Land speed records are hardly a new phenomenon; the first such mark of 39.34 miles per hour was set by Frenchman Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud Duc carriage way back in 1898. That ...

Bugatti was founded in 1909 and had a highly successful run of producing sought-after street and racing cars between 1910 and 1940. After a long dormancy, the company produced its first modern ...