• Only four owners from new • Matching numbers • Outstandingly original chassis, engine, gearbox and drive train • New body to original pattern retaining the original bonnet • Well documented history • Past Mille Miglia Storica and Flying Scotsman rally participant • Pierre-Yves Laugier report on file Introduced in 1922, the Type 30 has a special place in Bugatti's history, for it was the company's first straight-eight engine to go into production and the first to use Bugatti's classic single-overhead-cam cylinder head, making it one of the most famous automobile engines of all time.

With a capacity of 1,991cc, with three valves per cylinder operated by the single gear-driven overhead camshaft and breathing via twin Solex carburettors, this beautiful engine produced approximately l00bhp at 4,500rpm.

Coming from a family of artists, Ettore Bugatti - 'Le Patron' - was renowned for his exquisite designs and the new eight-cylinder engine was no exception.

This beautiful new power unit w...