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Casinoman.net brings you the latest in luxury lifestyle news and inspiring articles detailing the products, people and places that have shaped all that is desirable in today's world. The Automobile may be a utilitarian object to many, but in a lifestyle where every luxury item is a statement there is one automobile Marque that stands head and shoulders above the rest: Bugatti
Buying executive Marques like Mercedes or a Rolls Royce is a great way to celebrate your good fortune, supercars are a far less practical (but far more fun!) way of making the same statement. Even a good classic car is a worthy celebration but when you really enjoy driving, love to live in luxury and wish to make a serious statement about yourself only the most exclusive of European engineering will do.
Bugatti Have a long history, almost as long as the history of the automobile itself, with the Founder, Ettore Bugatti's first car built in 1900. Despite this being the first car the family built it was an instant success, winning the Milan Grand Prix and the French Automobile Club trophy. Within Ten years a dedicated product line began turning out the commercially successful Bugatti Type 13, in fact the type 13 was so successful that it was built under license by both Crossley and Peugeot.
During the first world war Bugatti developed experimental airplane engines. While none were ever mas produced the lessons of engineering for power did not go unlearned and the interwar years saw racing success with engineering and construction methods producing more efficient and powerful cars like the Type 35, with its now famous horseshoe shaped grill, long straight engine cowling and passenger compartment set just in front of the rear wheels; a design that became Bugatti's trademark for their performance cars.
The pre-war years were a golden age for Bugatti, producing their most famous designs such as the Royale models that became the epitome of class and performance, the original GT cars. The company's Atlantic, the Type 57, was built in 1935. The Atlantic was a masterpiece and is still hailed as one of the most beautiful cars ever produced. Much of Bugatti's racing success during this period can be attributed to the testing driver and engineer, Pierre Veyron. Veyron was one of the drivers for Bugatti during the 1937 Le Mans 24 Hour race, which resulted in a speed record for the race with the Bugatti car averaging around 140 kph over the length of the race.
After the second world war, and with the death of Jean Bugatti, Ettore's son, the company went in to decline. Despite several attempts to resurrect the marque including the creation of the seminal EB110 four wheel drive hypercar that was delivered just as the global recession at the end of the 80's hit world markets, Bugatti did not enjoy a resurgence of interest until Volkswagen AG acquired the name in 1998 and immediately began development of the prototype that would one day become the seminal Bugatti Veyron, named for Pierre Veyron who brought Bugatti so much racing success.
While the Veyron may now be Bugatti's most famous design, classic Bugattis are among the most desirable in the world with two 1931 Royales featuring in the top ten most expensive cars ever auctioned, at 7 and 9 million pounds respectively. However these figures pale into insignificance next to a 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic that sold last year for an astounding 27 million, the most expensive auction sale price for an automobile ever.
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