135 hp, 3,257 cc DOHC inline eight-cylinder engine, four-speed manual gearbox, solid front axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, live rear axle with quarter-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel mechanical brakes.

Wheelbase: 3,300 mm • The ultimate pre-war Bugatti road car • Sophisticated design and legendary engineering • Offered complete with EU paperwork The Type 57 is perhaps the most celebrated of all road-going Bugatti chassis, with a rare combination of style and performance that made it an instant success and marked the final and most enduring automotive legacy of Jean Bugatti, one of the sons of Le Patron, Ettore Bugatti.

To be successful, Bugatti’s new model of course had to be both powerful and beautiful, and it was expected to appeal to the company’s discerning and elite clientele, skilfully exhibiting the Molsheim firm’s renowned design and engineering prowess.

The development of the Type 57, in many ways, reflected both the maturation of the Bugatti marque and that of ...