Editing Ettore Bugatti (section)

==Early career==
With financial support from a Count Gulinelli,<ref>[https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/slideshow/bugatti-through-ages-most-iconic-cars-french-marque/bugatti-type-2/ Bugatti Type 2, The Robb Report]</ref> Bugatti developed a second prototype, the [[De Dietrich-Bugatti#Type 2|Type 2]], which was a prize-winning exhibit at the [[:it:Fiera di Milano|Milan Trade Fair]] in the Spring of 1901.<ref name=Automobilia1947/> His design also caught the eye of Baron Adrien de Turckheim, who offered Bugatti the opportunity to come and design automobiles at his [[Lorraine-Dietrich]] car factory in [[Niederbronn-les-Bains|Niederbronn]].<ref name=Automobilia1947/> [[Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)|Frontier changes]] following the [[Franco-Prussian War]] had left De&nbsp;Dietrich with two car factories in two different countries: the Niederbronn plant, to which Bugatti now relocated was in [[Alsace]], which had been part of Germany since 1871, reverting to French control only in [[Treaty of Versailles|1919]]. In 1902 Ettore became the head of technology at De Dietrich.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bugatti - History |url=https://www.bugatti.com/brand/history/chronicles/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.bugatti.com |language=en |archive-date=2021-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910063053/https://www.bugatti.com/brand/history/chronicles/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 1902 through 1904, [[De Dietrich]] built his [[Bugatti Type 5#Type 3|Type 3]]/[[Bugatti Type 5#Type 4|4]] and [[Bugatti Type 5#Type 5|Type 5]]/[[Bugatti Type 6#Type 6|6]]/[[Bugatti Type 6#Type 7|7]], identified at the time with the name "De Dietrich, Licence Bugatti". While working for De&nbsp;Dietrich Bugatti met [[Émile Mathis]].<ref name="Automobilia1947" /> The two became first friends and then business partners, leaving De&nbsp;Dietrich in 1904 in order to produce automobiles of their own, which were identified with the name "Mathis-Hermes (Licence Bugatti)".<ref name="Automobilia1947" /> This arrangement lasted till 1906 after which the partners went their separate ways, and Bugatti set up a "Research centre" at [[Illkirch-Graffenstaden]], now a suburb on the south-side of [[Strasbourg]].<ref name="Automobilia1947" /> He produced several prototypes, collaborating closely with the [[Cologne]] based [[Deutz Gasmotoren Fabrik|Deutz]] company.<ref name="Automobilia1947" />

In 1907, Bugatti was appointed Production Director ("''Directeur des fabrications''") with Deutz.<ref name=Automobilia1947/> Here he designed the [[Bugatti Type 8#Type 8|Type 8]]/[[Bugatti Type 8#Type 9|9]]. While employed at Deutz, Bugatti built the [[Bugatti Type 10|Type 10]] in the basement of his home. In 1913, Bugatti designed a small car for [[Peugeot]], the [[Peugeot Bébé#Type 19|Type 19 ''Bébé'']].