Early cars were not equipped with coolant temperature gauges. One enterprising company created the Moto-Meter, a temperature ...

Though increasingly uncommon today, back in the day every automaker had a hood ornament. Bugatti's was an elephant standing up on its hind legs with its trunk extended into the sky. It capped the ...

Hood ornaments like the whimsical Bugatti bear or Rolls-Royce’s Spirit of Ecstasy, sadly, can certainly affect a car’s aerodynamics. In Europe, car regulations pushed out hood ornaments ...

He was principally known for casting animal sculptures in bronze, and one of his creations – the rearing elephant – became Bugatti's hood ornament, adorning the nose of the Type 41 Royale and ...