£4.33m
1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Tourer by Corsica
RM Sotheby's • US • 19 Aug 2023
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£4,328,457
1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Tourer by Corsica
US • 19 Aug 2023
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Tourer by Corsica, chassis number 57512, is a meticulously restored example of Bugatti's most desirable model. Retaining its original chassis, engine, gearbox, differential, and body, it boasts a known and fascinating ownership history, including Maurice Fox-Pitt Lubbock, a close friend of Jean Bugatti.
Condition
9
The car underwent a comprehensive, nearly 6,000-hour restoration by RM Auto Restoration, with invoices totaling nearly $700,000. All major mechanical components have been entirely rebuilt, overhauled, and bench-tested during the car’s restoration. The car is presented today very much the same as it was delivered to Lubbock in March 1937.
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57512
RHD
United States
DXP 970
1937
Auction
£4.33m
1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Tourer by Corsica
RM Sotheby's • US • 19 Aug 2023
Market Position:
World Record
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Description
The cars of Ettore and Jean Bugatti have always enjoyed a reputation for precision engineering and craftsmanship often, and not unjustifiably, compared to that of the finest Swiss timepieces.
But no Bugatti model expressed all of the marque’s celebrated qualities so effortlessly as the elegant, luxurious, and competition-proven Type 57S.
Introduced at the Paris Auto Salon in October 1936, the 57S introduced a completely re-engineered and exceptionally sporting chassis design.
A magneto-driven ignition was mated to the specially tuned 3.3-liter dual-overhead cam, inline-eight-cylinder engine, which featured a higher compression ratio of 8.5:1.
When complemented by the available “C”-specification Roots-type supercharger, the 200-horsepower 57SC variant (as offered here) could be propelled to a top speed of some 120 mph, making it the fastest French production car of the period.
BUGATTI CHASSIS NUMBER 57512 Excellence in competition was, of course, only one facet of the model’s appea...
Price Analysis vs Other Type 57SC Corsicas
£3,460,072
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£3,894,265
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£4,328,457
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