1930 Bugatti Royale Napoleon

Bugatti Royale

From Wikipedia,
Bugatti Type 41 (Royale) Coupé Napoleon
Manufacturer Bugatti
Also called Bugatti Royale
Production 1927-1933 (6 produced)
Class Luxury car
Layout FR layout
Engine(s) 12,763 cc (12.7 L) (779 cu in.).straight-8
Transmission(s) 3-speed manual
Wheelbase ~4.3 metres (169.3 in)
Length ~6.4 metres (252.0 in)
Curb weight ~3,175 kg (7,000 lb)

The Bugatti Type 41, better known as the Royale, was a large luxury car with a 4.3 m (169.3 in) wheelbase and 6.4 m (21 ft) overall length. It weighed approximately 3175 kg (7000 lb) and used a 12.7 L (12763 cc/778 in³) straight-8 engine.

For comparison, the Royale is about as heavy as a large modern commercial pickup truck, such as a Ford Super Duty F-450, but it is about 10% longer. When compared to the modern Rolls-Royce Phantom, it is about 20% longer, and more than 25% heavier.

Ettore Bugatti planned to build twenty-five of these cars, and sell them to royalty. But even European royalty was not buying such things during the Great Depression, and Bugatti was able to sell only three of the six made. Today a Bugatti Royale is both one of the largest and rarest cars in the world.