| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 465.5 | Stanzani is gone | NCEIS1::CHEVAUX | Patrick Chevaux, Nice, 828-6995 | Mon Aug 13 1990 18:17 | 10 |
| Undisclosed problems at Bugatti : the board of directors and Paolo
Stanzani reached a point of STRONG disagreement a couple of weeks
ago. As a result Paolo Stanzani has left.
The current schedule is : engine is working, 4WD is designed,
lightweight shell, platform, body development is unknown. Car may
be previewed at Paris Show this oct. Public launch and 1st deliveries
in 1991.
Departure of Stanzani may well affect the development and the schedules.
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| 465.6 | some news (testing at N�rburgring) | NCEIS1::CHEVAUX | Patrick Chevaux, Nice, 828-6995 | Wed Jul 03 1991 10:31 | 18 |
| Sport Auto of July has 4 pages on the new Bugatti 110.
Proto No 3 (french racing blue) is under test at the N�rburgring (the
old 2.7km circuit) driven by Jean-Philippe Vittecocq (previously chief
test driver at Michelin).
The car is reported to be in the very final stages of development (the
N�rburgring tests were planned to verify a number of things with the
suspension in GT rather than racetrack setup)
Public presentation of the car with its real body is still planned for
September in a place TBD (Frankfurt Auto Show, Paris ?).
From the Sport Auto article the new Bugatti seems to be the real SUPER
CAR compared to Porsche 959, F40, Diablo, XJR15, ... 4WD like the 959
but much lighter and powered by 540bhp (and a lot of torque), extremely
build quality, made with excellent but very expensive components it
will be THE exclusive car of the moment. First shipment next year.
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| 465.7 | 15th Sep the new Bugatti should appear | ULYSSE::CHEVAUX | Patrick Chevaux @VBE, DTN 828-5584 | Fri Sep 06 1991 11:48 | 12 |
| More details:
The new EB110 (final name ?) will be introduced at the old Bugatti
factory in Molsheim during a 3 day fiesta 13-15th sept. The theme will
be around the 110th anniversary of Ettore Bugatti birthdate.
The factory should be open to visitors on the Sunday 15th Sep. I'm sure
the new car will be visible then. The town of Molsheim will participate
in the anniversary.
Molsheim is located in Alsace, some 30 km south west of Strasbourg
approximately.
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| 465.8 | | FORTY2::BETTS | X.500 Development | Fri Sep 06 1991 12:37 | 5 |
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Not far from the Schlumpf museu in Mulhouse, which will probably
want to add the EB110 to its huge collection of Bugattis.
William.
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| 465.9 | it's real ! | ULYSSE::CHEVAUX | Patrick Chevaux @VBE, DTN 828-5584 | Mon Sep 16 1991 12:18 | 14 |
| All french TV programmes have shown the new EB110 which was rolled out
of the Molsheim factory last saturday (14-Sep-1991). Painted French
racing blue it differs slightly from the various prototypes that have
been seen this year. The lines are from Marcello Gandini and are
smoother than those of the protos.
No doubt that all auto mags will have a story and photos very soon.
Apparently the Bugatti is the sum of waht is to be found in the other
supercars : 4WD, 300+kph, 3.5 ltr quad turbo engine, 18" wheels. A
world premiere is the carbon/kevlar chassis. At the intro they did not
say whether the production cars will have carbon brakes or not.
Price: 3-4 MFF
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| 465.10 | UNreal! | NEWOA::SAXBY | Aye. When I were a lad.... | Mon Sep 16 1991 12:24 | 4 |
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Who makes 18" tyres?!?!?!?
Mark
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| 465.11 | | ULYSSE::CHEVAUX | Patrick Chevaux @VBE, DTN 828-5584 | Mon Sep 16 1991 14:38 | 10 |
| .10� Who makes 18" tyres?!?!?!?
Mark,
Many race cars use 18 and 19" tyres (Sports Cars, Deutsche Saloons). I
can't remember who supplies tyres to Bugatti but I'll find out. A lot
of the final testing has been conducted on Michelin's test track near
the Clermont-Ferrand factory so it could well be Michelin.
Patrick
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| 465.12 | �1300+VAT and �1.50 for the valves, sir. | NEWOA::SAXBY | Aye. When I were a lad.... | Mon Sep 16 1991 14:45 | 11 |
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Thanks,
From my recollection, most racing tyres are not road legal (even if
they have tread), but no doubt someone will build tyres this big
if there's a demand provided the profit is big enough (even if it
is in PR value).
Mark
PS I wonder if Micheldever have got any in yet? :^)
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| 465.13 | free offer ! | LEMAN::CHEVAUX | Patrick Chevaux @GEO, DTN 821-4150 | Mon Sep 27 1993 20:25 | 6 |
| From Campogalliano I brought back:
- Bugatti dossier (specs, press release, ...)
- EB112 brochure
Send me mail if you want a b/w copy of the above
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| 465.14 | contacts | LEMAN::CHEVAUX | Patrick Chevaux @GEO, DTN 821-4150 | Tue Oct 05 1993 10:29 | 11 |
| Bugatti contacts:
Mrs Emma Wood, Public Relations Assistant
Bugatti Automobili S.P.A.
Largo Ettore Bugatti, 1
I 41011 Campogalliano (Modena)
Tel [39] 59 899111
Fax [39] 59 527151
Stefano Pasini, author of many books and editor of Automobilia, has
joined Bugatti as Director of Marketing.
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| 465.15 | (bad) news | LEMAN::CHEVAUX | Patrick Chevaux @GEO, DTN 821-4150 | Fri Jul 28 1995 17:49 | 15 |
| Some (bad) news:
- Bugatti are not going well. They need some cash in order to move
forward but conventional investors are not terribly interested.
- The EB112 project is stalled because of lack of funds. Giugiaro is
not really happy about this since he has been a partner in this
venture. Should the project be cancelled he loses everything.
- Bugatti is a formidable expertise center, so the bargaining may just
be a conspiration in order to acquire the company at a good price.
- the Lotus deal also collapsed. Lotus is still owned by Bugatti.
- stay tuned ...
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