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Bugatti among the pioneers in auto records, longest car, first production car to 100mph

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Longest Wheelbase - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Royale" title="Bugatti Royale">Bugatti Royale</a> 4.57 m (180 in) <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automotive_superlatives">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automotive_superlatives</a><br /><br />the world’s first 100 mph production car<br /><a href="http://driven.urbandaddy.com/2011/06/20/behind-the-wheel-jean-bugatti/">http://driven.urbandaddy.com/2011/06/20/behind-the-wheel-jean-bugatti/</a><br />and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Type_49">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Type_49</a> credits the Type 43 of 1927-31<br /><br />Baskin Robbins ice cream says "Burt Baskin owned a 1931 Rolls Royce Phantom II, the world's first 100 mph passenger car" <a href="http://www.baskinrobbins.com/about/funfacts.aspx">http://www.baskinrobbins.com/about/funfacts.aspx</a> of course, the catch is that they call the Rolls a "Passenger" car, and not a "Production" car, of which the Bugatti is barely a production car, being hand built, race cars by design<br /><br />And contending the record is a Gobron-Brillie <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">On July 21, 1904 in Ostend, Belgium Louis Rigolly stepped into his Gobron-Brillié ready to drive down the Ostend-Newport road. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">This was no ordinary drive however, as Louis Rigolly pushed his 15-liter Gobron-Brillié  to an unheard of 103.56 MPH. </span></div><a href="http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/first381.html">http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/first381.html</a><br />And who or what measured that speed in 1904 Belgium? Down to 2 decimal places even!<br /><br />But that is backed up by <a href="http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/WLSR_Gloucestershire.html">http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/WLSR_Gloucestershire.html</a> which details the date and engine size<br /><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">On 21 July 1904, a 13 1/2 litre opposed piston Gobron-Brillie</span></div>