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Extraordinaire! Bugatti Drives Royale Through Paris

By Gunnar Heinrich | YouTube

FEARFUL, yet compelled, I watched.

There’s nothing quite like viewing someone pilot the world’s greatest and most exclusive automobile (only six exist and prices at auction ranged recently from $8 – $20 million) -  around one of the world’s most treacherous roundabouts – l’étoile de Paris.

It doesn’t help our nerves to watch as careless Parisian mopeds crowd this 21 foot long chariot like flies swarming a legendary thoroughbred.

Caroline Bugatti shows plenty of, how shall we say, chutzpah!

C’est belle, sa rêve!

Bugatti Royale May Share Platform With Bentley

The next Bugatti may have a Flying B under its bonnet

By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG via CAR

ETTORE Bugatti famously spoke of Bentleys as “fast trucks”.

Funny, that off-hand remark.

Rumor has is that Sr. Bugatti’s namesake company – the world’s most exclusive marque – will produce a successor to the original Type 41 Royale sometime before 2018; the kicker being that the hyper-chariot may share platforms with the next generation Bentley Arnage.

According to CAR, Volkswagen’s top brass see platform sharing as the only way to ensure that ultra-low volume Bugatti actually turns a profit.

How ironic then that Bentley’s best may one day provide the pedestal on which Bugatti builds its next colossus de luxe.

Surprise! Family Finds Fortune In Reclusive Uncle’s Garage

It’s a big surprise…

By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG Bugatti Trust

ONE family in the UK is set to have a strong fiscal start to their new year.

After passing on in 2007, the “reclusive” Dr. Harold Carr of Newcastle bequeathed the contents of his locked up garage to his family. It hadn’t been opened in years and no one had any clue as to what was stored there…