for US$5,175,000 inc. premium
January 18, 2024
The V8 is at the moment a one-off done on special order for a customer who had the Atalante L6 before.
The price indication for this car is €500,000.
January 18, 2024
Now, a few days later, the first cars have been announced for auction.
January 3, 2024
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Gooding & Company has been entrusted with the sale of select lots from the revered Mullin Collection, comprising the most rare, coveted, and unique French, Art Deco, and European vehicles and automobilia, offered entirely without reserve. Featured lots from the auction include this Bugatti Type 57C Aravis ‘Special Cabriolet’, one of only three examples of the Gangloff-bodied Aravis that survive today.
The original chassis plate of the Bugatti Atlantic 57SC disappeared.
In June 1937, chassis number #57453 was assigned to a Gangloff Sedan. We can therefore assume that the chassis plate was taken from the Atlantic and installed on the Sedan. This theory is all the more plausible because in June 1939, the Atlantic was loaned to the King of Belgium under the identity #57454. The black car will be photographed one last time in Molsheim in 1939, before leaving for Bordeaux. The Sedan with the original plate #57453 will continue its journey and pass into the hands of Jean De Dobbeleer around 1958, surely unaware that he has the factory Atlantic plate in his hands. Decades later, the plate would be found on another car, which we know had passed to De Dobbeleer.
May 11 - 12, 2024 VINTAGE REVIVAL MONTLHERY
France
For more info, contact the e-mail in the image on the right.
June 22 - October 13, 2024 Bugatti Exposition "Une Dynastie de créateurs"
Uzes, France
Bugatti Club Denmark has the ambition to explore
and experience all corners of the Danish kingdom with their
faithful cars. Since the club’s rebirth in 2018, they have thus
already enjoyed exquisite roads in North Jutland, Central
Jutland, on Funen, on Bornholm and in North Zealand. In
total, we have driven around 2200 kilometers to date ac
cording to roadbooks and maps and in all kinds of weather.
Bugatti events from the past
Please let me know if you know the dates of any Bugatti events in the future.
I can be reached by email at J.J.Horst@BugattiPage.com.