
History of Bugatti: The Name That Outlived Every Owner
Bugatti was founded by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian-born engineer, who set up his own car company in a disused tannery in Molsheim, Alsace, at the end of 1909. Over the next 117 years the name went from the most successful racing car of the 1920s to a near-total stop in the 1950s, a short-lived Italian revival in the 1990s, Volkswagen ownership from 1998, and the 1,000hp Veyron. In September 2026 it changed hands again: Porsche


