Re: Bugatti origins

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

Very true. Ettore Bugatti was born in Italy but lived most of his life 
in Molshiem, Alsace-Lorraine region of France (near the German Border). 
Bugatti ran his automobile factory like a small fiefdom, complete with 
racing horse stables (he called his cars "Le Pur Sang des Automobiles"  
'The Purest Blood of Automobiles'). The grounds held a 5-star hotel and 
restaurant where clients could stay when they came to Molshiem to 
collect their new automobiles. Bugatti (called 'le Patron' by the 
faithful) died in 1946 and for all intents and purposes the Bugatti 
automobile died with him.

George Graves


On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 10:16  PM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 20:12:42 -0500
> From: "Peter Webb" <webb.p@domain.elided>
> Subject: Bugatti origins
>
> > Bugatti. Well, kind of. There is a new(ish) supercar (or is it 
> > stupidcar?)
> > called the Edonis by B Engineering.
> Last I read (Autoweek I believe) Bugatti, though baring an Italian 
> name, was
> in fact French engineered and manufactured.   Inspired and designed by 
> an
> Italian none-the-less.
>
> Autoweek has been known to be wrong before so I don't claim this info 
> to be
> gospel.
>
> - -Peter
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