CENTODIECI — Bugatti Centodieci · Ten tributes to the EB110

REMINISCENCE OF AN ICON · Ten limited-edition tributes to the EB 110 · Molsheim 2019–2022

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Centodieci — Italian for 110. The number points at two things at once:
110 years since the birth of Ettore Bugatti, and the supercar of 1991, the EB 110.

On 15 September 1991 Artioli unveiled the EB 110 on what would have been Ettore Bugatti's 110th birthday; in August 2019, at The Quail in Monterey, Bugatti named its tribute with the same Italian number. All ten cars were spoken for before the reveal, at eight million euros per car. On 19 December 2022 the tenth left Molsheim.

10 unitsSold out before the reveal

€8MPer unit, plus VAT

1,600 PS8.0 W16, four turbochargers

2.4 s0–100 km/h

“We're celebrating a reinterpretation of this extraordinary vehicle with the Centodieci – Italian for 110.”

Stephan Winkelmann — President, Bugatti · Newsroom 2019-08-16

Bugatti Centodieci, front three-quarter view — 01Front three-quarter, white bodywork with nowhere to hide a line — the car that was sold out before anyone saw it.

Bugatti Centodieci, frontal view — 02Frontal: slimline LEDs and the narrowed horseshoe — where the difference from the EB 110 concentrates.

The Original · Blue FactoryCampogalliano 1987–1995

Every line of the Centodieci has its source in the car it honours: in 1987 Artioli bought the Bugatti rights and built the Blue Factory at Campogalliano; the EB 110 left those halls from 1991 until the plant closed in 1995 — 128 cars.

Romano Artioli acquired the rights to the Bugatti name in 1987 and chose Campogalliano, a small town in Emilia-Romagna — in the 1990s it sat among Italy's sports car works, which made recruiting experienced engineers and technicians straightforward. The Blue Factory, drawn by architect Giampaolo Benedini, opened on 15 September 1990 — Ettore Bugatti's 109th birthday.

One year later, on the same date, the EB 110 was unveiled: a 3.5-litre V12 with four turbochargers, all-wheel drive and a carbon monocoque, 610 PS, 351 km/h — a world record for a production car. Between 1991 and 1995 the line built only 128 cars: 96 GTs and 32 Super Sports. The market shrank and the factory closed; the monocoque, the four-turbo V12 and the Poltrona Frau leather interior all continued later in another form, at Molsheim.

1987Artioli acquires the rights

1990.09.15Blue Factory opens · 109th

1991.09.15EB 110 unveiled · 110th

1995Plant closes, 128 cars

1998Revival in Molsheim

2019Monterey unveiling

2021Nardò meeting

2022All ten delivered

DRAG →

EB110 × Centodieci

EB110 and Centodieci at the Molsheim estate — 03At the gates of the Molsheim estate, the white Centodieci with two EB 110s — Bugatti was reborn here in 1998, and the 2019 car continues that line.

Bugatti Centodieci in the old Campogalliano halls — 04The white Centodieci back in the old halls at Campogalliano — the birthplace of the EB 110.

Translation · FormForm Follows Performance

Design Director Achim Anscheidt set the brief: don't let the historic car take over — translate the shape and technology of that era into a modern interpretation. Start with the two profiles, then compare front, intake and tail, item by item.

Bugatti Centodieci side view — 05In profile: a lower nose, a higher tail, a redrawn roofline — the 2019 answer.

EB110 race car side view — —EB 110 (car #34) in profile — the flat, thin wedge of 1991, the original draft.

2019Lifted profile, poised to leap at rest
1991Flat wedge
2019Slimline LEDs, developed for this car
1991Slab headlights
2019Five ports at the apex of the C-line
1991Five B-pillar cooling holes
2019Ten rear slots, stacked quad exhausts
1991Capsule tail lights, quad pipes

The EB 110 is flat and wedge-shaped; Centodieci lifts it. The five B-pillar cooling holes move up to the apex of a new C-line and become five round air inserts. Slab headlights become slimline LEDs developed for this car alone; the horseshoe grille shrinks, while ten rear slots and stacked tailpipes keep their relationship to the EB 110 Supersport. The stance is not decoration — it has to answer the aerodynamic and thermal demands of a sixteen-cylinder engine with 1,600 PS.

