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Bugatti EB110 SS To Return As Chiron-based Special Edition

Remember Girardo & Co.? They’re a lovely bunch of petrolheads, demonstrating two years ago that Lancia rally cars aren’t exactly fit for the shopping spree. Fast-forward to the present day, and the British company has come across a bit of Bugatti-related information.
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Taking the matter to Instagram, Girardo claims that “Bugatti will be presenting a new car at Pebble Beach this year that is inspired from the original EB110 SS” from the 1990s. Rumors further suggest only 10 examples of the breed, each carrying a sticker price of 8 million euros. “No matter how fast the latest and greatest is, we still love the the spec of Artioli’s Bugatti EB110 SS.”

SS stands for Sport Stradale, a nomenclature that returned with the Veyron in 2010 as the Super Sport. The EB110 SS tipped the scales at 1,418 kilograms, a lighter vehicle than the bone-stock EB1110. The 3.5-liter V12 with four turbochargers was also a bit more powerful, rated at 612 PS (603 horsepower) at the crankshaft.

Under the leadership of Romano Artioli, the peeps at Bugatti revealed the EB110 SS in March 1992 at the Geneva Motor Show. Top speed was rated at 355 km/h (221 mph), and zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) came in 3.2 seconds thanks to all-wheel drive and Michelin Pilot SX high-performance tires.

Michael Schumacher had a yellow EB110 SS, purchasing the car in 1994 and keeping it until 2003. Derek Hill, on the other hand, took the supercar racing at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1996. For all intents and purposes, the EB110 series was an extremely desirable and complex piece of machinery.

Girardo & Co. has such a model for sale, “the very last one built.” Featuring less than 6,000 kilometers on the odometer from new, the silver-painted example is one of 33 ever made by Bugatti and Dauer.

On that note, a Chiron with different styling doesn’t sound all that bad. The big question is, will it be lighter than the Chiron Sport and more powerful than 1,500 ponies? Only time will tell…

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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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