The Brescia Bugatti – A Special Centenary The Bugatti Trust is delighted to reopen its doors to the public following the latest government announcement for the museum sector with a brand-new exhibition celebrating the centenary of the famous ‘Gran Premio d’Italia Vetturette’ race at Brescia, Northern Italy, held September 8th, 1921. Bugatti secured the top

Exactly 30 years ago HRH the Duke of Edinburgh attended the official opening of The Bugatti Trust with a number of its founding members in attendance. It was an Incredible idea that Hugh Conway Sr. had all these years ago to preserve the heritage of the marque and put all this history and knowledge to

Having just recovered from our recent double win at the International Historic Motoring awards sponsored by Octane ( full report in next e bulletin) which we are so thankful for, we are over the moon to tell you that The Bugatti Trust has been selected as one of the three finalists in the Collection category

For The Bugatti Trust Summer Exhibition May 25th to September 23rd 2019 ’Jean Bugatti and Jean-Pierre Wimille – Prescott 80 years ago’ with cars, engines, films, photographs, correspondence, patents and more… Legendary racing driver Jean-Pierre Wimille getting the Type 59/50B in position for a practice run at Prescott hill climb, July 1939, under the watchful

To take place on Sunday 14th April 2019 in the Bugatti Trust at 12.00. COST £5 PER PERSON As numbers will be limited to 40 persons, please telephone 01242 677201 or email info@bugatti-trust.co.uk to register your interest without delay. Bugatti Blue: Prescott and the spirit of Bugatti. This new book celebrates all things Bugatti as

The Bugatti Owners’ Club and The Bugatti Trust at The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show present The Magnificent Type 57 Bugattis – November 9th to 11th 2018 NEC Hall 1 Stand 325 For 2018 The Bugatti Owners’ Club and the Bugatti Trust, will jointly be displaying a selection of very rare and unique Type 57 and

The Winter fundraising lecture will be ‘The Spitfire’ by Paul Fowler from En-stone Flying Club to take place at lunchtime on October 21st. Ticket Price is £25 per person, booking now (Tel 01242 677 201) and will include a seated meal as well as a Q&A opportunity. All profits on ticket sales will go towards

11.00am—3.00pm (normal admission charge £4.50) admission charge reduced to £3.00 per adult, accompanied children go free. With two Bugatti Family Talks at 11.30am and 2pm on the Sunday Last chance to discover the Bugatti Trust’s Summer Exhibition: Ettore Bugatti Engineer Inventor Designer show-casing examples of his most celebrated designs and extraordinary patents and historic GP

THE BUGATTI TRUST MUSEUM & STUDY CENTRE WELCOMES BRITISH FORMULA STUDENT TEAMS TO PRESCOTT FOR BRITISH & MIDLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS SEPT 1/2 2018 To celebrate the 2018 UK year of engineering, the Bugatti Trust with Prescott Hill climb is expecting a record number of Formula Student racing teams to demonstrate their student-built university competition cars over

It’s official! 2018 is the year of engineering and a new government campaign has been launched to encourage young people to pursue careers in the field. A key aim of The Bugatti Trust since its inception 28 years ago is to promote the works and genius of Ettore Bugatti and to raise awareness of the

We are delighted to confirm the first two of our ticketed fundraising events for 2018: John Barton ‘Bugatti – The last 20 years’ lecture to be held at 12.00 noon on April 8th In the 20 years between 1919 and 1939, Ettore Bugatti later assisted by his very able son Jean Bugatti, designed, built and

 Saturday September 30th 11am- 3pm and Sunday October 1st 11am- 3pm With historic archives including 27,000 factory drawings, 10,000 photographs, 1,000 original patents and a wealth of original factory documents, the Bugatti Trust is the home from home of all things Vintage Bugatti. Come and discover cars and inventions by Ettore, sculptures by Rembrandt, furniture

This week the Bugatti Trust was delighted to welcome Coventry University’s Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Computing for a Bugatti Trust Prize presentation in front of Trust members and trustees including Barrie Price and Geoffrey St. John, to celebrate the achievements of first class B.Eng (Hons) Automotive Engineering 2016 graduate James Large and second year

The Bugatti Trust will have a Baby Peugeot on display at the Vintage meeting. The Peugeot Bébé was the small car Ettore Bugatti designed for Peugeot. It built about 3000 examples from 1913. It was one of his most successful commercial ventures.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of La Vie en Bleu at Prescott on the weekend of May 28/29th 2016, The Bugatti Trust is welcoming Stefan Marjoram as its first ever artist in residence with an exhibition and hands-on workshops to ‘Draw your own Bugatti’. Stefan has just had his inaugural exhibition a few weeks ago

