86 SEPTEMBER 2018
GUTTER CREDITSDream Machines | WHEELSthe recent debut of the Centodieci, a
model that traces its design DNA back
28 years to the Bugatti EB110 built to
commemorate Ettore’s 110th birthday.
“The second era of our history,
after Ettore Bugatti, was the one in
Campogalliano [Italy], in the 1980s
and ’90s. That’s when the EB110 was
developed, which was ahead of its
time,” says Bugatti’s president, Stephan
Winkelmann. “Now we have a good
opportunity to speak about this Italian
intermezzo without neglecting the
fact that we’re a French company. The
Centodieci—Italian for ‘110’—is the second
chapter to our 110th anniversary.”
For the latest release, head designer
Achim Anscheidt and team enhanced the
earlier supercar’s exterior aesthetic with
aerodynamic and functional alterations
necessary for today’s cutting-edge power
trains. In contrast to the voluptuous shapes
of the brand’s other current offerings, the
relatively sharper, angular features of the
EB110 are still recognizable in the new
vehicle, but the lines and sculpting have
become more refined and subdued.
Most noticeable is the Centodieci’s
minimization of the C line, a feature thatThe Centodieci’s
aesthetic is
reflective of its
predecessor while
paving the way
for future Bugatti
design.Many of the changes in form serve to complement the machine’s
8.0-liter W-16 engine packed with 1,600 hp, far more muscle than the
611 hp, 3.5-liter V-12 found in its predecessor’s most potent variant.Dream Machines | WHEELSthe recent debut of the Centodieci, a
model that traces its design DNA back
28 years to the Bugatti EB110 built to
commemorate Ettore’s 110th birthday.
“The second era of our history,
after Ettore Bugatti, was the one in
Campogalliano [Italy], in the 1980s
and ’90s. That’s when the EB110 was
developed, which was ahead of its
time,” says Bugatti’s president, Stephan
Winkelmann. “Now we have a good
opportunity to speak about this Italian
intermezzo without neglecting the
fact that we’re a French company. The
Centodieci—Italian for ‘110’—is the second
chapter to our 110th anniversary.”
For the latest release, head designer
Achim Anscheidt and team enhanced the
earlier supercar’s exterior aesthetic with
aerodynamic and functional alterations
necessary for today’s cutting-edge power
trains. In contrast to the voluptuous shapes
of the brand’s other current offerings, the
relatively sharper, angular features of the
EB110 are still recognizable in the new
vehicle, but the lines and sculpting have
become more refined and subdued.
Most noticeable is the Centodieci’s
minimization of the C line, a feature thatThe Centodieci’s
aesthetic is
reflective of its
predecessor while
paving the way
for future Bugatti
design.Many of the changes in form serve to complement the machine’s
8.0-liter W-16 engine packed with 1,600 hp, far more muscle than the
611 hp, 3.5-liter V-12 found in its predecessor’s most potent variant.