Bugatti 23 Maron
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Car producer : |
Bugatti |
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Model: |
23 Maron |
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Year: |
1914-1926 |
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Type: |
Roadster |
Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a French car manufacturer of high-performance automobiles, founded in 1909 in the then German city of Molsheim, Alsace by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti. Bugatti cars were known for their design beauty (Ettore Bugatti was from a family of artists and considered himself to be both an artist and constructor) and for their many race victories. Famous Bugattis include the Type 35 Grand Prix cars, the Type 41 "Royale", the Type 57 "Atlantic" and the Type 55 sports car.
The death of Ettore Bugatti in 1947 proved to be the end for the marque, and the death of his son Jean Bugatti in 1939 ensured there was not a successor to lead the factory. No more than about 8000 cars were made. The company struggled financially, and released one last model in the 1950s, before eventually being purchased for its airplane parts business in the 1960s.
A 2-valve version of the Type 17 with a boat-tail body was built in 1913 as the Type 23. It also had the oval radiator of the Type 22.
Bugatti capitalized on the racing success of the Type 13 "Brescia" four places at the 1921 Italian Grand Prix for Voiturettes, held at the eponymous racetrack in Lombardy with the full-production post-war Brescia Tourer. Longer wheelbase Type 22 and Type 23 models were made, both of which used the single-overhead-camshaft 16-valve Brescia engine and were built alongside 8-valve 'Petit Pur Sang' versions. and 2,000 examples were built from 1920 through 1926 with engine capacities of 1,368, 1,453 and 1,496cc, making it the first full-production multi-valve car ever made.
