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Bugatti Type 101 cabriolet body by Gangloff

1951-1953, France

engines/performance

engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

  specific fuel torque  
51-53: i8/16V 6.5:1 3257cc.(199ci)

140-hp

@5500rpm

43.0 hp/l 1x1bbl ?lb-ft. (?Nm)

@?rpm

performance:
engine topspeed 0-50mph 0-62mph 0-100mph 0-124mph

1/4mile

mileage (US-gallon)
3.3l140hp: 165kph/103mph ?s ?s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

? l/100km? mpg

tyres/transmission

tyres front/rear: 6.00 x 17
transmission/drive wheel: 4-speed/RWD

dimensions/weight

length x width x height: 5200 x 1720 x 1550 mm (204.7 x 67.7 x 61.0 in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 3300 mm - 1350/1350 mm (129.9 in - 53.1/53.1 in)
some calculations: base aera: 8.94 m² (96.2 sq.ft.) - frontal aera: ~2.20 m² (~23.7 sq.ft.) - LxWxH: 13.86 m³ (489.2 cu.ft.)
aerodynamics: coefficient of drag (cd): ? - drag area: ? m² / ? sq.ft.
weight: 1550 kg (3417 lb)
power/weight-ratio: 11.1 kg/hp (24.4 lb/hp) 90 hp/ton

price/production

base-price: ?
production: ~7

   

The company Bugatti was nearly dead, and the Type 101 was a last try to restart the production of cars.
The Type 101 was built by taking parts from the pre-war Type 57 and using a new body. But the car became no
success, about 7 were built.
chassis no. 101.503

Pictures taken in 2009 in the "Cité de l’Automobile – Musée National – Collection Schlumpf" in Mulhouse, France.
 
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