{"id":500209,"date":"2022-11-29T18:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T02:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=138092"},"modified":"2024-02-25T17:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T17:07:41","slug":"the-matti-collection-comes-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-matti-collection-comes-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The Matti Collection Comes Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years, a collection of the most extraordinary, unrestored Bugatti cars has sat, meticulously cared for and researched, in a sprawling house in Switzerland. But now this collection, lovingly built up over decades by Hans Matti, has found a new custodian, and the cars\u2019 first journey under their new ownership took them to Ch\u00e2teau Saint Jean in Molsheim \u2013 the ancestral home of Bugatti Automobiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-641232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To have these cars returning \u2018home\u2019, just a stone\u2019s throw from where they were originally created is a fitting beginning for the latest chapter in these cars\u2019 lives. Hans Matti dedicated his life to building this collection, gathering original photographs, magazine features, books and factory communications relating to them. He hadn\u2019t just collected the cars, but he had completely researched their stories. As the Registrar of the Bugatti Club Suisse, he is one of the most knowledgeable experts in the world on Bugatti Grand Prix cars.<\/p>\n<p>Among the extraordinary collection is Bugatti Type 51, thought to be one of the most original in existence, a remarkably preserved Type 37A, a short chassis Type 49 Faux cabriolet with Jean Bugatti coachwork &#8211; the only remaining example in the world, a Type 35B and a Type 35A fitted with the only existing Type 36 engine, gearbox and rear axle to have survived. It\u2019s a once-in-a-lifetime collection that Hans Matti was understandably reluctant to part with. Discussions to acquire the collection had been underway for two-and-a-half years and even Caroline Bugatti &#8211; granddaughter of Ettore Bugatti had been involved in the negotiations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_641233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641233\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-641233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Type 49 was the personal car of Jean Bugatti himself, with the initials \u2018JB\u2019 on the doors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Type 51 \u2013 a dedicated factory Grand Prix racing machine \u2013 has never been restored or repainted, bearing the marks of nine decades of motorsport and enjoyment. The original craftsmanship of Ettore Bugatti\u2019s team is on display and each chapter of its life is worn with pride. The Type 49, meanwhile, was the personal car of Jean Bugatti himself, with the initials \u2018JB\u2019 on the doors. It\u2019s extremely rare to have a Type 49 with a body designed and built by the Bugatti factory, as this example does, and no other Type 49 in existence wears the unique Faux Cabriolet body. More incredible still, this Type 51 and Type 49 shared a transporter during their delivery to their respective first private customers. To have them reunited is the closing of a circle that started all the way back in the 1930s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_641234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641234\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-641234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Type 51 has never been restored or repainted, bearing the marks of nine decades of motorsport and enjoyment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Type 51 in the collection began life as one of the last Type 35Bs to ever be built, a factory Grand Prix racer, driven in period by Louis Chiron. As Bugatti looked to evolve the Type 35 \u2013 renowned as one of the most successful racing cars of all time \u2013 it developed a new, advanced twin-cam engine and a new car which it would power: the Type 51. This new powertrain was swapped into this car, at which point it became one of the very first Type 51s, fitted with engine number 1 and raced by Achille Varzi and other contemporary motorsport heroes. Varzi is revered to this day at Bugatti; to celebrate 100 years of the brand a special Centenaire Edition Veyron \u2018Achille Varzi\u2019 was produced. With appearances at races in Monaco, Monza, at the Targa Florio and more, this car has an incredible racing pedigree. In another important connection, the factory Grand Prix engine that was originally in this car as a Type 35B was swapped into another Type 35B in this collection by the factory, before later being sold as a new car.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_641235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641235\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-641235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Type 35B now has the original Type 51 engine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the stand-out circuits of the early racing era was the Montlh\u00e9ry track in France, renowned for its high-speed banking, but also for its extraordinarily bumpy surface. Bugatti\u2019s detailed approach to engineering saw them develop a new model to race at Montlh\u00e9ry: the Type 36. Featuring a rigid rear axle, it would better handle the demanding conditions of this unique circuit. Two variants were built, the later model with a supercharger, becoming what many believe to be the first ever supercharged Bugatti. But their racing careers were short-lived and the only two Type 36 cars built were destroyed. All that remained was the engine, gearbox and rear axle of one of them, which now uniquely reside within a Type 35A body housed in this collection. Once more, it is another one-off piece of Bugatti history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_641236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641236\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-641236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Type 35A is the only existing car with a Type 36 engine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Completing the five Bugatti cars in the collection is a Type 37A, one of a long lineage of supercharged Bugatti cars that arguably began with the Type 36. It is again preserved in fully original condition with matching numbers \u2013 each era of its ownership and extensive racing history has been meticulously traced right back to its first owner, in 1929, and it continues to race to this day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_641237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641237\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-641237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Type 37A is one of a long lineage of supercharged Bugatti cars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Type 37 was considered a Voiturette class winning car by many of its drivers, but with the addition of a supercharger \u2013 becoming the Type 37A \u2013 its powerful, four-cylinder engine became capable of propelling the car to more than 120 mph (193kph), up from 90 mph (144kph). Only 76 examples were supercharged by Bugatti, and they went on to race at Le Mans, the Mille Miglia, the Targa Florio and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-641238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This unique collection of cars now embarks on its third era; their first being when they were sold new and their second under the meticulous care of Hans Matti. Now, they will be kept in their original, unrestored condition, preserved as the important artifacts of Bugatti history that they are. And as they gathered at the Ch\u00e2teau Saint Jean \u2013 a place bought by Ettore Bugatti to entertain his customers, and still a core part of the Bugatti legend \u2013 it was almost as though the cars had never left. A sense of history surrounds the Ch\u00e2teau, brimming with nearly a century of Bugatti heritage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-641239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christophe Piochon, President of Bugatti Automobiles, commented: \u201cWe are a brand that constantly looks to the genius of our founder for inspiration. For Ettore, the most important aspect of a Bugatti was that it be\u00a0<em>incomparable<\/em>. It should be in a class of its own. Arguably nothing brings us closer to vision of Ettore than seeing his creations in the condition they left the factory in; the original rivets, paint, and, in particular, the meticulous engineering that came to define his cars and ultimately his success. This collection of cars and the stories that have been gathered around them are absolutely priceless, and we\u2019re honored to have been able to welcome them to home of Bugatti Automobiles. As we look to a new era of Bugatti, it\u2019s pioneering models like these that will be our inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-641240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09BUGATTI_Custmer-Car-Gathering-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, a collection of the most extraordinary, unrestored Bugatti cars has sat, meticulously cared for and researched, in a sprawling house in Switzerland. But now this collection, lovingly built up over decades by Hans Matti, has found a new custodian, and the cars\u2019 first journey under their new ownership took them to Ch\u00e2teau Saint Jean in Molsheim \u2013 the ancestral home of Bugatti Automobiles. To have these cars returning \u2018home\u2019, just a stone\u2019s throw from where they were originally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":810557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[495,255],"tags":[5469,510,429],"class_list":["post-500209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bugatti","category-news","tag-bugatti","tag-car-collection","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Matti Collection Comes Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A rare collection of Bugatti road and racecars returns to their ancestral home.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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