1999 Bugatti EB112 Saloon
In 1991, Romano Artioli brought Bugatti back from the dead with the EB110, a mid-engined supercar built on a carbon fiber chassis in a futuristic Italian factory. It was an audacious act of resurrection. Two years later at Geneva, Artioli unveiled the EB112: a four-door fastback that would have been the Royale for the modern era, adapting the EB110's carbon chassis to carry a front-mounted 6.0-liter naturally aspirated V-12, 460 hp, 590 Newton-meters of torque, a six-speed manual gearbox, and all-wheel drive. Giorgetto Giugiaro penned its flowing bodywork, with a subtle spine and split rear window that nodded to the Type 57 SC Atlantic and solid vented alloys echoing the Type 41. Then Bugatti went bankrupt in 1995, and the EB112 never reached production. Monegasque businessman Gildo Pallanca Pastor later acquired the incomplete chassis and finished two examples, increasing the tally to three built. The first example lives at ItalDesign. The second is in private hands. Your shot at the third just came to auction.
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