Before the Veyron redefined speed records and before Bugatti became synonymous with billionaires and quad-turbo excess, there was the extraordinary Bugatti EB110 GT, a car so technically ambitious that it still feels futuristic more than three decades later.
Now, one remarkably preserved example has resurfaced with just 11,505 km (7,148 miles) from new, offering a rare glimpse into one of the most fascinating chapters in supercar history.
Finished in the iconic launch specification of Blu Bugatti over Grigio Chiaro leather, this EB110 GT was originally delivered to a Saudi Arabian client. Curiously, however, the car appears to have remained in the United Kingdom rather than being exported to the Middle East, with early factory correspondence documenting mechanical rectifications carried out shortly after delivery.
The car’s documented history suggests it spent its early years stored in a customs warehouse before finally being UK-registered in 2003. At that point, the odometer showed just 8,000 km, and the car was recommissioned by renowned specialists DK Engineering and Moto Technique on behalf of its first owner. In 2005, the EB110 changed hands for the first time when it was sold through Christie’s to a collector in Switzerland. The second owner added little mileage but maintained the car diligently through Modena Cars SA in Geneva.
By 2012, the car returned to the UK wearing the registration L389 XLR and showing just 10,000 km. Around this time, appreciation for the EB110 had begun to grow rapidly as collectors started recognizing the model’s significance in supercar history. The third owner reportedly maintained the car through H.R. Owen and Joe Macari while displaying it as part of a prominent supercar collection. The car was sold again in 2022 and exported to the United States, where it is currently registered.
What makes the EB110 so compelling today is not just its rarity but its astonishing engineering. Developed by Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. under Romano Artioli, the EB110 featured a carbon-fiber chassis, all-wheel drive, active aerodynamics, and a 3.5-liter quad-turbocharged V12 producing performance figures that embarrassed much of the automotive world in the early 1990s. In period, it stood shoulder-to-shoulder with legends like the Ferrari F40, Ferrari F50, and Porsche 959. Yet for years, the EB110 remained the overlooked member of that elite group.
That is rapidly changing.
As values for analog-era supercars continue to climb, collectors are increasingly turning their attention toward the EB110, a machine many now consider one of the greatest engineering achievements of the 1990s, and perhaps the last truly uncompromising Bugatti before the modern Volkswagen-era revival.
This very special car is currently being offered for sale via Schaltkulisse, check out the listing right here, but I would suggest being quick; opportunities like this don’t come up often, and they don’t tend to last long either, so if you are interested in adding this amazing hypercar from the analog era, you have to act now.
