A rare 1993 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport prototype is for sale at Florida dealership Fort Lauderdale Collection South.
The car in question has chassis number 006 and engine number 0026. The listing claims that engine 0026 is the one that broke the 1992 land speed record of 212.94 mph. It is unclear whether the engine was in chassis 006 at the time. The car has only 2,108 miles on the odometer and is painted Grigio Metallic with a blue interior.
Before the Volkswagen Group bought the brand and launched the Veyron and Chiron, Italian businessman Romano Artioli revived Bugatti in 1991 with the EB110 GT hypercar. Bugatti had been inactive since 1952, but the new EB110 came to coincide with Ettore Bugatti’s 110th birthday. It had a 3.5-liter, quad-turbocharged V-12 and a carbon-fiber body.
1993 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport Prototype (Photo via Ford Lauderdale Collection South)
The EB110 Super Sport took it one step further, boosting the power of the EB110 GT from 552 hp to 592 hp. Of the 134 EB110s built (including prototypes and two race cars), only 39 were supercars. All versions had a 6-speed manual gearbox and all-wheel drive. A year after the 1992 land speed record, an EB110 Super Sport set a new land speed record of 218 mph. The Super Sport was also able to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds, a world-best performance at the time.
Artioli commissioned an elaborately designed factory in Campogalliano, Italy, to build the EB110. The car initially attracted a lot of attention, including from Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher, who owned a yellow Super Sport.
1993 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport Prototype (Photo via Ford Lauderdale Collection South)
Financial problems, including debts Artioli suffered after investing in Lotus, sent Bugatti into bankruptcy in 1995. A few additional cars were later built by Germany’s duration using replacement chassis, and additional leftover chassis were announced for the SP-110 Edonis Fenice in 2018.
Despite being a commercial failure, the EB110 was an impressive car and an important piece of Bugatti history. Recently, Bugatti launched the Centodieci as a tribute to the EB110, with an interior that pays tribute to the EB110 Super Sport in particular. Production is limited to just 10 cars, each priced at $8.9 million. The first Centodieci were completed earlier this year.