Founder Ettore Bugatti was born in Milan, Italy, and the automobile company that bears his name was founded in 1909 in Molsheim located in the Alsace region which was part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1919.
O fundador Ettore Bugatti naceu en Milán, Italia, e a empresa de automóbiles que leva o seu nome foi fundada en 1909 en Molsheim que se atopa na rexión de Alsacia que formaba parte do Imperio Alemán ata 1919.