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Written by Tom Harrison
Long before the Bugatti Chiron and Veyron came swinging with their monster quad-turbo engines came the EB110. And it was fast, and excellent.The backdrop however, less excellent. It started off promisingly enough: Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli bought the rights to the brand in 1987 with the aim of building the first new Bugatti for decades. He created a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and enlisted such motoring luminaries as Giampalo Bendini, Marcello Gandini to help design it. Each hypercar was equipped with a 3.5-litre quad-turbo V12, four-wheel drive, a 0-62mph time of 4.9 seconds and a top speed of 213mph. That 213mph figure meant that much like the Veyron, it was the fastest production car of its day. The Super Sport went even faster.And the name? On the day of its release in September 1991 - outside the Palace of Versailles, no less - marked 110 years since Ettore Bugatti"s birth.
Date written: 7 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
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Long before the Bugatti Chiron and Veyron came swinging with their monster quad-turbo engines came the EB110. And it was fast, and excellent.The backdrop however, less excellent. It started off promisingly enough: Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli bought the rights to the brand in 1987 with the aim of building the first new Bugatti for decades. He created a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and enlisted such motoring luminaries as Giampalo Bendini, Marcello Gandini to help design it. Each hypercar was equipped with a 3.5-litre quad-turbo V12, four-wheel drive, a 0-62mph time of 4.9 seconds and a top speed of 213mph. That 213mph figure meant that much like the Veyron, it was the fastest production car of its day. The Super Sport went even faster.And the name? On the day of its release in September 1991 - outside the Palace of Versailles, no less - marked 110 years since Ettore Bugatti"s birth.
Date written: 7 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2877
