{"id":79967,"date":"2021-09-15T12:03:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T12:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=79967"},"modified":"2021-09-23T06:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T06:44:12","slug":"140th-birthday-of-ettore-bugatti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/140th-birthday-of-ettore-bugatti\/","title":{"rendered":"140th birthday of Ettore Bugatti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ettore Bugatti was born in Milan 140 years ago today. It is doubtful whether his parents, the artist, architect and designer Carlo Bugatti and his wife Teresa Lorioli, could have foreseen the genius that lay within him. His father would have preferred Ettore to follow the family tradition and learn an artistic profession such as painter, designer or cabinetmaker. This, however, was more the path taken by his younger brother Rembrandt. Ettore followed his interest in engineering and technology. His father had also noticed this positively, which is why he made this career possible for his eldest son and encouraged him. Thus, at the age of 17, Ettore completed an apprenticeship at the Prinetti & Stucchi bicycle and tricycle factory, where he constructed his first motorized tricycle called Type 1<\/a><\/strong>. Through racing successes, he met Count Gulinelli, who financed his move into self-employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stations at De Dietrich and Deutz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This was followed by Bugatti’s first completely independently designed and built automobile (Type 2). Ettore even designed the engine himself, although he never studied engineering. In addition to numerous awards, his prototype also earned him the interest of the De Dietrich car brand from France. There he was offered a job as a vehicle designer and developer. Since he was still a minor under French law, his father had to sign the contract. At that time, automobiles were at best toys for the upper ten thousand. Nevertheless, Ettore developed numerous innovations that later benefited mass motorization. These included vehicles with a streamlined body or an extremely low center of gravity. In 1907, he moved to Deutz in Cologne as engine production manager. While he developed heavy commercial vehicles with large-volume engines by day, he worked on compact automobiles in his spare time.<\/p>\n\n\n

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