Road Trip season has started! And for Day 1 of my latest adventure, I head to Bicester Heritage with Paul and Tony for a Hot Lap Challenge in the incredible Baby Bugatti 2... a 40mph, £40,000 'toy' car.

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The car that brought Automobiles Ettore Bugatti to fame in the 1920s, the Bugatti Type 35, is generally acknowledged as the most successful racing car of all time.

During its long career it won around 2,000 professional and amateur races, averaging more than fourteen per week at its peak.

In 1926 Ettore and his son Jean decided to build a half-scale Type 35 for Ettore's youngest son, Roland, on the occasion of his fourth birthday.

What Ettore and Jean had intended as a one-off present, became an official Bugatti vehicle. The feedback from customers visiting Molsheim had been so positive that it went into production and was sold between 1927 and 1936. The Bugatti 'Baby' was born.

Cherished by Bugatti enthusiasts worldwide, today no collection is complete without a Baby. However, with only around 500 ever made, they have been the preserve of the lucky few.

To celebrate Bugatti's 110th anniversary, we are introducing the smallest member of the Bugatti family: the Baby II. A contemporary tribute to Ettore's masterpiece, the Baby II will be a strictly limited run, just like the original: only 500 cars will be built.

Unlike the original, which was only suitable for the youngest drivers, the Baby II is a three-quarters-size replica of the Bugatti Type 35 so it can be driven by adults. The Baby II will allow automobile enthusiasts from across generations to share the love of driving and of the classic marque of Bugatti.

Launching almost a century after its predecessor, the Baby II has been created using the latest technology, but with the utmost respect for Bugatti's automotive heritage. Hand-built, the car was designed with the aid of a precise digital scan of an original Type 35, built for the 1924 French Grand Prix in Lyon.

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