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TimesLIVE
01-08-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Lego Bugatti Centodieci hits the road in miniature
Few cars embody exclusivity quite like the Bugatti Centodieci – a hypercar of which only 10 examples were built. Inspired by the iconic Bugatti EB110 and powered by a 1,177kW W16 engine, the Centodieci pays tribute to one of the Italian marque's most storied nameplates. Now, it's been reimagined in miniature form as part of the Lego Speed Champions series. The Lego version captures many of the Centodieci's defining design elements, including its sculpted bodywork, five circular side air intakes, signature horseshoe grille, distinctive wheels, slim headlights, rear wing and quad exhausts. It's finished in white with black accents, mirroring one of the most recognisable real-world Centodieci specifications. Image: Supplied The 291-piece set measures more than 4cm high, 15cm long and 7cm wide. It includes a driver minifigure wearing a Bugatti-branded top. The interior features blue trim in a nod to the final Centodieci delivered in December 2022, which was finished in Quartz White with carbon-fibre details and a Light Blue Sport interior. Each of the 10 full-scale Centodieci models was assembled by hand at Bugatti's Molsheim Atelier production facility to individual customer specifications. With other rare models such as the Divo and La Voiture Noire, it stands as one of the brand's most exclusive creations. The Lego Speed Champions Bugatti Centodieci set is available globally via and Lego retail stores.
Scottish Sun
22-04-2025
- Automotive
- Scottish Sun
Inside abandoned Bugatti factory – once made some of world's most expensive cars before being left to rot for 30 years
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) AN ABANDONED Bugatti factory has been uncovered in northern Italy - and it's like stepping into a ghost story. It may look intact from the outside, but inside it's dusty and full of bricks, manuals, paint bottles and old car parts - a clear sign of how far the iconic brand has fallen. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 7 The exterior of the abandoned Bugatti factory in Campogalliano, Italy Credit: Jam Press/@DecayingMidwest 7 Inside the abandoned Bugatti factory Credit: Jam Press/@DecayingMidwest 7 The demolished part of the factory Credit: Jam Press/@DecayingMidwest The glass-walled building, which has been virtually untouched since 1995, was once the birthplace of the EB110 - a supercar meant to bring the legendary brand back to life. The Bugatti factory was brought into the spotlight after content creator 'Decaying Midwest' shared his visit in a video with over eight million views. The video shows a factory frozen in time, with empty halls, rooms and a spinning car showroom. The 24-year-old content creator from Chicago found a Volvo instruction manual inside and bottles of original paint. Part of the factory also resembles a construction site, as Bugatti had tried to demolish the building but ran out of money due to bankruptcy. The factory in Campogalliano, Italy closed down in 1995, after Bugatti declared bankruptcy that same year. Bugatti had been struggling for decades before but in 1987, Italian entrepreneur Romano Artoli bought the company with the intent to create the ultimate supercar, the EB110. The French luxury sports car manufacturer was thereafter headquartered in Italy. Artoli built this state-of-the-art factory in 1990, naming it "La Fabbrica Blu" (The Blue Factory). Following Bucatti's bankruptcy in 1995, the brand was acquired by Volkswagen, which relocated operations back to France. 7 Content creator Decaying West toured the building, sharing his experience in a video that has over 358,000 likes Credit: Jam Press/@DecayingMidwest 7 The factory's relics, discovered by Decaying Midwest Credit: Jam Press/@DecayingMidwest 7 Another relic that Decaying Midwest found Credit: Jam Press/@DecayingMidwest 'The place was mostly demolished but very cool,' Decaying Midwest told What's The Jam. One social media user commented: 'I've always seen it from the highway, and I was wondering how it was on the inside Mind Blowing.' Another wrote: 'That place must have been absolutely insane in its prime.' 'Oh, this could be the set for a dystopian movie like in the 2010s,' added another. It comes as an ultra rare Bugatti Centodieci with a top speed of 236mph and just 272 miles on the clock recently received a bid of $9 million at the RM Sotheby's Paris auction. The 2022 car is one of just ten examples produced - a homage to the iconic EB110 series of the 1990s. In June, Bugatti unveiled its new £3.2 million hybrid hypercar "masterpiece" which boasts 1,800 horsepower. The Tourbillon, named after the mechanism that maintains accuracy in high-end watches, arrives exactly 20 years after the launch of the Veyron, which was the most powerful road car of its time. That car's successor, the Bugatti Chiron, launched in 2016 and has now ended production in preparation for the new car to be built from 2026.
