Bugatti Royale

[MsCrappants]

fuck you kar my dobe rab haz a turbt ans a suphchadty anf geut 55 mpg

[ujellybroski]

Crap, now that's old school! :)

[selmerthegod]

I'm lead to believe there were 6 or7 built by Bugatti and one built by some mad bugger in the 80's on a Royale chassis. Could anyone confirm or poo-poo this notion PLEASE.

[Dusan45]

@selmerthegod . Factory build 6 of Type 41 (Royale). They all still exist, although some were re-bodied. The only replica I know, was built by Schlumpf collection on a remaining factory chassis with Jean Bugatti roadster body ordered originally by an entrepreneur. Esders (roadster was driven only at the daylight and does not have headlights.

[selmerthegod]

@Dusan45 Thank you for that. Very interesting.

[orionrodi]

I visited the museum for 2 weeks ago... it´s a FANTASTIC place, if you love cars!

[lysolmax]

I dont think the front end is long enough..

[Porschefanatic100]

A Beauty

[nZiKiLL3r]

i've seen that car at the museum in france



[IntoxicateMeMrOwl]

You can research this car, It had bad handling and grip, but with a speed of 144mph in 1928 is just astonishing. There were only 6 produced, and they were 500,000$ at the time. It was also the most expensive car sold in auction, in 1980's at 14 million dollars.

[Silvershadow317]

i think that the blue and black one was owned by etorre bugatti himself

[mrpeopleonfire]

cruella deville much?

[Corbon440]

Well with the prices 250 GTO's are currently fetching I wouldn't be surprised to see a Royale from a private collection being sold for $25 million or more.

[DigitalLuke64DD]

@BlazingRabbit No problem :D

[DigitalLuke64DD]

@BlazingRabbit Very true. Ever since the Veyron came out, people have forgotten that Bugatti made luxurious grand tourers (such as this Royale) as well as the odd lightweight sports car.

[edman400]

that car looks stupid and i wouldnt spend even $1000 on it its a piece of junk

id rather have a bugatti veyron thats worth the money

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

@edman400 Another kid who thinks they know everything about Bugatti, when all they know about is that the Veyron is the fastest car in the world. How does it look stupid? It was designed in the 1930's dipshit. This car is worth more than a Veyron for a reason; there's only 3 of them, and they were built for royal families. And who are the customers for the Veyron? Simon Cowell and Chris Brown a.k.a PRICKS WITH TOO MUCH CASH.

[allthings321]

iwould love that car soooooo much more than a veyron

[clitomaniac]

Two T-41s are original from Bugatti and the third was built by the previous owners of the museum, the Schlumpf brothers, before it was stolen by the French state. The 3rd car was finally finished be Lecoq, the famous French coachbuilder. It is a rebuild of the famous Coupé Esders.

[DaBoogie049]

a few minutes ago i saw a video where they drove it on the road... in the parisian rush our traffic!!!! if someone had crashed into it, the insurence would have went bust. and millions of car enthusiasts (including me) would have started to cry rivers and raised a gun to their heads or jumped off a tall building

[Corbon440]

More like € 24,000,000.

[youtubkicksass]

I rather drive a murgielago then a big penis around all day,

[118DEC118]

i want to hear it rev

[pnskbk]

choose, veyron or royale?

[USKilop]

@pnskbk Royale all day

[Grant5321]

it was auctioned off for i think 18 million i could be wrong but i think it was the highest price paid for a car

[yawn91]

Bugatti, the worlds best car manufacturer in the history! AWESOME!

[afthefragile]

This thing costed $30,000 back in the 30s!!

Only 6 were ever sold!

[jamesthegreat16]

origionally 3 were sold and only 6 made . but after storage for a while the remaining three were sold

[Squarerig]

I have never seen a more beautiful automobile-one cannot call this creation a "car".Thank you Dusan.

[chrismuchwanoinlv]

unreal this is amazing i love it and 14.000.000 is a lot for it but if i had the cash i wuld try to get one

[chilam1]

@chrismuchwanoinlv @ 14mil today. and let's say it was made/sold in 1930 for 30k.

that's 175k per year investment. WOW!

[IBLOWN]

@chilam1 thats if you could afford to buy it in the first place lol. 30k then is around 30 times more than today. So your looking at around $900,000 in 1930 by todays equivalent.

[my1999porscheboxster]

@chrismuchwanoinlv Unfortunately u can't just get one they only made 4 of them.

[orangeblob36]

3!!!!in nz thats $21,000,000

[manu34303430]

Saw them at the same museum and.. wow incredible car!! it's unbelievable that she can reach the 200KMH !!

