Bugatti’s timeless appeal set auction records at the 70th anniversary, Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Think back to 1956 with the gorgeous 1930 Bugatti Type 37 Grand Prix and its win with the ‘Best of Show’ gong.

In 2021, Bugatti’s scored two more top awards, plus, two auction records for individual Bugatti models.  The sales at Gooding & Company and RM Sotheby’s Pebble Beach 2021 classic car auction saw the Bugatti reach new heights.

Chairwoman, Sandra Button’s ‘Chairman’s Trophy’ is given to a Concours d’Elegance entrant as the crowning glory to the early event. The lucky car this year was the 1929 Bugatti Type 35 B Grand Prix.

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ABOVE: Bugatti at Pebble Beach

The Type 35 was a giant in the racing world during the 1920s and 1930s. This car, Chassis 4938 won the 1929 French and Spanish Grand Prix driven by Louis Chiron and William Grover-Williams.

The Bugatti Type 35 B sold at the Gooding & Company Pebble Beach 2021 classic car auction for a record $5,615,000, well over the guide price.

A 1994 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport set its own record over at the RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction. Only 39 EB110 Super Sports were made, making the 610PS, 351 km/h both rare, and blindingly fast. It was the first super sports car with carbon fibre body, all-wheel drive, and quad-turbochargers, and sold for a model record at $2,755,000.

Another Bugatti, the 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Corsica Drophead Coupé, got the top gong in the ‘European Classic Sports’ J-1 class. Jean Bugatti’s Type 57 design was improved further with the Type 57S in 1934. The Type 57S got a new, tighter chassis and a re-tuned 3.3-liter inline eight-cylinder engine. The tweaks lifted output by 40hp to 175hp.

The Type 57S went on to define the brand at the very dawn of the racing era. Its top speed of 120mph made it the fastest French production car of its era. To confirm its pedigree, the Type 57S family won three Grand Prix victories alongside the overall 24 Hours of Le Mans victory in 1937 and 1939.