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Bugatti Type 252

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Bugatti Type 252
Bugatti Type 252 - Musée de l'automobile de Mulhouse
Overview
Manufacturer	Bugatti
Production	1957–1962 (prototype)
Designer	Giovanni Michelotti
Body and chassis
Body style	2-doorconvertible
Layout	FR layout
Powertrain
Engine	1.5 LInline four

TheBugatti Type 252 is a one-offsports car developed byBugatti between 1957 and 1962. However the Bugatti Type 252 never went beyond the prototype stage. The car now resides in theCité de l'Automobile museum inMulhouse,France.

History

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Developed between 1957 and 1962, the Bugatti Type 252 was the last car proposed by the historic Bugatti brand before it was sold toHispano-Suiza in 1963. The Bugatti Type 252 is the result of a mid-size sports car study conducted by Roland Bugatti and was designed byGiovanni Michelotti. It was reportedly pitched to multiple different investors but never was funded and remained a one-off.^[1] It is powered by a 1.5 L (1,488 cc, 76 x 82 mm)inline 4 engine with twin overhead camshafts and usesMacPherson strut suspension in the front and rear. During development, the car suffered numerous engine problems, and on test drives, driver Pierre Macoin would frequently end up broken down on the side of the road. To avoid any unwanted publicity, Bugatti decided that they would fit the prototype engine under the hood of aBugatti Type 73 saloon. Later though, both the engine and chassis of the Type 252 were redesigned. Work on the suspension began in August 1959 and was completed in 1962, but the project was abandoned soon after.^[2]

References

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^"bugatti type 252 | IEDEI".iedeiblog.com. Retrieved2018-04-19.
^Wood, Jonathan (1992).Bugatti: The Man and the Marque. Ramsbury, Marlborough Wiltshire: The Crowood Press. pp. 368, 369.ISBN 978-1-85223-364-8.

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Type	1910s										1920s										1930s										1940s										1950s										1960s			1963–1986
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Owner	Ettore Bugatti/Roland Bugatti																																																					Hispano-Suiza
Company name	Automobiles Ettore Bugatti									Automobiles Ettore Bugatti																																												Automobiles Ettore Bugatti
Touring car													Type 30 / Type 49													Type 57
																				Type 46
Limousine																		Type 41 Royale
Roadster											Type 13 / Brescia Tourer												Type 55
Coupé																																										Type 101
Sports car	Type 13		Type 18																																													Type 252
Race car														Type 32	Type 35							Type 51																									Type 251

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