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BUGATTITYPE30
 

Type 30, with "toast rack" body.
This early car originally had hydraulic front brakes.
Photo: David Sisson, Reference

HISTORY

This was the first eight cylinder Bugatti in production. The first real eight cylinder Bugatti, Type 28, was catalogued, but never sold.
Early Type 30s were equipped with hydraulic front brakes, inspired by the utopian Type 28, but this didn't work very well so it was abandoned.

TECHNICAL DATA

Years made: 1922-26
Engine type: 8 cyl. in-line, 3 valves/cyl., over-head cam
Engine size: 1991cc (60x88)
Supercharger: -
Power: 60hp
Clutch: wet
Forward gears: 4
Drive: shaft
Front suspension: solid axle, 1/2-elliptical springs
Rear suspension: solid axle, reversed 1/4-elliptical springs
Brakes: cable operated drums
(early ones had hydraulic front, cable rear)
Wheelbase [m]: 2.55 (2.0, 2.4, 2.85)
Track [m]: 1.2
Tyre size: 765x105
Weight: c. 950 kg

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