THE KINGS AND I

As Bugatti prepares to move into a new era, Robert Coucher drives an early masterpiece and the end-of-line Veyron back-to-back

PHOTOGRAPHY Dominic Fraser

THE BUGATTI VEYRON is history. The King of the Road is dead. It was first launched ten years ago, and Bugatti has produced only 300 Veyron coupés and 150 roadsters. The cars are all sold and no more are to be constructed. We are at the end of this particular era of technical tour de force. The diminutive Bugatti Type 35T you see here was also an engineering marvel when it was launched in the early 1920s, and is arguably one of the most successful racing cars ever, with more than 2000 victories and podium finishes, including five consecutive wins on the Targa Florio, the toughest road race of them all. So, two completely different motor cars from opposite ends of the automotive timeline. It is incredible to think that the Veyron…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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