Bugatti Type 40 (eBook)

Barrie Price (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
128 Seiten
Veloce Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84584-688-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The new Bugatti Type 40 of 1926 represented a return to the roots of the Molsheim marque s early success with sub-1500cc 4-cylinder cars. The Type 40 also offered buyers a car of less complexity than the contemporary 8-cylinder Bugattis and at attractive prices. While not as spritely as the 8-cylinder Bugattis, the little Type 40 still offered very reasonable performance from its race-bred, Type 37-derived 3-valve per cylinder engine, together with practicality and good fuel economy. The T40 s durability was amply demonstrated by Loiseau s epic trek across the Sahara in 1929, the story of which is included within these covers. From 1931, the bore of the 4-cylinder engine was enlarged, giving a small increase in capacity to just over 1600cc and creating the model designated as the Type 40A. Production ceased in 1933. Barrie Price s and Jean Louis Arbey s work is a concise history of the Bugatti Types 40 & 40A, a useful technical overview and the most thorough survey yet of the standard and many coachbuilt bodies fitted to these chassis. Appendices include a complete chassis listing, contemporary road tests and reproductions of promotional material produced by Bugatti and Bugatti agents.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.9.2016
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• ISBN-10: 1-84584-688-5 / 1845846885
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84584-688-6 / 9781845846886