18-06-2023, 11:03 AM
The Typ 13 Bugatti was designed to be a sporting car from the outset, and were aimed at a very different (and moneyed) market. The Seven, on the other hand was designed to woo motorcycle combinationists from their spartan machines to a vehicle with more creature comforts, and was priced accordingly.
Bugattis always were a car for the connoisseur and were expensive to buy and expensive to maintain. Throughout his car manufacturing career, Ettore only built about 10,700 cars in all. The Seven, on the other hand was designed to be simple, cheap, easy to maintain and, in the 17 years of production some 291000 were made.
It is true that the Seven was well designed and could, with some modification, be turned into a sporting car as evidenced by the design's racing history, but these cars were not the same as the standard production cars by any means. Many Bugattis, on the other hand, could virtually be taken from the dealer's showroom to the racetrack as built.
It IS interesting to compare the two designs, but I suspect that any similarities between the two reflect the general engineering ethos of the time rather than any similarity of design philosophy.
Bugattis always were a car for the connoisseur and were expensive to buy and expensive to maintain. Throughout his car manufacturing career, Ettore only built about 10,700 cars in all. The Seven, on the other hand was designed to be simple, cheap, easy to maintain and, in the 17 years of production some 291000 were made.
It is true that the Seven was well designed and could, with some modification, be turned into a sporting car as evidenced by the design's racing history, but these cars were not the same as the standard production cars by any means. Many Bugattis, on the other hand, could virtually be taken from the dealer's showroom to the racetrack as built.
It IS interesting to compare the two designs, but I suspect that any similarities between the two reflect the general engineering ethos of the time rather than any similarity of design philosophy.