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TOP: The wastegate vacuum actuators are clearly visible. (Jean-Marc Borel)
ABOVE: This top view of the V12 shows the individual throttle bodies each actuated by a common rod with provision for individual adjustment for each throttle. (Jean- Marc Borel)
Two weeks later, in the 19 October 1988 issue of the British magazine Autocar & Motor, Luca Ciferri quoted Paolo Stanzani as saying, “that Bugatti Automobili SpA was founded in Modena on 14 October 1987, with a starting capital of £85,000 which was improved to £1.06 million on 1 February 1988, then £2.13m on 29 June.” Ciferri pointed out that “Stanzani and his team own 35 percent of the shares with Bugatti International holding the other 65 percent. He denies rumours that the French government controls Bugatti International through a company called Messier-Hispano-Bugatti.
“Production of the new cars at a projected rate of 100 per year will be in a new 300,000 square
BELOW: A close-up of the turbos with their wastegates and lubrication feed and drain back piping. (Jean-Marc Borel)
BOTTOM: A front view of the engine showing the two ignition distributors, one per bank. These are driven off the exhaust
camshaft ends. (Jean-Marc Borel)
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