In 1987 the Bugatti brand was dusted off by the Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli and the engineer Paolo Stanzani. Artioli acquired the rights thanks to a presentation dossier of the revival project developed by Stanzani and to the good name of Ferruccio Lamborghini, initially involved in the project. Stanzani, with the Tecnostile studio, immediately set to work on the creation of a high-performance sports car that could rival the best productions of that period as well as position itself as the best high-performance car on the market. The factories for the construction of this car were no longer in France but in Campogalliano, in the Modena area, and were designed by the architect Giampaolo Benedini, who will then also be the final designer of the car. Stanzani left Bugatti, and therefore the technical management of the car, in July 1990, due to incurable disputes with the majority shareholder.