EB110 front end detail — 06Front: slab headlights and an exposed grille → slimline LEDs and a narrowed horseshoe — where the translation concentrates.

EB110 rear end detail — 07Tail: the full-width rear window and quad pipes → ten slots and stacked exhausts — the rear relationship kept.

Bugatti Centodieci rear end — 07Tail: the full-width rear window and quad pipes → ten slots and stacked exhausts — the rear relationship kept.

Side-view design sketch, Centodieci and EB110 — 08Side-view sketch, old and new in parallel — the same waistline, two different trajectories. Jascha Straub, Bugatti Design.

Front ends of the Centodieci and the EB110 — 09Front ends side by side: identity from the grille, technology from the lamps.

Inside · SymmetrySeamless Symmetry

With the outside translated, it is time for the inside: door panels, instrument panel and centre tunnel redone in the style of the 1990s, the quilted pattern taken from the EB 110 Super Sport.

Head of Color & Trim Jörg Grumer says the sample for the quilting and perforation was the EB 110 Super Sport — high-quality leather, carbon and aluminium carry the top-of-range styling of that car into the 21st century. Shapes, parts and processes were developed virtually from scratch, refined over just under a year. Interior development engineer Dirk Buhre says the new seat feels “different, and yet familiar.”

Quilted leather detail in the Centodieci

Centodieci cabin — 11The cabin: the tried-and-tested Bugatti sport seat as its structure, wrapped in an entirely new surface — “different, and yet familiar.”

12The embossed EB logo on the headrest, as on the original; by the owner's wish it can be swapped for a name or embroidery.

Power · Tour de ForceW16 · 1,600 PS

Shape and interior settled — next, what makes it move: an 8.0-litre W16 with four turbochargers, a 7-speed dual-clutch, permanent all-wheel drive. The powertrain is shared with the Chiron Super Sport, the chassis tuned anew.

0–100 km/h in 2.4 seconds, 0–200 in 6.1, 0–300 in 13.1, top speed electronically limited to 380 km/h. The car is 20 kilograms lighter than a Chiron — a lightweight wiper and carbon stabilisers each take their share — at 1.13 kilograms per horsepower. The W16 sits under an EB 110-style glass cover, and the oil cooler gained an extra air inlet to keep this strengthened engine at temperature.

2.4s

0–100 km/hAcceleration

380km/h

Top Speed380 km/h

1600PS

Peak Power1,177 kW · 7,050 rpm

1.6g

Lateral AccelerationHandling mode

Tour de Force · W16 · 1,600 PS

The W16 under the glass cover — 13Under the EB 110-style glass cover, the W16 is right there — 8.0 litres, four turbochargers, 1,600 PS.

Centodieci in EB110 Argent on the road — 14Finished in 'EB110 Argent', validated on the motorway — top speed and comfort have to hold on the same road.

Proven · Heat & WindFour Gates

Figures on paper become deliverable cars through four gates: the chassis setup at Nardò, the wind tunnel, 45°C in Arizona, −20°C in the climate chamber — only ten cars, but not one step of the process was skipped.

In July 2021, the final chassis setup before production took place at Nardò in Italy: a team of 20 spent two weeks on the 6.2-kilometre handling course, verifying every simulated value. The factory EB 110 LM and the Sport Competizione were shipped in as well, and Loris Bicocchi — the test driver who developed the original EB 110 from scratch — drove all three: “the moment the two EB 110 race cars came off the transporter, I instantly felt 30 years younger.”

In the wind tunnel five belts run at once, simulating up to 300 km/h; the driveshafts are removed first, the body held by nothing but four small pins. A standard setup at 140 km/h gives the benchmark, and front and rear downforce have to be perfect — Technical Project Manager André Kullig says it makes no difference whether you develop a car for one, ten or five hundred. Then came 45°C hot-weather testing in Arizona (a 27-strong team driving 800 kilometres from the coast into the desert) and twelve hours at −20°C in the climate chamber.

The last gate is on the country roads around Molsheim: test driver Steve Jenny drives at least 300 kilometres — about five hours — over passes, the Route des Vins d'Alsace, cobbles and motorways. Every car has covered at least 350 kilometres by handover.

