Jean Bugatti Research Paper

Throughout the history of mankind, human instinct has driven the ambitious decisions to exceed impossible feats. Until the beginning of the millennium Bugatti Motor Company was vague in the minds of most people. It took great ambition and risk to behold the fastest land speed record of a full production vehicle. Bugatti changed motor companies world wide prospective of the impossible becoming plausible and aroused striving new concepts of automobiles. Such drastic endeavors inspired the resurrection of Bugatti putting them back on the map as one of the worlds top sports automobile manufactures.
In 1881 Thomas Edison established an invention that would change humanity in ways never imagined by man. The birth of electricity sparked the fast
Jean was mostly recognized for the creation of the Bugatti type 41, known as the “Royale.” The new model offered a massive 13-liter engine, long base for a comforting ride and most importantly a hood ornament of a dancing elephant designed by Rembrandt Bugatti, Ettore’s late brother. Costing twice as much as a contemporaneous Rolls-Royce, the type 41 never found the right market to purchase. (Thompson, 1) Jean Bugatti was killed in a test drive accident in 1939 causing Ettore to step back into the position. After Ettore’s death in 1947 his younger son Roland took control of the company. Growth of the company would continue until the start of World War II which drove most manufactures into bankruptcy, Bugatti simply shuts it’s doors.
In 1991 an Italian by the name Romano Artioli would reignite Bugatti but not by reopening the Molsheim factory. He would create the EB110 in commemoration of Ettore Bugatti’s 110th birthday. The supercar was the rebirth of the Bugatti racing heritage and continued into the next generation of
It reached full production in September 2005. The car is built by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS in its Molsheim Alsace, France factory and is sold under the legendary Italian/French Bugatti mark. It is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm. (Hall-Geisler, 1)
Development of the vehicle began with the 1999 EB 18/4 "Veyron" concept car. Introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show, it was similar in design and appearance to the final Veyron production car. One major difference was the EB 18/4's use of a W18 engine with three banks of six cylinders. The Veyron's head designer was Hartmut Warkuss with exterior designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen rather than Giorgetto Giugiaro of ItalDesign who had handled the three prior Bugatti concepts. (Thompson,