The Bugatti EB 110 is among the best supercars of the 1990s and rightfully deserves a place in the pantheon of superb engineering masterpieces. Equally impressive is how Romano Artioli ? an Italian entrepreneur, importer, and distributor of Ferrari, GM, and Suzuki vehicles ? acquired the Bugatti brand in 1987 and went on to build the EB 110, a supercar like no other. More importantly, the EB 110 incorporated ground-breaking engineering features that kickstarted the hypercar race while building upon the foundation of Bugatti?s greatest supercars, the Veyron and Chiron.

Bugatti EB 110: A Brief History

Milan-born Ettore Bugatti established the brand in Molsheim, France, in 1909, and its first cars gained prominence for their engineering, build quality, and attention to detail. Ettore?s philosophy of ?Nothing is too beautiful, nothing too expensive? proved both an asset and a liability as the automaker faced a string of financial difficulties in making the world?s best and fastest cars.
Early Bugatti cars like the Type 35, Type 41 Royale, and the legendary Type 57 SC Atlantic are more Art-Deco pieces than automobiles. Moreover, the automaker had a wildly successful racing career in the following decades after the first World War. Things began heading south when Jean Bugatti, son of Ettore Bugatti and purported company heir, died after crashing a Type 57 Prototype in 1939. Three weeks later, World War II broke out, and Nazi Germany invaded France. Ettore Bugatti fled to...