The Bugatti Type 46 was announced in the autumn of 1929. The new
Bugatti chassis, at almost twelve feet in length and powered by an
8-cylinder engine of 5300cc, was intended to be the basis of a
superlative large luxury car - and so it proved to be. Bodied by
the greatest European coachbuilders to the highest standards of
quality and style for rich and discerning clientele, the T46 was in
many ways a smaller Royale and is said to have been the favourite
of Ettore Bugatti. Later, an optional supercharger became available
to create the 46S model.In 1930 the Bugatti Type 50 superseded the
T46. The new model still used the T46's chassis and most of its
running gear, but featured a new, high-performance,
twin-overhead-camshaft engine of just under 5-litre capacity. This
supercharged unit gave the T50 very spirited performance for such a
large and luxurious car, placing the model firmly in the Grand
Sport category.1931 saw a team of T50s take part in the Le Mans
24-Hour race, but the cars were withdrawn before the race finished
after Rost's car crashed, tragically killing a spectator in the
process.In total, fewer than five hundred T46 and T50 Bugattis were
built in but, with the obvious exception of the Royale, these cars
represented the pinnacle of luxury car manufacture for the famous
Molsheim marque. See fabulous coachbuilt bodies by Gaston Grummer,
Chapron, Ghia, James Young, Van Vooren, Weymann, Billeter &
Cartier, Gangloff, Joss Neuce, Mllion-Guiet, Freestone & Webb,
Van den Plas, Arthur Mulliner, Kellner, Lancefield, Corsica, Visse
et Haf, Ottin, Brainsby-Woollard, Sodomka, Graber, Weinburger,
Abbots of Farnham as well as Bugatti's standard bodies.Barrie
Price's work is a concise history of the Bugatti Types 46 and 50,
an engineering analysis and the most thorough survey yet of the
many coachbuilt bodies fitted to these famous chassis. Appendices
include a complete chassis listing and reproductions of promotional
material produced by Bugatti, Bugatti agents and others."...a
galaxy of superb coachbuilt and standard bodies on both chassis
..." - The Automobile"Barry price writes with great authority ...a
fine collection of rare photographs and period advertising material
..." - Classic Car Weekly
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