Racing Showcase: Bugatti Unseen Unseen at Autoworld Brussel

The Brussels Autoworld Museum organizes several themed exhibitions throughout the year, often to celebrate the brand or for other reasons. These themed shows are often related to motorsport. The Bugatti Invisible theme exhibit opened last Friday and will continue until November 5. Naturally, we visited this beautiful theme exhibit.

Text and Photos: Willem J. Staat

Because the VAG group “revived” the Bugatti brand years ago, it is alive again with its beautiful modern Hypercars and captures the imagination of many, like Ferrari or Lamborghini.

Bugatti Unseen At Autoworld Brussels
The magic of Ferrari is undoubtedly known for several generations. But it totally surprised me that the magic of Bugatti attracted so many visitors from the younger generation on an average weekday Wednesday. Among the guests are a number of Americans, some young Ukrainians (which can be explained by the current political situation), but also a respectable number of women who probably see the creations of Ettore and Jean Bugatti as pure art from the beginning of the 20th century. , such as Rembrandt’s painting from three centuries earlier. Very interesting observations. Perhaps it also explains the magic of a brand that goes beyond products on four wheels. In addition to a number of cars from the early years of the brand, Bugatti Brussels also made three of its top models available. In the furniture placed in front of the cars, various guests only dreamed with the thought “if I could one day own this.” But of course you must have millions in your bank account. On the other hand, it was already an opportunity for many to be able to admire a part of the brand’s history and its current dream cars up close. A visit to this caravan is definitely worth it. Mainly because you can still pull their history with old racing Bugattis. You can just smell their historic racing past.

Type 54 Bugatti from 1931 in French racing colors. “Les Bleus”

Front view of the Bugatti Type 54.

The brand’s past meets the present or the future.

A unique Bugatti Type 52 electric pedal car from 1930. No less than 500 of these were produced. And actually still. The British Small Car Company bought the rights to make the car in 3/4 scale in 2019.

Small outline photo with Bugatti B35B in front.