April has been an incredibly busy month in the Trust as we have been organizing plenty of events for our members to enjoy throughout 2016, so watch this space!! The first event of the month was ‘La Femme Au Volant’ which was held in the Trust on Sunday 10th April. The Trust was full to

Shoji Namiki from Japan with his son in law visits the Trust in recently restored 441237 and very smart it looks too. This is the car that was previously owned from 1956 by J E M Gee and painted pale blue and visitor to the Prescott Garden Party for many years. A two seat tourer

Morten Meldgaard flew from Denmark today to visit the Trust. Morten who is a Trust member, together with his father in law Joergen Riber are currently restoring a Type 30 that was purchased in 1958. Morten said ” the time has now come for us to work on the engine and I was thrilled when

Hugh Conway the Chairman of the Bugatti Trust visits Retromobile in Paris.

AGM Some snapshots taken during last week’s AGM at the Bugatti Trust where chairman Hugh Conway presented a summary of the Trust’s activities and accounts to attending members. A welcome opportunity to catch up on national and international Bugatti stories after the report followed by the two winning design presentations by students from Coventry University

The fabulous 1912 Type 15, (the sixth oldest surviving Bugatti) which has been displayed at The Bugatti Trust since May will be staying at the Bugatti Trust until Autumn 2016. Do not miss the opportunity to see this beautiful Bugatti for yourself.  The Bugatti Trust is open to visitors on Monday to Friday 10.00 a.m.

If you are attending the VSCC on Sunday 2nd August, do not miss the opportunity to  pop into The Bugatti Trust and meet Max Tomlinson, the author of  ‘Bugatti Type 57 Grand Prix’ recently published by Veloce.   The RRP is £50 and a limited number will be available to purchase. The work examines the Type

The Bugatti Trust is proud to announce that it was an incredible couple of days for both our Class 1 and Class 2 teams, picking up no less than 6 awards at the first awards ceremony for ‪#‎FSUK2015! Our Class 2 team has dominated their class and won EVERY award available, picking up 1st in

All grown up and plenty of plans for the future in its educational commitments

By kind permission of the owners, we are delighted to announce that a 1912 Type 15, the sixth oldest surviving Bugatti, is now on display at The Bugatti Trust.

Final year engineering students from the University of Bath joined members of the Bugatti Trust at its Annual General Meeting on 22nd February. They brought the single-seat racing car built for the 2014 Formula Student Competition and gave a thoroughly professional and interesting presentation of their work. They are currently designing and building the 2015

We are excited to announce that a 1912 Bugatti T15 will be exhibited at the Bugatti Trust during May/June 2015,  (actual dates yet to be confirmed). Visitors at ‘La vie en Bleu’, (the spectacular two day extravaganza which is due to be held at Prescott on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May), will be able

At a ceremony held in the Cathedral on 20th November 2014 the University of Coventry conferred an Honorary Life Fellowship on Barrie Price, past Chairman of the Bugatti Trust in recognition of his work with the Bugatti Trust and his support of the University and its students over two decades. Barrie Price said: “Encouragement and

This is the third oldest surviving Bugatti engine known to exist. Now on its new stand in the Bugatti Trust.

The Classic Car and Motorcycle show (14th – 16th November 2014) was excellent with a variety of stands and exhibits.

24th September 2014. The Bugatti Trust has just presented this year’s Bugatti Trust Engineering Design awards to three outstanding students from Coventry University in a ceremony at the trust premises near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. For the past 15 years, the Bugatti Trust has been associated with Coventry University (named ‘University of the Year for Student Experience’

The Bugatti Trust has acquired a Type 57 Bugatti engine.

A Bugatti Trust initiative to encourage pupils to develop their design skills and provide them with an introduction to some examples of the works of the genius of Ettore Bugatti. Each year the Bugatti Trust offers school pupils a chance to take up the challenge to meet the requirements for a technical design. This is

Ninth year of awards awarded to Coventry University design and engineering students. The Bugatti Trust presents annual Engineering and Design Awards to students at Coventry University The Bugatti Trust’s long standing and continuing support for industrial design at Coventry University through its award scheme continues and includes a further award to the student achieving the