[mauroman128]

guess who bought one of these six cars? Cruella De Vil! lol

[lucasinfante]

fucking amazing

awesome car.... fantastic !!!!!!!!!

[TheLastSpartanMC]

hmmm I'd pick this over the enzo any day.

[madden222]

if i could have any car it would be thebugatti royale

[HenryS1986]

so im guessing the price tag is somewhere around the 4,000,000 dollars?

[Dusan45]

more like 14,000,000

[AvatarMaster9x]

really its 8,700,000 euros can u believe paying that for a car! wow

[MrMiguelSR1]

@Dusan45 are u serious? this car goes for 14 million in today's market? please respond :)

thanks:)

[deiegeo1]

@Dusan45  o.o oh my good

[bigtarrose]

@HenryS1986 a 1931 Bugatti Royale Kellner Coupe would have fetched 20,000,000$ pre recession.

[lilluda1711]

thats ugly

[USKilop]

@lilluda1711 you are sick in the mind

[lucaseason]

ooo la la

[RealDefentertainment]

only 6 were built and i hate to say that i wouldn`t pay 4.25 mill for this car

[neoromantism]

I live in the town where this museum is, so i've seen the bugattis for real. They also have a bugatti veyron, and the veyron is producedlike 50 km away.

For me the Bugattis are the greatest cars ever built. I hope i'll belong one one day ;).

[ChrisStockslager]

No idea what you're talking about. Lager? I'll have to look that up. Just a dumb Greek/American. :) But seriously, my username is my real name (Brilliant of me, I know.). The last name is German, but I don't pay much attention to my dad's side, because he's kind of "mixed," whereas my mom is full Greek. Well, there's the award for the most random comment of the year. I need to find more things to do with my spare time. Oy.

[KenfromDublin]

Are they the original wheels?!?!?!

They look like modern day alloys!

[ChrisStockslager]

Yep, they are. They do look modern, don't they, though? Most wheels in from the 1910's up until the late 1930's were mostly wire wheels. Ettore Bugatti designed the wheels to cool the brakes (which were powered by cables.).

[KenfromDublin]

Amazing!

Thanks for that info Chris.

[ChrisStockslager]

Your welcome! Any more antique car questions, just contact me.

[KenfromDublin]

Yeah, just one more antique car question Chris - how much do you reckon Fred Flintstone's early inCARnation would fetch at auction?

;)

[ChrisStockslager]

Sorry, I have no idea. Alas, I'm only 15 and still have much to learn. But if you have any questions about cars of this era, I'd be happy to help. :)

[KenfromDublin]

Do you know who Fred Flintstone is Chris?

[ChrisStockslager]

Of course I do. But I have no idea about the car. Sorry. :)

[KenfromDublin]

Great answer, and thanks for not saying he was 'before your time', lol! ;)

[ChrisStockslager]

Of course. Just to re-establish my point, if you have any questions about any car from about 1969-ish back, I'd be happy to ask. :)

[KenfromDublin]

Thanks Chris, I think you mean happy to 'answer' :)

I've taken a mental note of that and will consult your very well informed self forthwith should any relevant questions ever come to mind.

[ChrisStockslager]

Oops, Yes, "happy to answer...."

[KenfromDublin]

Actually Chris - I have one question to ask you in the meantime - I like my lager - and you apparently 'stock' it as your username suggests.

I swear by my Stella Artois - but what do you recommend, assuming of course that you do stock it or know anything about lager, if not please ignore this question.

Ken ;)

[conversevansdude]

thats the most expensive car in the world

[SuPeRcAr250]

I wouldn't pay a cent for that car, even though it looks pretty good.

[Stuart165]

wow did you say you wouldn't pay 50 grand.  too bad it's like 15 million.

[ChrisStockslager]

These things are so friggin' valuable, but since they're soooo heavy, I bet they could never keep up with a Duesenberg J or SJ. I still would interested to see one of them in motion, though. But now no one drives them, and they seemed to have become shrines.

[ChrisStockslager]

Am I right, people?

[KenfromDublin]

What's your point Chris?

[ChrisStockslager]

What I was saying is, I wonder what their power was in comparison to the Duesenberg J's or SJ's. But then I said we'd probably never find out because they aren't "cars" anymore, they're museum pieces. There were only six of them, but why keep them locked up gathering dust instead of them serving their true purpose-- being driven!?

[KenfromDublin]

Hmmm... I remember reading about the Duesenberg years ago, it was a German super luxurious supercar from the thirties to rival anything today, apparently the dashboard resembled that of a light aircraft with altometers and barometers etc. and a top speed of over 150mph!

