Editing Bugatti (section)

==After World War II==
[[World War II]] left the Molsheim factory in ruins and the company lost control of the property. During the war, Bugatti planned a new factory at Levallois, a northwestern suburb of Paris. After the war, Bugatti designed and planned to build a series of new cars, including the Type 73 road car and Type 73C single seat racing car, but in all Bugatti built only five Type 73 cars.

Development of a 375&nbsp;cc supercharged car was stopped when Ettore Bugatti died on 21 August 1947. Following his death, the business declined further and made its last appearance as a business in its own right at a [[Paris Motor Show]] in October 1952.<ref name=Automobilia1953>{{cite journal |title=Automobilia |journal=Toutes les voitures françaises 1953 (Salon Paris oct 1952) |volume=14 |pages=Pages 6 & 10|year=2000|publisher=Histoire & collections|location=Paris}}</ref>

After a long decline, the original incarnation of Bugatti ceased operations in 1952.[[File:Fondation Bugatti-Molsheim-Moteur Type 49 (2).jpg|thumb|Bugatti Type 49 Engine ([[Musée de la Chartreuse, Molsheim]])|alt=]]