--- title: Bugatti · HICONIUM description: "Art, engineering and obsession, built in numbers that never reach the market." canonical_url: https://hiconium.com/manufacturers/bugatti image: https://hiconium.com/og/marque/bugatti.png --- > HICONIUM · Index: https://hiconium.com/llms.txt · Every page: append `.md` or send `Accept: text/markdown`. > Path: [Home](https://hiconium.com/) › [Manufacturers](https://hiconium.com/manufacturers) › Bugatti > On this page: [The essential Bugattis](#the-essential-bugattis) · [Every Bugatti on file](#every-bugatti-on-file) · [Vintage · Type Era](#vintage--type-era) · [Modern Hyper-GT](#modern-hyper-gt) · [Coachbuilt & One-offs](#coachbuilt--one-offs) · [Three production eras, each defined by low-volume engineering.](#three-production-eras-each-defined-by-low-volume-engineering) · [Who drew and built the Bugatti files](#who-drew-and-built-the-bugatti-files) · [Sixty pearls, one oval.](#sixty-pearls-one-oval) ![Bugatti — manufacturer stage](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/marques/stage/bugatti.jpg.w1920.q75.webp) [Manufacturers  /  Bugatti](https://hiconium.com/manufacturers) # Bugatti Molsheim, France · est. 1909 Three production eras, each defined by low-volume engineering. Bugatti's collector catalogue divides into the original Molsheim cars, the EB110 and the Veyron-led modern era. Chassis identity separates early cars; factory specification separates later cars. Models 14 Top value €40M Period 1909– [Explore models](https://hiconium.com/manufacturers/bugatti#essential) [Manufacturer profile](https://hiconium.com/manufacturers/bugatti#house-profile) ![Bugatti — manufacturer stage](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/marques/stage/bugatti.jpg.w1920.q75.webp) Curated entry points ## The essential Bugattis Three cars that explain the manufacturer: its origins, its engineering peak and the shape of its modern ambition. [1924–1930 ### Type 35 The most successful racing car ever — thousands of wins. Collectibility 95 / 100 Indicative value €3.5M](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/type-35) [1936–1938 ### Type 57 SC Atlantic Riveted-spine coupé, four built — the holy grail. Collectibility 100 / 100 Indicative value €40M](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/type-57-sc-atlantic) [2005–2015 ### Veyron 16.4 1,001 hp W16 — the first road car past 400 km/h. Collectibility 92 / 100 Indicative value €1.8M](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/veyron-16-4) Complete catalogue ## Every Bugatti on file 14 models · 3 families By family Sort Filter ## Vintage · Type Era 5 The cars Ettore Bugatti built in Molsheim between the wars — the dominant Grand Prix Type 35, the impossible Royale, and the Type 57 family crowned by the Atlantic. The very top of the vintage market. [1924–1930 · 5 variants Type 35 The most successful racing car ever — thousands of wins. €3.5M 37 sales · median $689.02K 95 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/type-35) [1927–1933 · 3 variants Type 41 Royale The colossal flagship for kings — only six built. €30M 98 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/type-41-royale) [1934–1940 · 3 variants Type 57 The elegant pre-war touring Bugatti in every body style. €1.5M 96 sales · median $525.45K 88 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/type-57) [1936–1938 · One of one Type 57 SC Atlantic Riveted-spine coupé, four built — the holy grail. €40M 100 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/type-57-sc-atlantic) [1936–1938 Type 57 SC Atalante The closed two-seat coupé, supercharged and achingly pretty. €8.5M 94 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/type-57-sc-atalante) ## Modern Hyper-GT 4 The line that brought the name back — from the Campogalliano EB110 to the W16 era of Veyron and Chiron, and on to the Tourbillon. Each one the fastest, most extreme road car of its day. [1991–1995 · 2 variants EB110 The quad-turbo carbon supercar that revived the marque. €2.4M 20 sales · median $1.86M 90 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/eb110) [2005–2015 · 4 variants Veyron 16.4 1,001 hp W16 — the first road car past 400 km/h. €1.8M 28 sales · median $1.76M 92 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/veyron-16-4) [2016–2022 · 4 variants Chiron 1,500 hp; the 300+ broke 490 km/h flat out. €3.2M 24 sales · median $3.64M 91 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/chiron) [2026– Tourbillon The V16 hybrid successor — analogue dials, 1,800 hp. €3.8M 89 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/tourbillon) ## Coachbuilt & One-offs 5 The Chiron-era specials built in tiny runs or for a single client — track weapons, design tributes and the great one-offs. By definition the rarest cars Molsheim makes. [2018–2021 Divo The corner-carving Chiron special — 40 built, all sold. €5.5M 88 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/divo) [2019–2022 Centodieci An EB110 tribute on Chiron underpinnings, ten built. €8.5M 89 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/centodieci) [2019 · One of one La Voiture Noire A one-off