160 bhp, 3,257 cc DOHC inline eight-cylinder engine with a Roots-type supercharger, four-speed manual gearbox, solid front axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, solid rear axle with quarter-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel Lockheed cable-operated drum brakes.

Wheelbase: 3,302 mm The supercharged Bugatti Type 57C engine made its first appearance at the 1936 Paris Salon, and it was soon available on the improved second-series Type 57 chassis that appeared in late 1936.

With this addition of considerable power and improved performance, the Type 57C is regarded as one of the best all-around touring Bugattis ever built, and it remains the apogee of the Bugatti road car legend.

CHASSIS NUMBER 57467 The report of Bugatti historian Yves-Paul Laugier, a copy of which is on file, states that the car offered here, chassis number 57467, was the very first Type 57C sold, and it was also the first Gangloff Type 57 Drophead built.

Laugier notes that the records of Lyon Bugatti agent Pierre M...