Bugatti Abstract Blue
by Walter Fahmy
Title
Bugatti Abstract Blue
Artist
Walter Fahmy
Medium
Photograph - Acrylic/photography Mixed Media Mounted On Acid Free Board
Description
The Italian-born Ettore Bugatti got his start like a lot of automotive pioneers; building bicycles at the turn of the twentieth century. He eventually designed and engineered a series of early cars for several different European car companies. Ettore Bugatti produced his first car, with his own name affixed to the grille, in 1910. The type 13 was built by Automobiles Ettore Bugatti at its headquarters in Molsheim, near Strasbourg, France. Bugatti was only in his 20s at the time, and already known for his stubborness. Over the years, he would resist innovation superchargers and mass production to create some of the finest hand-built cars, especially race cars. Ettore Bugatti was an avid racer himself. After World War II, many European car companies struggled to survive. Rather than declare bankrupcy, Bugatti closed its doors. But 30 years later supercar fever swept the globe. Italian Romano Artioli revived the brand, but not the Molsheim factory, by introducing the EB110 in time for Bugatti's 110th birthday in 1991. In 1998, German car maker Volkswagen bought the Bugatti name and reopened a modern factory in Molsheim. In 2005, the company delivered on its promise to ive up to Ettore Bugatti's standards for speed and luxury with the Bugatti Veyron: a million-dollar supercar with more than 1000 hp.
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October 23rd, 2013
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