Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some orders were cancelled and a few build slots for the limited run of 500 units have become available and will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
The original Bugatti Baby was born in 1926 when Ettore and his son Jean decided to build a scaled-down Type 35 for Ettore’s youngest son, Roland, on the occasion of his fourth birthday.
While the original Bugatti Baby was a 50% scale version of the car that brought Automobiles Ettore Bugatti to fame in the 1920s, the Bugatti Baby II offers more in terms of size and considerably more in terms of performance.
Eight-year olds would struggle to fit in the original half-scale Baby, whereas at 75% scale and designed for ages fourteen and above, the Baby II has definitely become more of a young adult.
The Bugatti Baby II is available in three versions:
> Base model with a composite body and a 1.4kWh battery pack
> Vitesse model with a carbon fibre body, 2.8kWh battery pack and an ungraded powertrain including a Speed Key like its big brother, the Chiron
> Pur Sang model, targeted at collectors. The Pur Sang offers the same powertrain as the Vitesse but with beautiful, hand-formed aluminium bodywork. Using the same traditional coachbuilding techniques as the original Bugatti Type 35, each aluminium body takes more than two hundred hours of skilled craftsmanship to create.
The Baby II’s performance has grown, too. Still rear wheel drive, all versions of the Baby II have a limited slip differential, high performance hydraulic brakes and selectable driving modes.
The Base model comes with two modes; Novice which is limited to 20kph (12mph) and 1kW (1.3bhp) of power, and Expert which is limited to 45 kph (30mph) and 4kW (5.4bhp) of power.
The Vitesse and Pur Sang versions include the Novice and Expert driving modes, but also offer extra performance from an upgraded powertrain, unlocked by the legendary Bugatti Speed Key.
This enables you to deploy up to 10kW (13.4 bhp) and with an all up weight of just 230kg, the Vitesse & Pur Sang models will try and spin their rear Michelin tyres from standstill, on the way to a 70kph (42mph) top speed.
Depending on the weight of the driver, 0-60 kph is dispatched in just six seconds.
When it comes to range, the lithium ion battery packs combined with regenerative braking will also surprise clients used to the original Baby.
When driven carefully, the Base model can achieve 25km of range on a single charge.
The larger battery pack in the Vitesse and Pur Sang models doubles that, meaning a driver can achieve more than 50km, though not if they decide to unleash the full performance of the Baby II.
