Little-known record holder: a unique Bugatti high-speed train was shown on the Internet (photo)

The Bugatti brand is known for its expensive sports cars, but the French company didn’t just build cars. He also designed high-speed trains for a while. This has been reported by the Autoevolution website.

The idea of ​​​​creating a Bugatti train appeared in the early 30s. At that time, Ettore Bugatti created the Bugatti Type 41 Royale, the most luxurious and expensive car in the world. The 6 m-long car was equipped with special bodies and a huge 12.8-liter eight with 300 hp. With.

In total, they planned to release about 30 Bugatti Royales, but the Great Depression broke out and only 6 cars were assembled as a result. The business accumulated 25 unused engines and began looking for a use for them.

It was decided to install Bugatti engines on high-speed trains. In just 9 months, a modern Autorail express train consisting of one car (similar to the Pesa railway buses used in Ukraine) was designed. The hall was divided into two classrooms with comfortable seats.

The Bugatti Autorail train became not only the fastest in France, but in 1934 it set the world speed record – it accelerated to 196 km / h. Its running speed was 170 km / h – in the 30s it was out of the fantasy world, especially since there were no high-speed trains in France at that time.

Train production at the Bugatti plant went live. Soon they even had to resume production of Bugatti Royale engines as their stocks were quickly depleted.

In total, 88 Bugatti Autorail rail buses were produced and operated until 1958. One such express train has survived to this day – it has been restored and stored in the railway museum in French Mullus.

Previously Focus He reported that Bugatti showed off its fastest supercar for 4 million euros.

We also wrote that the mechanic talked about the exorbitant cost of repairing the Bugatti.