Welcome to the website
of Club Bugatti France

This site intends to be the meeting point of CBF members, but also of all the amateurs of “La Marque” and of “Le Patron”, the man and genious inventor of the mythical cars which bear his name, but also of numerous other objects, from the famous world record railcars to the workbench vices which today are very sought-after.
Navigation on the site is very simple : all the links are in yellow, you just have to click on these links to open a new page or a picture.

12 october 2009
In a little less than a month, the Club will expose in Lyon, during the Epoqu’auto exhibition, near thirty Bugattis on a 750 m² stand. Five absolute rarity lent by the Musée de l’Automobile de Mulhouse will be exposed, including the Royale Coupé Napoléon Type 41. Cocktail on 6th november at 8pm on the stand for the Club members, please register before ! All infos by clicking here.

10 october 2009
Bugatti Centenary’s photos are online, mainly from Act 1. If you have photos from Act 2, don’t hesitate to contact me. See the photos by clicking here, contact me by email at webmaster@club-bugatti-france.net

7 september 2009
The Bugatti Centenary, Festival Bugatti 100 ans, is now coming very quickly. You can visit us in Molsheim, Mulhouse, Vittel, Epernay and Paris, on the Champs Elysées, and see numerous Bugattis on the road. See the detailed programme : click here.

17 march 2009
Some new ads, and too a superb movie on Youtube, the proof that a well-driven Type 39 runs very hard ! And moreover, this scene takes place in Montlhéry on a complete tour as in the good old days (P.S. : this T39 is owned by a Club’s member, will you recognize him at the wheel ?). This is the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRV8DqkkIbk

12 march 2009
The presentation flyer and the pre-registration forms for the Centenary Bugatti, Festival Bugatti 100 years, has been received by Post by all the members of Club Bugatti France and Enthousiastes Bugatti Alsace.The presentation flyer is available by downloading on this website (click here), the pre-registration forms (PDF files) will be sent by email on demand at contact@club-bugatti-france.net .

4 march 2009
I finally abandoned the organization of a transport by truck to go to the International Bugatti Meeting in Italy at the end of May, the cost being too expensive (approximately 2000 € by car for 7 cars in a closed truck). For those who plan to go here by road, I propose a nice and cheap solution that avoids the difficult and dangerous road of the coast from Genova to Grosseto : it is about the ferry Toulon-Bastia, then Bastia-Livorno. A night aboard the ferry between Toulon and Bastia avoids a hotel room night on the road. Once to Livourne, there is 115 km of beautiful road to arrive at Castiglione della Pescaia, base camp of the rally. Departure from Toulon on May 22nd at 9 pm, arrival in Bastia on May 23rd at 7 am, then ferry Bastia-Livorno at 1:30 pm, arrival 5:30 pm. The crews welcome to Castiglione della Pescaia is planned on Saturday, May 23rd in the afternoon, some have already reserved the ferry on May 21st in the evening and will thus arrive on May 22 at destination, by setting one day furthermore in the hotel. For me, I leave on May 22 to arrive on May 23rd.
At your disposal for more information : Patrick Arnaud, webmaster@club-bugatti-france.net

1st march 2009
The “Festival Bugatti 100 years”, organized by the Enthusiasts Bugatti Alsace and the Club Bugatti France club in the aim to celebrate the Centenary of La Marque, is now on rails and our members are receiving at the moment the program and pre-registration forms by mail. For the Club’s non-members, all the information will be in the next days on-line on the site here. We wait for more than 100 Bugatti for this event, which be held from 11 to 20 september between Molsheim, Mulhouse and Paris.

22 february 2009
Rétromobile was still this year the not-to-be-missed Club’s meeting with members and in particular with our foreign friends who came as usual very numerous (see photos here).

12 january 2009
Those who bought the DVD of La Corse en Bugatti know that the entire sales amount was put back to the photographer’s association, Laurent Rothan. Thanks to your generosity, a little more than 4000 € were collected. Laurent Rothan invites you to visit his blog on which he explains what he realized with this money, and what can be still made ! Thank you in advance to all.
  http://www.lespiedssurterre-lecoeursurlamain.fr

22 december 2008
The Club Bugatti France wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009, in a Bugatti for sure !...

16 december 2008
The book “Ettore Bugatti, l’artisan de Molsheim” by Norbert Steinhauser is in the course of delivery to the signers. We waited for a fascinating book in view of some pages which had been revealed during last Retromobile on our stand. In fact, these 3 volumes and 772 pages are simply E X C E P T I O N A L, the result of 50 years of researches deserving of an experienced historian while Norbert is a geologist by training ! The history of Ettore's debuts is seriously revised and corrected, and every assertion is supported by solid proofs, new researches, documents and photos never seen before stemming for the most part from the archives of Roland Bugatti and the ex-Schlumpf collection. Simply amazing !
If you not had already signed, it is possible to buy directly from the editor Lionel Decray : www.bugattibook.com
3 books in French, 772 pages and 1000 illustrations, under cardbox, separate booklet with English transalation. Printed to only 950 copies. Price including p&p : France and Switzerland : 370 €, Europe : 385 €, ROW : 395 €.

14 december 2008
This website is reshaped in depth and simplified with regard to its previous version for easier and especially more frequent updates ! The part "Bugatti History" was deleted from this site and will be the object of a separate new website because, on one hand it will be probably only in French (sorry, it’s too much work !), and on the other hand its more occasional updates could damage just like the Club. You will be even informed here about the new address of it .

6 december 2008
A new Club Council has been elected on december 6th during the Annual Meeting. You can see the new members of the Council by clicking on “Club Bugatti France”, then on “Council”.

12 october 2008
A Bugatti calendar is editeed by Gerard Vonpierre, a French photographer in love with Bugatti cars. You can order it by visiting his website, price 30 € + p&p. http://gerard.vonpierre.free.fr

drawing above by Paul Kestler
 

Vive La Marque !