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HISTORY of DELAYAYE 1894 - 1954 Type 126 (1932) Founded in Tours by Emile Delahaye, a pioneer of motoring, this company started by making belt-driven single- and twin-cylinder cars. The founder left the factory in 1901, one year after a second factory was opened in Paris. From 1908 Delahaye made more interesting cars with four cylinders like the 9 hp of 1460cc and the 12 hp of 2l20cc, which were continued until the war together with a V6 of 2565cc. Delahayes were exported, but also made under license in Germany and America. After the war Delahaye was mainly involved in making lorries, motor ploughs and fire engines. Now little interested in cars, they nevertheless made some reliable models like the four-cylinder 1847cc and 2950cc and six-cylinder 4426cc. In 1934, Delahaye presented two new cars the four-cylinder 12 cv (2150cc) and the six-cylinder 18 cv (3200cc). Type 138 (1934) In 1935 came the most famous Delahayes, the six-cylinder ohv 3.2 Coupe des Alpes and the 3557cc `135'. In the same year Delahaye bought Delage perpetuating that marque on cars built with Delahaye components. Delahaye was successful in racing, and the touring cars sold very well. Famous coachbuilders such as Figoni, Chapron and Letourneur et Marchand made lovely bodies for these cars. Delahaye was also involved in making lorries and armoured vehicles. After the war the 135 was resumed and the 175 of 4.5 litres was presented in l948. In 1951 came the last new Delahayes: the Jeep-Delahaye, a very advanced vehicle, and the 235 of 3.5 litres. Hotchkiss took over Delahaye. in 1954 and only built lorries. These were given the name of Hotchkiss-Delahaye for a few months, and were then known as Hotchkiss. 135 (1935) 1954 |
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| 1952 GHIA |
| 1934 134M |
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| The 1920’s
After nearly ten years of working for firms such as De Dietrich, Mathis and Deutz, Ettore Bugatti established himself in his own premises at Molsheim, near Strasbourg. He started with the ohc four-cylinder Type 13 of 1327cc. One of his early successes was the "Bébé", made by Peugeot to Bugatti's design. Pre-war, he also built fours of 1368cc and 5027cc, first with 8, later with 16, valves. In 1913 there was a 2906cc straight-eight. In 1922 came the first production eight-cylinder 1990cc Type 30. It was in 1924 that Ettore presented the archetypal Bugatti, the eight-cylinder Type 35 of 1990cc, subsequently developed into versions such as the 35A (1990cc) and the 35B (2261cc) or the 39A (1492cc): all were supercharged. To meet popular demand, Bugatti also evolved sports models with a 1496cc four-cylinder engine. The four-cylinder Type 40 and eight-cylinder Type 43 were also good sports cars. On the touring car front, Bugatti made the excellent Type 44 (3 litres) and the Type 46 (5.3 litres). He also made the fabulous Royales, whose engines (eight-cylinder 12762cc) were later used in railcars. In 1931, Bugatti's first dohc engine appeared on the Type 51 racing with eight-cylinders displacing 2261cc. The last of the great line of racing cars from Molsheim was the Type 59, made in 2.8 litre, 2.9 litre and 3.3 litre forms. The Type 55 was a fantastic 2.3 litre dohc sports car. From 1934 up to the war, Bugatti made the Type 57 of 3257cc, also available in supercharged form as the 57S and 57SC. It was the last of the production cars made by "le Patron", who died in 1947. Some Type 101 models were built post-war, but Hispano-Suiza took over the Molsheim factory to make aircraft components. |
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| BUGATTI ROYALE |
| The most expensive car in the world. The last one changed hands in the 80's for £6 million |
| BUGATTI 50 |
| BUGATTI T70 |
| Now Bugatti is owned by VW. The Bugatti Veyron is the fastest car ever made for the road. Fitted with a quad turbo V16 it produces over 1200HP and has a top speed of 270mph. |
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| BUGATTI VEYRON The fastest car ever made for the road |