6.2km · Nardò handling course
300km/h · five-belt simulation
0.428CW · EB mode @140 km/h
45°CArizona hot weather test
-20°CClimate chamber, 12 h
350km · pre-delivery total

Three icons at the Nardò proving ground — 15The three cars lined up at Nardò, doors raised — EB 110 LM, Centodieci, EB 110 Sport Competizione, like a roll call thirty years apart.

Centodieci in the wind tunnel — 16The wind tunnel: five belts at once, driveshafts removed, the car held by four small pins.

Bugatti test driver Steve Jenny — 17Steve Jenny, Bugatti test driver since 2004 — every one of the ten was signed off by him.

Delivery · TenTen of Ten

Four gates cleared, all that remains is handover: the first car left the atelier in June 2022, the tenth on 19 December — all ten accounted for.

10Units · All Delivered

The first car: Bugatti Blue with Sport Silver wheels — the owner has an EB 110 GT in the same colours, and specified the replica. The tenth: Quartz White over black carbon, with Light Blue Sport calipers and wing badge.

Every car runs the same process before it leaves: the final drive, a gearbox filter change, its last set of wheels, any flawed part replaced on the spot. Coachbuilding closed with these ten.

2019-08Sold out before the reveal
2022-03-2850,000 km of endurance testing completed
2022-06-14First car delivered
2022-12-19Tenth car delivered

The first Centodieci in Bugatti Blue — 18First delivery: Bugatti Blue bodywork, silver wheels — the same colours as the owner's own EB 110 GT.

The delivery team at the Molsheim Atelier — 19Alsace, the Molsheim Atelier — the team's photograph before handover.

Door sill plaque: Centodieci 10/10 — 20The sill plaque: Centodieci 10/10 — the identity plate of the last car, made only once.

21Light Blue Sport interior — the final blue, a nod to the signature tint of the EB 110.

SpecificationsTechnical Data

Eight groups of data taken from Bugatti's official specification sheet; the switch compares the 1991 EB 110 with the 2019 Centodieci, with EB 110 figures drawn from Newsroom releases.

Engine	8.0 L W16, four turbochargers	3.5 L V12, four turbochargers
Power	1,177 kW (1600 PS)	610 PS
Top speed	380 km/h	351 km/h
0–100 km/h	2.4 s	3.3 s
Units	10	128 (96 GT + 32 SS)

EB 110 FIGURES: BUGATTI NEWSROOM (2021-07-01, 2020-09-14) · CENTODIECI FIGURES: OFFICIAL BUGATTI SPECIFICATION SHEET

Length: 4,665 mm
Width (incl. mirrors): 2,020.5 mm (2,183 mm)
Height: 1,215.5 mm
Wheelbase: 2,711 mm
Front / Rear Track: 1.749 mm / 1.666 mm
Weight (DIN empty): 1,995 kg
Fuel Capacity: 100 L

Engine / Cylinders: W16 Motor
Displacement: 7.993 cm³
Valves per cylinder: 4
Turbocharging: 4 Turbochargers, BUGATTI two-stage, intercooling (water/air)
Power output: 1,177 kW (1600 PS) at 7,050–7,100 RPM
Maximum torque: 1,600 Nm at 2,250–7,000 RPM
Transmission: 7-speed DSG dual-clutch
Drive system: Permanent all-wheel drive

Suspension: Double-wishbone, front and rear
Wheels front: 10J × 20 ET55
Wheels rear: 13.5J × 21 ET71.5
Tyres front: 285 / 30 R20 ZR (Y) – BG
Tyres rear: 355 / 25 R21 ZR (Y) – BG
Driving programs: Lift, EB, Autobahn, Handling

Lift (transport): 125 mm front / 125 mm rear
EB: 115 mm front / 116 mm rear
Autobahn: 95 mm front / 115 mm rear
Handling: 95 mm front / 115 mm rear

Front brake discs: 420 mm
Rear brake discs: 400 mm
Pistons per caliper: 8 front / 6 rear

Acceleration 0–100 km/h: 2.4 sec
0–300 km/h: 13.1 sec
Lateral acceleration: 1.6 g (handling mode)
Top speed: 380 km/h (electronically limited)

CW EB mode: 0.428
CW Autobahn / Handling: 0.410
Rear wing angle: -3°

Combined: 21.47 l/100 km, 486.72 g/km
Energy efficiency class: G

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Original, translation, inside, power, trials, delivery — the life of ten cars, complete.

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