[ChrisStockslager]

The Duesenberg brothers were German, but the cars were American, since the brothers first came to the U.S. when they were five. The supercharged Duesy had a top speed of about 120 miles-per-hour.

[ChrisStockslager]

In continuation of the last one....They sold for $20,000, the Bugatti Royales were around $40,000 each, and lastly the most expensive car in the world, in 1928,Isotta-Fraschinies. There are only about six of them in the U.S. Watch "Sunset Boulevard."

[KenfromDublin]

I actually saw that great movie years ago but can't recall any of the car references, must look out for it next time the movie's on TV.

[KenfromDublin]

Didn't one souped up Duesenberg manage to average 152mph on some salt flats in America?

[ChrisStockslager]

Yep, that would be the Mormon Meteor, which is probably the most valuable Duesenberg. The ones after being the two SSJ's. (Ask me if you don't know what those are.) It had probably a little less than 400 horsepower with a new rams-horn manifold that boosted the Duesenberg motor's horsepower even more. Consider the fact that a V8 Cadillac got about 90 horsepower at the least.

[McLarenMercedes]

No the ordinary Type J could go 120mph,but the SJ (S for supercharged) could go 135-140mph (at least in theory). The Mormon Meteor saw average speeds at over 150mph in 1935. It was reported to have been driven at over 160mph at one point.

[uweetwel]

Yes Chris, you're right.

And your mother will be proud.

[McLarenMercedes]

For your info a Duesenberg SJ was usually close to 3 tons too and was therefore no lightweight and marginally lighter than the Royale. But Ettore Bugatti's Royale was unrivalled in the comfort area. The 6,9litre straight8 of the Duesey needed revs,wheareas the 12,7litre 8 of the Royale made all its horsepower and torque at very low rpm's because this resulted in a very comfortable and silent ride at high speeds,Bugatti knew. Bugatti had 9 bearings for reliability.

[ChrisStockslager]

Thanks for the info! So, since the Royales had low RPM's, would they accelerate faster than an SJ? Ah, what a race that would be. Probably would never would happen, 'cause if either crashed, oops; there goes several million dollars.

[USKilop]

@ChrisStockslager Ellote fell asleep at the wheel of his own personal Royale and totaled it =p

[ej0123456]

yeh lucid91 you really know your stuff. I'm an Alfa guy myself I wouldn't trade any more than 4 members of family for this car. After my parents and 2 siblings I'd draw the line.

[Lucid91]

Maybe this might be the world's most expensive car, but I woulden't buy it for 50,000. Personally I'm into cars that were built RECENTLY. Like in this century.

[gettoking25]

agre thats its most expensive car of the world bug sall those losers say the maybach exlerso or something is most expensive

[geddstock]

i`d rather have this car that 100 thia ladyboys...lol

[musickid1090]

Great car,but the Duesenberg is still my favorite.

[victav]

haha you tell him dude, guy prob. doesnt know much bout cars in the first place...

I pity the fool!!!! haha

[McLarenMercedes]

Some ignorant fool bashed Bugatti's new Veyron and said Bugatti was a name nobody had ever heard of? I pity the fool. Then I told him about the Royale and what one of those are valued today.

[A40589]

I know lets all pool our money together and share the car....hahaha

[TitiAFC78]

The world's greatest car ever made. Most everything when it was built. Designed by Ettore son's Jean. Out of the 6 made only 3 were sold. And only two remains, the rest are not genuine T41. These cars are the most expensive ones ($10M minimum)

[victav]

the engines were 13 liters and the reason that they were used in locomotives was because Bugatti spent insane amounts of money producing the car, but they released it at the worst possible time ever, the great depression. the car almost put Bugatti out of business, the only thing that saved them was when the french government used them for trains

[Classiccargeek67]

Wow! Gorgeous! Those are the most valuable cars in the world! It is also the largest with a wheelbase of 20 feet. Each one costed $30,000 USD a piece (which amounts to over millions of dollars in late 20's and early 30's currency. As I recall the last time one of those were auctioned off it sold for over 10 million USD! Ettore Bugatti used one of them as his personal transport. It had a 12 litre straight-8 engine that was so ridiculously huge the surplus engines were used on small locomotives.

[AustraliaTwo]

13 Litre stright eight. Approx. 300hp in the 1930's!!! Had the Roaring Twenties economic boom continued into the thirties, Bugatti would have never died in its prime. We now witness the Veyron in the MY years; I wonder how soon it will be before we hit a depression worse than the thirties!!!

[uweetwel]

Approximately three weeks.

[stubs13]

There were only Six made and each was different!