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BugattiType 13

1910–1920 France passenger car 11 production years
Production1910–1920
Recorded originFrance
Classpassenger car
Built435 units
Background

The Bugatti Type 13 was the first car produced solely with the "Bugatti" name plate. Production of the Type 13, and later Types 15, 17, 22, and 23, began with the company's founding in 1910 and lasted through 1920, with 435 examples produced. Most road cars used an eight-valve engine, though five Type 13 racers had 16-valve heads, some of the first ever produced. The road cars became known as pur-sang ("thoroughbred") in keeping with Ettore Bugatti's feelings for his designs.

Text adapted from “Bugatti Type 13” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1910–1920

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗11 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1924

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗1 year