A story about the cutie ever Bugatti Type 68

Cutie ONES As we all know that as one of the world's leading automotive manufacturers, Bugatti has a very long history since the first time this company was founded by Ettore Bugatti in 1909. And if we examine the huge diversity of Ettore Bugatti's design works, could be said that's one of the most impressive achievements of the famed engineer.

The Bugatti Type 68 was not only small in size, but also driven by small engines, reportedly intended to facilitate those less well-heeled Frenchmen to own a Bugatti's branded cars. (Picture from: ClassicAndSportsCar)

Despite whatever events unfolding around him from the turmoil of war, the loss of his talented heir Jean, up to the German occupation of his Molsheim factory, Ettore remains as prolific and bright as ever. Well, from his drawing board at the new office in Levallois-Perret, Paris, where many brilliant ideas keep coming out, then put down in sketches, and followed by setting up a series of plans to turn them into reality for this great marque continuity during those turbulent times.

The Bugatti Type 68 built in 1940 featured with a two-seater coupe body style inspired by the legendary Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic. (Picture from: ClassicAndSportsCar)

As quoted from ClassicAndSportsCar, the heart of these ideas is a series of new engines, ranging from a single-cylinder unit to mount on a bicycle, up to an eight-cylinder, 62 liter marine powerplant. Well if we talk about Bugatti as players in the automotive world, then the main focus at that time was none were more fascinating than the Bugatti Type 68, which was not only small in size, but also driven by small engines.

The Bugatti Type 68 was powered by a 318 cc, 4 cylinder, 16 valve 2 over-head cams petrol engine with a maximum burst of power of 48 hp. (Picture from: ClassicAndSportsCar)

Some said that Ettore was sympathetic at that time to facilitate those less well-heeled Frenchmen to own a Bugatti's branded cars.😉 How could it be? Unfortunately, so far there's no related infos about it. But for sure, these tiny cutie cars made by Bugatti were each only powered by an engine with a capacity of under 400 cc. And with such those engines, you can be sure that the bursts of power it produces are also small, so don't expect that the Type 68 will go fast like a rocket on a race track.

The Bugatti Type 68 also featured with a unique gull-wing door as the access to its cabin. (Picture from: ClassicAndSportsCar)

Well, when viewed from the size of these Type 68 engines, it's clearly that's very different from the line of machines produced by Bugatti today. However, this could be gave additional insight to us, it turns out Bugatti does not always produce fast cars with powerful big-engines, the fact in the past this Molsheim-based automaker had also produced a kind of cars that are not only small in size, but also driven by small engines.

However, this designation does not reveal whether Ettore Bugatti intended the production of Type 68 small cars or rejected the gullwing version. (Picture from: ClassicAndSportsCar)

At first, Ettore Bugatti built one prototype only, the first generation Bugatti Type 68 with a coupe body style inspired by the legendary Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic back in the 1940. However, in the 1942 he had time to make the Type 68 in cabriolet model as the second model called Bugatti Type 68B. So no wonder if the engines installed on the 2 cutie car models are also slightly different but still under 400 cc.

The Bugatti Type 68B is featured with a two seater cabriolet body style, and known as the second model built in 1942. (Picture from: Wikipedia)

As quoted from Bugattipage, the first generation Bugatti Type 68 was powered by a 318 cc, 4 cylinder, 16 valve 2 over-head cams petrol engine with a maximum burst of power of 48 hp. While for the second one Type 68B used a 369.5 cc, 4 cylinder, 8 valve 2 over-head cams petrol engine, there's not much data can be revealed from this model. Still from the same source, both Bugatti Type 68 models have a wheelbase of 2.2 meters, with a total body weight of around 400 kg.

The Bugatti Type 68B was powered by a 369.5 cc, 4 cylinder, 8 valve 2 over-head cams petrol engine. (Picture from: Wikipedia)

Now, try to compare it with one of Bugatti's current products, such as the 2010 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport which is powered by a V12 engine with a capacity of 8,000 cc. This machine is capable of spitting out power as much as 1,100 hp. So that it can deliver the Veyron Super Sport accelerates from rest to 100 kph in just 2.4 seconds. Meanwhile, penetrating a distance of 402 meters takes 9.9 seconds only with a speed of around 234.6 kph. Wow!!!

Unfortunately with the death of Ettore in 1947, the Type 68 project lost focus as Roland and new director Pierre Marco revived car production with the Type 101, a thinly disguised pre-war Type 57. We're sorry if the video above is not related at all to the Bugatti Type 68, instead about the legendary Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | BUGATTI | CLASSICANDSPORTSCAR | BUGATTIPAGE | ]

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