This Bugatti EB110 holds a special spot in the marque’s history–it’s the first EB110 to be built as a Super Sport.
The S4, as this example is referred to, was part of several significant events for the EB110. It was present during the run at the Nardo Ring where the EB110 becam…
If this is the very first EB110 Super Sport then it was completed in 1992 not 1993.
The Super Sport made its debut at the 1992 Genera Auto Salon, and that summer I visited the Bugatti factory in Campogalliano where I was graciously hosted by Romano Artioli himself.
Towards the end of our conversation in his office he suddenly said, "We have just completed the first Super Sport, would you like to drive it on our test track?" It took me all of one second to say "Yes please!"
And so I became the very first outsider to drive the EB110 Super Sport prototype.
In reply to Greatestape :
You're correct, the EB110 Super Sport debuted in 1992.
However, per the seller, "the first EB110 SS prototype presented at the 1992 Geneva Salon was an extensively modified GT model." This one is considered the first built specifically as a Super Sport.
P.S. - That's awesome you got to drive the very first one. How was it? (Or is that a silly question?)
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