Type 41 Bugatti

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Also known as: Golden Bugatti, La Royale

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The Type 41 Bugatti, also known as the "Golden Bugatti" or "La Royale," was an exceptionally luxurious and meticulously built automobile produced in the 1920s by Ettore Bugatti. It was one of the most expensive cars of its time, with only a few (six to eight) ever constructed. Ettore Bugatti, an Italian designer, founded his factory in Molsheim, Alsace, in 1909, and became renowned for both racing and luxury vehicles. The Type 41 represented the pinnacle of automotive luxury during the "classic years" of car manufacturing, a period from 1925 to 1948 characterized by the rise of fast, high-end motorcars.12

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Type 41 (“Golden Bugatti,” or “La Royale”), produced in the 1920s, was probably the most meticulously built of all cars and one of the most costly; only a few (six to eight) were constructed. The Bugatti firm did not survive very long after Ettore Bugatti’s…
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Type 41 (“Golden Bugatti,” or “La Royale”), produced in the 1920s, was probably the most meticulously built of all cars and one of the most costly; only a few (six to eight) were constructed. The Bugatti firm did not survive very long after Ettore Bugatti’s…
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…exist convincing records was the Type 41 Bugatti, produced in the 1920s by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian of extraordinary gifts who built cars in France, most of them racing and sports types, from 1909 to 1939. The Type 41 Bugatti, also called La Royale, was cataloged at a chassis price…
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…exist convincing records was the Type 41 Bugatti, produced in the 1920s by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian of extraordinary gifts who built cars in France, most of them racing and sports types, from 1909 to 1939. The Type 41 Bugatti, also called La Royale, was cataloged at a chassis price…
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