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Detour transportation Le Patron is Coming Bugatti's masterpieces to take center stage at the La Jolla Concours d'Elegance W HEN THE SUN RISES on the 16th annual La Jolla Concours d'Elegance, it will shine on some of the most storied cars in the world. Bugatti owners, or "Bugattists," as they call themselves, enjoy sharing their vintage vehicles, so they were pleased when Bugatti was chosen to be the featured marque at this year's Concours. On April 24, as many as two dozen Bugattis are expected to be on display in Scripps Park. e Man and His Marque Ettore Bugatti was born in Milan in 1881 to a family blessed with artistic prowess and technical ability. Ettore's talent lay in automotive design. In 1909, he established a factory in an abandoned dye-works in the village of Molsheim in Alsace, which was then a German province. He built his first Bugatti automobile, the Type 13, in 1910. ese became known as Brescia Bugattis after they swept the first four places in the famous road race in Brescia, Italy in 1921. e racing successes of the Brescia series enabled Ettore to debut the iconic Type 35 Grand Prix racecar in 1924. e Type 35 made it possible for the family-run factory to dominate motor sports in Europe for the next seven years. He won the first Monaco Grand Prix in 1929 and repeated that victory in 1930 and 1931. Between 1927 and 1933, Bugatti built six enormous Type 41 Royales, one of the most luxurious cars ever created. ese priceless vehicles are now in museums and private collections in the U.S. and Europe. Over the years, the Bugatti factory in Molsheim manufactured 24 models, some with multiple variations, for a total of about 7,800 cars. Ettore was a gifted designer BY ELIZABETH HANSEN @ranchandcoast ranchandcoast.com 78 APRIL 2022 RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE Expert driver Jim Stranberg in Peter Gidding's Type 37A at the 2018 U.S. Bugatti Grand Prix at Lime Rock Heritage Park, CT. (c) AutoPhotos 2018, Ed Hyman Mike Cleary's granddaughter in his Type 38 at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Photo courtesy of Adams / Hansen Photos