{"id":153573,"date":"2017-09-14T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/?p=153573"},"modified":"2019-01-06T09:25:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T09:25:23","slug":"bugatti-journey-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/blog\/bugatti-journey-to-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugatti’s journey to the top"},"content":{"rendered":"

Son of world-renowned Art Nouveau furniture and jewellery designer, Carlo Bugatti, Ettore Bugatti had a vision to make beautiful, fast cars.<\/h2>\n

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Luxury and beauty<\/h3>\n

Founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, the company tucked many successful models under their belts. With cars built for road and racetrack, they began to stack up podium places in major races, but their \u2018Golden Age\u2019 in 1924, heralded the production of the successful Type 35 race car. With a striking horseshoe shaped radiator grille and spoked aluminium wheels, the eight-cylinder Type 35 became the most successful race car of all time. No other car was as fast, and the model achieved over 2000 victories in various races over nearly ten years. The Type 35 was fast, beautiful and safe, and Bugatti was already dreaming of moving on to create the most luxurious and beautiful car of all time.<\/p>\n

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The Royale<\/h3>\n

This moment came two years later when the \u2018Royale\u2019 model was created. The most expensive car of all time, it still holds that title today. It featured a sculpture of a rearing elephant on its radiator cap in honour of his late brother, who had designed the sculpture, so it was in view at all times in his memory.\u00a0A prototype of the Royale won the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring in 1927, and this spurred Bugatti to launch it onto the market. Unfortunately, this moment fell right in the middle of the economic crisis of the early 1930s, and only six were ever made, with only a mere three Royales ever being sold.<\/p>\n

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The decline of Bugatti<\/h3>\n

A great many more successful race and road cars ensured Ettore\u2019s success, with Grand Prix and Le Mans wins setting Bugatti\u2019s name high in the automotive world before he passed away in 1947. An earlier tragic car accident had taken the life of his son, Jean, his designated heir and right-hand man, and with no successor to lead the factory, the company struggled financially. Bugatti ceased production in 1956 and it was eventually sold for its aero parts business in the 60s.<\/p>\n

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