Roland Bugatti

Roland Bugatti (23 August 1922 – 29 March 1977) was a French engineer and automotive industrialist.

In 1951, after the death of his brother Jean Bugatti in 1939, and his father Ettore Bugatti in 1947, Roland Bugatti (age 25) and Marco Pierre (former pilot and loyal partner of the plant) tried to pursue the Adventure Bugatti unsuccessfully.

[1][2] In 1956 the company attempted a comeback in Formula One competition with the Bugatti Type 251.

[3] In 1963 Bugatti was sold to the aerospace company Hispano-Suiza.

[4][5] Bugatti died in Aix-en-Provence on 29 March 1977.