Bugatti Type 57
Compare the Type 57, 57C, 57S, Atlantic, and the two Le Mans Tank configurations.
Bugatti Type 57 models compared
Road cars
- Bugatti Type 57
Match the chassis to its original body and verify any later coachwork or replacement components against period photographs and workshop records.
- Bugatti Type 57C
Confirm the original Type 57C configuration and identify the coachbuilder. Date changes to the body and engine separately.
- Bugatti Type 57S
Verify the low chassis specification, original body, and the date and installer of any supercharger. Check stamped component numbers against period records.
Introduced 1936
- Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic
Reconcile the car against the four factory-documented Atlantics. Check component, rebody, and restoration records before making an originality claim.
Coupé
Competition and track cars
- Bugatti Type 57G Tank
Trace works competition history to the 1937 Type 57G and reconcile the individual chassis before assigning race results.
- Bugatti Type 57C Tank
Trace the 1939 car’s development and corroborate competition history against the specific chassis.
What to check across the range
Ask for evidence of chassis, engine, original coachwork, later bodies, and any supercharger installation. A later upgrade changes the comparison group even when the catalogue uses the same designation.
Selected chassis histories
- Bugatti Type 57S Corsica Tourer, chassis 57512
The same Corsica-bodied car appeared three times at RM Sotheby’s, with two published sales and competing supercharger dates.
- Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, chassis 57551
Original 57S Atalante with a later replacement engine and supercharger, and a documented concours and auction history.
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