Bugatti EB 118

The Bugatti EB 118 is the first concept car developed by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.. The 2-door coupé was presented at the 1998 Paris Motor Show.[1] Bugatti commissioned the design of the EB 118 to Giorgetto Giugiaro of Italdesign. The EB 118 is powered by a W18 engine and has permanent four wheel drive.

Bugatti EB 118
Overview
ManufacturerBugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
Production1998
DesignerGiorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign
Body and chassis
ClassConcept car
Body style2-door coupé
LayoutFront-engine, all-wheel-drive
RelatedBugatti EB 218
Lamborghini Diablo
Powertrain
Engine6.3 L W18
Transmission5-speed automatic
Dimensions
Length198.8 in (5,050 mm)
Width78.3 in (1,989 mm)
Height55.9 in (1,420 mm)

Design
The Bugatti 57SC Atlantic from which the design of the EB 118 is inspired

The design of the car is intended to echo the 1931 Type 50 and the 57SC Atlantic. The EB 118 has a longitudinal rib that echoes the Atlantic's longitudinal body seam.[2]

Debut

Bugatti debuted the EB 118 at the 1998 Paris Auto Show. After its Paris debut, Bugatti again displayed the EB 118 along with its four-door counterpart the EB 218 at the Geneva Auto Show and the Tokyo Motor Show in 1999. The car itself was already production ready, but Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. decided that they wanted to focus on a sports car based on the 18/3 Chiron concept car introduced in 1999, meaning that the EB 118 stayed a concept car and never made it into production.

Powertrain

Power comes from a Volkswagen-designed W18 engine which produces 555 hp (414 kW; 563 PS) and 479 lb⋅ft (649 N⋅m) of torque. The EB 118 W18 engine is composed of three banks of six cylinders with a sixty degree offset between each cylinder bank. In contrast, the W16 engine in Bugatti's first production car, the 2005 Veyron EB 16.4, features four banks of 4 cylinders in Volkswagen double VR (narrow vee) configuration. and 4 turbochargers, hence the "16.4" name of the engine. The EB 118 also features permanent four wheel drive taken from the Lamborghini Diablo VT.

This same powertrain would be used later in both the 1999 EB 218 and 1999 18/3 Chiron concepts.

References
  1. Russell R. Esposito. The Golden Milestone: Over 2500 Years of Italian Contributions to Civilization. p. 469. ISBN 9780967143613.
  2. "EB 118". italdesign.it. Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2012-07-28.


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