Bugatti Model History

France · founded 1909

Ettore Bugatti's art-meets-engineering marque (1909–1956) — creator of the Type 35 Grand Prix legend, the Royale, and the peerless Type 57 Atlantic.

Models

Type 13 (Brescia)

Bugatti's first production car — a flyweight four-cylinder racer that swept the top four positions at the 1921 Brescia Grand Prix.

Sports car · 1910–1926
Type 35

The most successful racing car of its era — claiming roughly 2,500 victories, five consecutive Targa Florio wins, and the 1926 Grand Prix World Championship.

Racing car · 1924–1930
Type 41 Royale

The largest and most expensive car of the interwar era — six built, only three sold — powered by a 12.7-litre straight-eight engine.

Luxury car · 1927–1933
Type 55

A road-legal Grand Prix car — 38 built with Jean Bugatti's roadster body and a supercharged 2.3-litre engine from the Type 51 racer.

Sports car · 1932–1935
Type 57

Bugatti's prewar grand tourer masterpiece — 710 built, including the four legendary Type 57SC Atlantics; won Le Mans in 1937 and 1939.

Grand tourer · 1934–1940
Type 101

The last car of the original Bugatti family — seven chassis built from 1951, bodied by four coachbuilders, using the Type 57's proven 3.3-litre straight-eight.

Grand tourer · 1951–1956

Other makes