The Bugatti EB118 show car debuted in 1998. Bugatti was founded in Molsheim, France, as a manufacturer of high performance automobiles by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian It featured a 6. 2 litre turbocharged W18 engine that produced 555 hp (408 kW) and 479 ft·lbf (650 Nm). A turbocharger, or turbo, is an air Compressor used for forced-induction of an Internal combustion engine. A W18 engine is an eighteen cylinder piston engine which usually has a single crankshaft with three banks of six cylinders arranged in an inverted broad arrow configuration It had permanent all wheel drive. Four-wheel drive, 4WD, or 4x4 ("four by four" is a four-wheeled Vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four Wheels to The design of the car was intended to echo the 1931 Bugatti Type 50, and it features a longitudinal groove echoing the Bugatti Atlantic. The Bugatti Type 46 and later Type 50 were large enclosed touring cars and along with the Type 50B racing version were all produced in the 1930s Type 57G Bugatti --> The famous Type 57G tank-bodied racers used the 57S chassis in 1936 and 1937 and the