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Bugatti Baby II Ride-On Becomes Joy Ride for Adults at Official Presentation

Earlier this year, at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, Bugatti unveiled its first 3d-printed model. And we’re not talking about an actual full-size car, but a ride-on for the kids of the rich.
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Called Baby II, the ride-on has been designed to honor the half-scale Type 35 built by Ettore Bugatti in 1926 for one of his sons. The new toy, developed together with The Little Car Company, is still in testing stages, and only one prototype was built so far.

Called XP1, this version of the machine was available for test drives this week at the La Grande Fête event in Molsheim. And by test drives, we mean both adults and children were allowed to get inside and go out for a spin.

That’s because unlike Ettore Bugatti’s original, this toy car is a 75 percent scale of the Type 35 and comes complete with a sliding pedal box that allows operation.

The Baby II is an exact replica of the 1924 Type 35 Lyon Grand Prix car, each of the original components having been scanned and then 3D-printed and assembled.

What came out is an extraordinary ride-on, with a price to match.

The Baby II runs on electricity, as it is powered by lithium-ion batteries, and features regenerative braking. There are two battery options available, 1.4 kWh and 2.8 kWh, with the larger one giving the car a range of 30 km (18 miles).

Riding on eight-spoke alloy wheels shod in Michelin tires, the Baby II measures 2.8 meters long and 1.0 meter wide, with a weight – excluding the driver – of about 230 kg.

Inside, all the historic Bugatti elements are present, including the four-spoke steering wheel and an aluminum dashboard. On it sit instruments like speedometer, battery level indicator, and power gauge. There’s even a replica of the original clock used for measuring race performance in the Type 35 back in the day.

As a touch of finesse, Bugatti has replicated the fuel pressure pump from the Type 35 and made it act as a forward/reverse control.

The carmaker set out to make only 500 units of the Baby II. All of them are already spoken for, despite a huge price tag: €30,000.
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