MINIATURE CARS
‘Dad please can I have a Bugatti too’
Hi-tech baby Bugattis invite a young generation of enthusiasts into the brand
06 August 2020 - 05:02
There are interesting anecdotal stories about the personality of Ettore Bugatti, the founder of the brand that brought us the sensational 490km/h Chiron Super Sport.
Bugatti was quite the doting father and in 1926 he and older son Jean built a scaled down and drivable toy version of the Bugatti Type 35, the teardrop shaped Bugatti model that competed in numerous motorsports events and won more than 1,000 races, for his youngest son Roland...
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