One in every of simply three Bugatti EB 112 sedan prototypes is up on the market via German vendor Schaltkulisse.

First noticed by Carscoops, that is the second of three prototypes for what was to be the followup to the Bugatti EB 110 supercar through the Nineteen Nineties revival of Bugatti by Italian businessman Romano Artioli. He had dreamed of bringing Bugatti again to life ever because the unique iteration of the corporate stopped constructing automobiles in 1952.

Unveiled on the 1993 Geneva motor present, the EB 112 was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and was powered by a 6.0-liter V-12 making 450 hp, mounted in a front-midship configuration. That would push this luxurious sedan from 0-62 mph in a claimed 4.3 seconds, and on to a prime pace of 186 mph.

The EB 112 at the moment up on the market—chassis quantity 39001—was constructed by Italdesign. The opposite two had been alleged to be constructed at Bugatti’s Campogalliano, Italy, manufacturing unit however had been in the end accomplished by different events. At the moment exhibiting 2,432 miles on the odometer, chassis quantity 39001 is an fascinating glimpse at may need been.

When the EB 112 was unveiled, it appeared Artioli’s revival of Bugatti would achieve success. The EB 110 was attracting numerous optimistic consideration, and Bugatti was even offering design companies to different corporations, together with Suzuki.

Nonetheless, monetary points (together with money owed incurred by Artioli after an funding in Lotus) despatched Bugatti into chapter 11 in 1995. Simply 128 examples of the EB 110 had been constructed earlier than the corporate went bankrupt, and the EB 112 by no means progressed past the prototype stage. The rights to the Bugatti title had been later bought by the Volkswagen Group, which staged a longer-lasting revival of the model with the Veyron and Chiron.