Bugatti

 

A selection of heavily illustrated and highly detailed reference books on Buaggti have been written by two of the marque's most respected writers. 

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Bugatti -a racing history (Hardback book)
HXH834
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  Front cover    By David Venables. Hardback, 250 x 250mm, 256 pages, 210 illustrations
Here is the first full racing history of Bugatti, from Ettore Bugatti's endeavours with a racing motor tricycle in 1898, through to building the first racing T10 at Cologne in 1910, opening the Molsheim factory and racing at Indianapolis in 1914. After designing aero engines during the First World War, Bugatti enjoyed a golden age of Grand Prix racing in the 1920s with the legendary T35, followed by a slow decline during the 1930s, and the abortive attempt to re-enter Grand Prix racing in 1956. 

Bugatti T44 & T49 - The 8-Cylinder Touring Cars: 1920-1934
VEL15
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 Front cover   By Barrie Price. 207mm wide by 250mm tall. 144 pages. Over 200 photos
A detailed study of the medium sized touring cars in the extensive range built by Bugatti during the fifteen years following the 1914-18 war. Aspects of design and development are considered together with pictures of components and chassis, commencing with the Type 28 and culminating with the Type 49. These cars represented the bulk of production and typify the Bugatti style and design, which was the basis of the company's unique standing in the field of automobile engineering. Over one hundred and fifty different cars are depicted via over 200 principally contemporary photographs, many of which have not been published before. The works of many different coachbuilders, throughout Europe, built upon these chassis are illustrated together with tables showing their market position compared with other makes and models, which were competitors. A study of the performance of these cars in competition is included together with a survey of the fall and rise in values over eight decades. The royalties of this book pass to the Bugatti Trust, a foundation dedicated to the study of the works of Ettore Bugatti and the furtherance of aesthetics in engineering design. "A superb introduction to these legendary and lesser-seen Molsheim greats" Classic and Sports Car

Bugatti Type 40
VEL16
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Front cover    By Barrie Price. Cloth hardback · 250 x 207mm (portrait) · 128 artpaper pages · Over 150 mainly period photographs/illustrations.
This book is a concise history of the 4-cylinder Bugatti T40 & T40A and includes over 150 mainly period photographs and illustrations, together with contemporary sales material and other interesting articles, individual chassis sales records, detailed technical data on all aspects of the car and features high quality artpaper