The world may be in an economic downturn, but there wasn’t much sign of that at the 2009 edition of...
The event was the Gran Premio delle Vetturette. On the Circuito di Montichiari, race cars zipped back and forth between...
On the weekend of May 27-28, 2017, the tenth annual pageant of French motoring excellence — La Vie en Bleu — will take place at Prescott Hill Climb, Gotherington in Gloucestershire, home of the Bugatti Owners’ Club. This spectacular two-day event has always been a favorite on the motoring calendar,...
More than 40 historic Bugatti models from different eras gathered in front of the Château in Molsheim, at the heart...
In 1928, Ettore Bugatti shone a spotlight on his incomparable racing cars with the hosting of his very own ‘Bugatti...
The Bugatti Type 35 is viewed by several car enthusiasts as one of the greatest pre-war racer to be crafted from the Bugatti Company. Its virtue is matched by its achievements as it conquered the race scene during its time. It was one of the most successful pre-war racer winning...
It may come as a surprise that Ettore Bugatti’s first straight-8 engine did not power one of his rolling sculptures,...
Multiple Auction Records Set in 2020 by Gooding & Company 2020 saw Gooding & Company report more than $125 million in...
Now available: Bugatti Chassis no. 57541 Engine no. 29S Body no. 3595 THE BUGATTI TYPE 57S AND SC Bugatti’s line of “super sport” competition road models began with the superb Type 43 that was replaced by the legendary T55 and the concept would reach its zenith with Type 57S, where...
In the 1950s, an ultimately failed attempt to revive the Bugatti name resulted in the creation of six Type 101...
This week’s Mullin Automotive Museum featured vehicle is the 1994 Bugatti EB110 Supersport ‘Le Mans’, one of only three vehicles...
A 1928 Isotta Fraschini 8ASS owned by Peter Boyle of Oil City, Pennsylvania, captured Best in Show honors at the 2016 Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance — it is Boyle’s second victory at Pinehurst Resort in the first four years of the event. Boyle, whose car was shown in the Pre-War European...
Molsheim in the Alsace region of France is forever associated with Bugatti. It was this small town where Ettore Bugatti...
The Occitanie region of southern France recently welcomed some special visitors, all born in the country’s northeastern region. Ready to...
The value of historic Bugatti cars continues to rise. In 2020, the five most valuable vehicles that were sold at auction internationally were all from Molsheim. Even with the challenges with the pandemic, auction houses Bonhams and Gooding & Company reported that the historic Bugattis auctioned broke records. In fact, it is the first time that...
Tight bends, steep slopes and narrow street canyons. No race in the Grand Prix circus arouses as much passion among...
When the starter’s flag lowers on the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, it will mark the 90th anniversary of the Monaco...
He simply adored Bugatti: Fritz Schlumpf had to own as many of the 30 vehicles as possible because he wanted to use them as a basis for establishing the biggest Bugatti collection in existence. In fact, it became something of an obsession, as reflected in the negotiations with an American...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
The Mercedes CLK GTR was once the world’s most expensive production car and it rarely gets the recognition that it...
With the Type 41 Royale, in 1926, Bugatti presented the strongest, largest and most luxurious automobile in the world, characterized by then unimaginable power and opulent equipment. For Ettore Bugatti, the Royale was the culmination of his creation. A vehicle that knew no competitors in terms of performance, quality and...
Achille Varzi was the opposite of his capricious nemesis Tazio Nuvolari, who was steeped in instinctive talent. Varzi was a...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
Bugatti had won the Targa Florio three consecutive years from 1925 – 1927 by the time their new recruit, Albert Divo, was flagged away from the Cerda start of the 1928 Sicilian classic. And he didn’t disappoint: Divo not only won the island epic that year, he made it two...
Living in Southern California, we’re admittedly pretty jaded when it comes to the classic cars we see on the road,...
Automobiles sur les Champs, the annual Parisian collector car auction by Artcurial Motorcars, returns to La plus belle avenue du...
Accompanying last weekend’s Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in Florida were collector car auctions held by RM Sotheby’s, Bonhams and Gooding & Co., each of which enjoyed brisk sales and world record prices paid for a dazzling array of cars. A total of 29 cars sold for more than $1 million....
At last weekend’s trio of collector car auctions in conjunction with the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, 27 cars fetched more...
Mirrored sunglasses and a big grin. Andy Wallace is always in a good mood when he arrives at work in...
Some fellow petrolheads have been asking what I think about the movie Anonymous, and the thesis that the true author of the Shakespearean canon was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. You can make a case for anything provided you ignore evidence. In 1616, two of England’s leading poets,...