Bugatti was originally founded by Italian born automotive designer Ettore Bugatti in 1909 in the historic town of Molsheim, France. Ettore Bugatti established the company to build lightweight racing cars and luxurious passenger vehicles known for artistic engineering. Over the decades the brand changed ownership multiple times before being acquired by the Volkswagen Group and later structured into Bugatti Rimac. The historic French atelier continues to build hand crafted hypercars honoring the original founder legacy.