Bugatti Royale Le Reve Magnifique

This book tells the extraordinary story of one of the most amazing cars in the world. Not content with combining art and technology in his standard models, Ettore Bugatti has a vision to produce a car superior to all others - that legend was to be born in the Type41 - the Royale.When the prototype first appeared in 1926, Bugatti was keen to find a clientele for twenty-five cars; however his production ran to only six examples over an 8 year period, and of these only 3 found customers. All of the cars that were produced survive and are now part of public and private collections. Recorded within these pages is the story of each car, and photographs from both the pre and post war period, from the stunning Esders roadster which was later rebodied into the Binder Coupe de Ville, to the magnificent Kellner Coach