Julius Kruta

Julius Kruta caught the Bugatti bug at Prescott in England in the early 1980s and, in 1994, started a company specialising in hand-built Bugatti models. After graduating in 2000 with a thesis on Bugatti, he embarked on a career in marketing with Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S and, in 2003, became Head of Tradition, a position he held until summer 2018. Julius now works as a freelance historian and automotive adviser. He has written several books on the Bugatti marque and has been a regular Concours d’Elegance judge in Europe and America. He lives with his wife and two children in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Julius is co-author of one of our Great Cars books, which tells the story of the Bugatti Type 50 and of one chassis in particular: chassis 50177.