With the death of its founder — Ettore Bugatti — in 1947, and with the unfolding of World War II, the French brand discontinued its activity in the early 1950s. In 1987, three decades later, Italian businessman Romano Artioli acquired Bugatti with the aim of reviving the historic French brand.
One of the first measures was the construction of a factory in Campogalliano, in the province of Modena, Italy. The inauguration took place in 1990, and a year later, the first model of the new era by Bugatti (the only one under the seal of Romano Artioli), the Bugatti EB110, was launched.
On a technical level, the Bugatti EB110 had everything to be a successful sports car: 60-valve V12 engine (5 valves per cylinder), 3.5 liters of capacity, six-speed manual transmission and four turbos, 560 hp of power and all-wheel drive. All this allowed an acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 343 km/h.
However, only 139 units left the factory. In the following years, the economic recession in the main markets forced Bugatti to close its doors, with debts of around 175 million euros. In 1995, the Campogalliano factory was sold to a real estate company, which in turn went bankrupt, also condemning the facilities. The abandoned factory is in the state you can see in the images below:
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