Bugatti Type 101

Bugatti Type 101
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Manufacturer	Bugatti
Production	1951-1956 8 units
Bouk an chassis
Body style	4-door saloon cabriolet 2-door coach coupé roadster
Layoot	FR layout
Relatit	Bugatti Type 57
Powertrain
Ingine	3257 cc straight-8
Transmission	4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	3.3 m (130 in)

In order tae restairt Bugatti, a new caur wis needit for the 1950s. The result wis the 1951 Type 101. An evolution o the Type 57, it is considered bi mony tae be the last true Bugatti caur, wi juist seiven produced throu 1956. Powured bi the 3.3 L (3257 cc/198 in³) straight-8 frae the Type 57. The seiven chassis wur bodied bi fower different coachbuilders:Gangloff, Guillore, Antem, an Virgil Exner/Ghia.

Production

Sax Type 101 chassis wur biggit efter an initial convertit Type 57 chassis prototype. At least twa mair Type 57s wur an aa convertit tae Type 101 specifications, makin a tot o nine Type 101 caurs produced.

The last Type 101 wis biggit in 1965 bi Ghia designed bi Virgil Exner for the last remainin Type 101 chassis as an attempt tae revive the marque. It wis exhibitit at the Turin Motor Show, but financin coud no be arranged an production plans wur scrapped. Exner awned the caur for mony years, an it haes lately appeared in public at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Year	Chassis Number	Body	Notes
1935	57299	Coupe
1935	57314	Stelvio Cabriolet bi Gangloff	Convertit tae Type 101 specification bi the factory at the request o awner M. Dettwiler
1951	57454	Gangloff coupé	This caur wis biggit on a convertit Type 57 chassis an exhibitit at the 1951 Paris Salon. Currently at the Schlumpf Collection wi ingine 101503 installed. Pictured abuin.
1952	101500	Guillore 4-door saloon	Cream-colored, wi free-staundin heidlichts. Currently at the Schlumpf Collection.
1952	101501	Gangloff cabriolet	Exhibitit at the 1952 Paris Salon. Licht blue repaintit daurk blue. Umwhile o the Auto & Technik Museum in Sinsheim, Germany. Nou at the Pantheon museum in Basel, Swisserland.
1952	101502	Guillorê 2-door coach	Daurk blue wi portholes, the body wis possibly intendit for a Delahaye. Sauld for $269,265at the Bonhams Rétromobile auction in Paris, 2008.
1952	101503	Gangloff cabriolet	Currently haes ingine 101504 instawed an displayed at the Schlumpf Collection.
1951	101504	Antem coupé	Exhibitit at the 1951 Paris Salon de l'Automobile but no sauld till 1958. Awned bi Bill Harrah an Nicolas Cage an nou in the O'Quinn Collection syne 2006.
1965	101506	Virgil Exner/Ghia roadster	Ghia shortened the chassis bi 46 cm (18 in). Currently awned bi William Lyon.

Ingine

Model	Year	Ingine	Displacement	Pouer	Fuel seestem
T101	1951	straight-8 DOHC 16v	3257 cc	135 hp (101 kW)	Single carburetor
T101C	1951	straight-8 DOHC 16v	3257 cc	190 hp (142 kW)	Single carburetor, Ruits superchairger

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