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The Bugatti EB 118 is the first
The design of the car is intended to echo the 1931 Type 50 and the 57SC Atlantic. The EB 118 has a longitudinal rib that echoes the Atlantic's longitudinal body seam.
Bugatti homepage
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concept car
A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to showcase new styling and/or new technology. They are often exhibited at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or ...
developed by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. The 2-door coupé
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The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the French past parti ...
was presented at the 1998 Paris Motor Show
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. Bugatti commissioned the design of the EB 118 from Giorgetto Giugiaro
Giorgetto Giugiaro (; born 7 August 1938) is an Italian automotive designer. He has worked on supercars and popular everyday vehicles. He was born in Garessio, Cuneo, Piedmont.
Giugiaro was named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and inducted ...
of Italdesign
Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A. is a design and engineering company and brand based in Moncalieri, Italy, that traces its roots to the 1968 foundation of Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A. by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani. Best kn ...
. The EB 118 is powered by a W18 engine W18, W-18 or W.18 may refer to :
* W18 engine, a type of engine
* Hansa-Brandenburg W.18, a Hansa-Brandenburg aircraft
* 1-(4-Nitrophenylethyl)piperidylidene-2-(4-chlorophenyl)sulfonamide
W-18 is a compound in a series of 32 substances (named W- ...
and has permanent four wheel drive
Four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, refers to a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously. It may be full-time or on-demand, and is typically linked via a transfer case ...
.
Design
The design of the car is intended to echo the 1931 Type 50 and the 57SC Atlantic. The EB 118 has a longitudinal rib that echoes the Atlantic's longitudinal body seam.
Debut
Bugatti introduced the EB 118 at the 1998Paris Auto Show
The Paris Motor Show (french: Mondial de l'Automobile) is a biennial auto show in Paris. Held during October, it is one of the most important auto shows, often with many new production automobile and concept car debuts. The show presently take ...
. After its Paris debut, Bugatti displayed the EB 118 along with its four-door counterpart the EB 218 at the Geneva Auto Show
The Geneva International Motor Show is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. The show is hosted at the Palexpo, a convention centre located next to the Geneva Cointrin International Airport. The Salon is organised by th ...
and the Tokyo Motor Show
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in 1999. The design was already production ready, but Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. () is a French luxury automobile manufacturer and luxury brand for hyper sports cars. The company was founded in 1998 as a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group and is based in Molsheim, Alsace, France. The Bugatti na ...
decided that they wanted to focus on a sports car based on the 18/3 Chiron concept car introduced in 1999, so that the EB 118 stayed a concept car and never made it into production.
Powertrain
Power comes from aVolkswagen
Volkswagen (),English: , . abbreviated as VW (), is a German motor vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front under the Nazi Party and revived into a global brand post ...
-designed W18 engine W18, W-18 or W.18 may refer to :
* W18 engine, a type of engine
* Hansa-Brandenburg W.18, a Hansa-Brandenburg aircraft
* 1-(4-Nitrophenylethyl)piperidylidene-2-(4-chlorophenyl)sulfonamide
W-18 is a compound in a series of 32 substances (named W- ...
which produces and of torque. The EB 118 W18 engine has of three banks of six cylinders with a sixty degree offset between each cylinder bank. The EB 118 also features permanent four wheel drive
Four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, refers to a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously. It may be full-time or on-demand, and is typically linked via a transfer case ...
taken from the Lamborghini Diablo VT.
This same powertrain was later used in both the 1999 EB 218 and 1999 18/3 Chiron cars.
References
External links
Bugatti homepage
External picture; bugattipage.com
Motor1.com. Bugatti ID 90 And EB 112, EB 118, EB 218: Concept We Forgot
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