Saint-Cloud elegance competition

It is by road that the famous coupe Napoleon, Ettore Bugatti’s personal car, will make its entrance at the Saint-Cloud Elegance Competition. The coupe Napoleon is one of the seven Bugatti Royale chassis built between 1926 and 1933 and incontestably the most exclusive car in the world. Admiring its lines is a pleasure and seeing it in motion, a privilege. The coupe Napoleon will arrive in Paris the day before the Saint-Cloud Elegance Competition opens and will certainly be the crowning glory of the event. The Cité de l’Automobile (Musée National, Collection Schlumpf - www.collection-schlumpf.com) which owns the coupe Napoleon, thus joins the ranks of partners of the Saint-Cloud Elegance Competition

Artcurial, which has backed the Saint-Cloud Elegance Competition from the outset, will of course welcome the coupe Napoleon when it graces Paris with its presence. Pending this event, the teams at the prestigious auction house are pleased to announce the first cars registered in the day’s sale scheduled during the Saint-Cloud Elegance Competition: a 1958 Pegaso Z102 Touring, Bugatti Type 40 roadster with compressor, a 1934 2-seater Alfa Romeo A6C 2300 Spider, a 1913 Brasier 15hp limousine, an original saloon in perfect condition, and a first hand Delage DM with bodywork by Autobineau. For more details on the sale, please contact François Melcion directly at Artcurial - fmelcion@artcurial.com

To attend the Saint-Cloud Elegance Competition, please fill out the attached request for press accreditation and return it before 1^st June 2008 by email to
presse-saintcloud@lva.fr or by post to Motor’s Media, Christophe Wilmart, 10 rue de Beauce, 91410 Saint-Escobille, France

The Saint-Cloud Elegance Competition

The tradition of the great automobile elegance competitions of last century will be revived at the gates of Paris.
Held on 28th and 29th June 2008 by Editions LVA, the first Saint-Cloud Elegance Competition will be one of the key events this summer. The prestigious and historic setting of the Saint-Cloud park will host exhibitions, condition competitions and special events. Expert collectors and well-informed motor and elegance enthusiasts will be more than satisfied. Auctions of automobilia and cars, masterfully orchestrated by Hervé Poulain (Artcurial, Briest-Poulain-F.Tajan), will undoubtedly be the highlights of this weekend.
For more information on the Saint-Cloud elegance competitions www.elegance-saint-cloud.fr
For more information on the auctions www.artcurial.com
For more information on Editions LVA www.lva-auto.fr

The Bugatti Royales

The Bugatti Royale is a “car designed for kings but that kings would never buy”. Masterminded by Ettore Bugatti, it was intended to be the car for the world’s rich and famous but failed to enjoy the expected success. Only 7 chassis were completed between 1926 and 1933 (fitted over time with 11 different bodies) and only three were sold new. The remaining four were used by Ettore Bugatti, whose famous coupe Napoleon had its bodywork completed by his son, Jean Bugatti. A commercial failure, the Royale nonetheless marked an era and today remains one of the most beautiful and exclusive cars in the world. The hundred engines built for the Bugatti Royales would enjoy a new lease of life by being fitted on the railcars Bugatti built for the French railways from 1933 onwards.To find out more about the Bugatti Royales www.collection-schlumpf.com