- Stock: In Stock
- Author: Hugh G. Conway
- ISBN: 0854295380
- Publisher: Haynes
- Publication Year: 1987
- Edition: 4th Edition
- Revised: No
- Reprint: No
- Language: English
- Pages: 408
- Illustrations: Black and White
- Format: Hardback - With Dustjacket
- Condition Book: Very Good
- Condition Dust Jacket: Good
- Dimensions: 275.00mm x 215.00mm
Bugatti Le pur-sang des automobiles is the authoritative and standard work on Ettore Bugatti and the exquisite road and racing cars he created. Now produced in its fifth edition, again updated with photographs, it describes each Type produced, and gives a wealth of technical and specification information, together with contemporary material, such as press reports, road tests and correspondence between key figures in Bugatti History, and informed comments by Hugh Conway. There is an historical section which charts the development of the Bugatti firm, Ettore Bugatti’s relationship with other manufacturers, and his excursions into aero engine and aircraft, boat, railcar, and steam engine design. In the miscellaneous section we learn about Bugatti the man, and other fascinating details such as how many Bugattis were made. The book is rounded off with a list of Bugatti clubs and appendices detailing leading specification particulars of Bugatti cars, register of chassis numbers for the major Types: 13 (8 and 16 valve), 18, 30, 46, 50, 55, 47, 53, 57, 57c, 57s & 57sc, racing successes 1911-1939, plus stories about the 1923 Indianapolis and the 1939 Le Mans races. This title, along with its sister publication Grand Prix Bugatti, offers any enthusiast the opportunity to study the marque.