Atlantic homage — the priciest new car sold. €16M 93 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/la-voiture-noire) [2024– Bolide The track-only W16 — 1,600 hp, near-aircraft downforce. €4.7M 87 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/bolide) [2024– Mistral The W16 roadster send-off — open-top, 99 built. €5M 88 Open the file](https://hiconium.com/vehicles/bugatti/mistral) The house ## Three production eras, each defined by low-volume engineering. Ettore Bugatti built cars the way a jeweller sets stones — every casting finished by hand, every line drawn for beauty before function. From the little Molsheim works came the Type 35, the most successful racing car of its era, and the colossal Type 41 Royale, of which only six were ever made. The Type 57 SC Atlantic is the high-water mark: a riveted-spine coupé of which just four were built, and the car most often called the most valuable in the world. When the original company faded after the war, the name carried a weight no successor could ignore. Volkswagen reinvented Bugatti for the modern age with the Veyron — a 1,001 hp, quad-turbo W16 that rewrote what a road car could do — and the Chiron that followed. Today, under Rimac, the marque builds the Tourbillon and a stream of coachbuilt one-offs that sell out before they are shown. Founded 1909 Ettore Bugatti established the company in Molsheim; the first car bearing his name followed in 1910. Historic output 7,950 cars Bugatti gives this total for Types 13 through 251 before the original factory closed in 1956. Engineering priority Low mass through integration The 1924 Type 35 combined a cast-aluminium wheel, removable rim and brake drum to reduce unsprung mass. 2020 auction result £9.535 million Gooding sold the 1934 Type 59 Sports at its Passion of a Lifetime auction. Selected milestones ### A bloodline, not a list. 1. 1909 The Molsheim company Ettore Bugatti establishes his own automobile company in Molsheim. 2. 1924 Type 35 The new Grand Prix car debuts at Lyon with cast-aluminium wheels and integrated brake drums. 3. 1934 A common Type 57 base Jean Bugatti consolidates the road-car range around one base model offered with different engines and bodies. 4. 1991 The Campogalliano return The EB110 brings the name back to production with a carbon monocoque, quad-turbo V12 and all-wheel drive. 5. 2005 Veyron production begins The 1,001 PS Veyron enters production at the new Molsheim Atelier after recording 407 km/h. 6. 2024 A V16 hybrid platform The Tourbillon is unveiled with a naturally aspirated 8.3-litre V16 and three electric motors in place of the W16 platform. What defines Bugatti ### Reduce mass at the component The Type era used hollow axles and integrated wheels; the EB110 and modern cars use carbon structures. ### Keep performance road-usable The road cars combine high-speed engineering with the cooling, braking and cabin requirements of sustained road use. ### Build finite series Limited production and detailed factory configuration make exact identity central to collecting the later cars. The hands ## Who drew and built the Bugatti files One name in the register stands behind this manufacturer. Their own file follows the work wherever it went. - [Jean Bugatti Head of Molsheim — the Royale bodies and the Type 57. 4 files · design design 4 files](https://hiconium.com/people/jean-bugatti) [The whole register of people](https://hiconium.com/people) The mark ## Sixty pearls, one oval. Molsheim, 1909: Ettore Bugatti fixes an enamelled oval to the radiator of the Type 13, his first car under his own name. The design is family work — his father Carlo, celebrated maker of Art Nouveau furniture and jewellery, is its presumed hand, and it shows: sixty pearls set around a red oval, the reversed-E-and-B monogram above the name. No badge in the industry is more literally jewellery: today’s macaron is struck in solid 970 sterling silver by a Bavarian mint. Through five owners and a half-century pause, the oval itself has barely changed. Attributed to Carlo Bugatti, 1909 — the founder’s father ![Bugatti crest, 1909–1963](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/marques/history/bugatti/logo-1909.png.w1920.q75.webp) 1909–1963 The macaron: red oval, sixty pearls, the reversed-E monogram above the name. ![Bugatti crest, 1963–2007](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/marques/history/bugatti/logo-1963.png.w1920.q75.webp) 1963–2007 New owners, same badge — proportions tightened, the monogram enlarged. ![Bugatti crest, 2007–2015](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/marques/history/bugatti/logo-2007.png.w1920.q75.webp) 2007–2015 The Veyron era: deeper crimson, a cooler rim, more compact type. ![Bugatti crest, 2015–2022](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/marques/history/bugatti/logo-2015.png.w1920.q75.webp) 2015–2022 Rendered as metal — silver rim, gradients, the pearls cut through. ![Bugatti crest, 2022–](https://hiconium.com/_derived/images/marques/history/bugatti/logo-2022.png.w1920.q75.webp) 2022– Interbrand flattens the macaron for the Rimac era; the oval itself stays put.