“This allowed us to rekindle memories of EB110,” says Achim Anscheidt. The iconic Bugatti horseshoe has been reduced accordingly, while the Bugatti logo Macaron sits on the hood, which is interrupted at the center by a black element. The front of the Centodieci drops very low. The flat, horseshoe-shaped radiator at the front reveals its depth only from the side view, with the newly developed, deep-seated front spoiler and the three-section air intakes providing a perfect match. We had to create a new way of combining the complex aerothermal requirements of the underlying Chiron technology with a completely different aesthetic appearance.” “Transporting this classic look into the new millennium without copying it was technically complex. The EB110 is a very flat, wedge-shaped and graphically quasi-two-dimensional super sports car of the late 1980s. “We faced several technical challenges in terms of the development and design of the Centodieci,” says Achim Anscheidt. “The challenge was not to allow oneself to be captivated too much by the design of the historic vehicle and work solely in retrospect, but instead to create a modern interpretation of the shape and technology of that time,” says Achim Anscheidt, Head Designer at Bugatti.Įven sportier and more extreme than the Bugatti Chiron2 and Divo3 hyper sports cars, yet elegant and timeless like the La Voiture Noire4, it is a one-of-a-kind Bugatti for the enthusiast. There are many areas in which the new special-edition Bugatti Centodieci echoes the former super sports car of the 1990s. Bugatti started in Molsheim, situated in the heart of the Alsace, France, in 1909, but the EB110 was built in Campogalliano, Italy under the tutelage of the former owner Romano Artioli.Īrtioli presented the super sports car EB110 to the public on Ettore Bugatti’s 110th birthday – hence the type designation: EB for Ettore Bugatti, 110 for his 110th birthday. The company was started by Italian born Ettore Bugatti in 1909 and is now part of the Volkswagen Group. “With the Centodieci, we pay homage to the 1990s.īugatti is celebrating its 110th anniversary with the aptly named Centodieci.
* Ten Centodiecis will be made at about $10 million apiece, and all of them have already been soldīugatti Centodieci Exterior Designer Frank Heyl walked around the Centodieci car unveiled at The Quail Lodge in Monterey, California. * For the 110th anniversary, the design of the Centodieci honors the 1990s Bugatti EB110
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