Story by Gijsbert-Paul Berk
Crossing in 1929 the Sahara with Bugatti Type 40: 11,500 kilometers of unpaved roads and desert
In 1927, Lieutenant Frédéric Loiseau, served with the 4th French Army Corps in North Africa. One day an acquaintance, who was the manager of a bank in Tunis, let him drive his supercharged Bugatti. This gave Loiseau the idea for a super-fast automobile link between French-administered territories. These powerful and light Bugattis were potentially much better for such a task than the heavy Citroën autochenille (half-tracks), which had crossed the desert in 1924. [Read more…] about With a Bugatti T40 Across the Sahara