The homage to the marque?s EB110 of the 1990s will be limited to only 10 examples.
As competition in the hypercar hierarchy redlines when it comes to power, performance and price, one automaker seems to keep cornering the market on bar-raising models. ?If it?s comparable, it?s not a Bugatti,? once quipped Ettore Bugatti, founder of his eponymous, 110-year-old French marque. ?Each one is a unique specimen in its own right. Unique?and not comparable. If at all, then only among each other.? That claim of dominance was renewed this morning with the debut of the Bugatti Centodieci during the Quail, A Motorsports Gathering at the Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel Valley, California.Bugatti?s reflection of the EB110 through today?s 1,600 hp lens. Although sharing common styling and engineering characteristics with its Chiron and Divo siblings, the latest in Bugatti?s lineup traces its DNA directly back to an example from another era, the Bugatti EB110. ?We are proud of our long Bugatti history, of which the EB110 is very much a part,? mentioned Stephan Winkelmann, Bugatti?s CEO, in a released statement. ?That?s why we?re celebrating a reinterpretation of this extraordinary vehicle with the Centodieci?Italian for 110.?The Centodieci?s five air intakes match those of its predecessor.
The EB110 was developed under the mandate of Romano Artioli who had aspirations of bringing Bugatti back to its former glory after, for all intents and purposes, a nearly four-decade hiatus. Init...