Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet par Graber – 1936

Swiss registration title, customs cleared in Europe
Sold without contrôle technique

“The car was travelling at 130 km/h with the comfort and silence associated with the Type 57...

We were quite prepared to believe that Jean Bugatti had covered the 435 km to Paris in just under 3½ hours in the Type 57 – an average speed of 125 km/h...

“ – Motor Sport, May 1939.

By the early 1930s, Bugatti, thanks to its visionary boss Ettore, had already earned an unrivalled reputation for its cars’ remarkable performance, both on the road and in Grand Prix racing.

The greatest drivers of the era racked up victories at the wheel of the creations from the Molsheim factory, while also preferring them for their daily commutes.


Bolstered by this unbroken string of successes, Ettore Bugatti remained faithful to his single overhead camshaft engine,
only adopting the more advanced double overhead camshaft technology in 1930, on the Type 50, and only at the in...