{"id":8985,"date":"2018-03-20T06:40:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T06:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/x.www.carsome.my\/news\/icons-of-the-1900s-bugatti-type-35\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T15:29:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T07:29:40","slug":"icons-of-the-1900s-bugatti-type-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carsome.my\/news\/item\/icons-of-the-1900s-bugatti-type-35","title":{"rendered":"Icons of the 1900s – Bugatti Type 35"},"content":{"rendered":"

The name Bugatti today associates itself by having a string of recognising records and awards for their modern sports cars the Veyron and Chiron. From having the Guinness World Record for the fastest street-legal production car in the world for the Veyron Super Sport to the recent fastest 0-400-0 km\/h run of 41.96 seconds for the Chiron, it seems that Bugatti (now under the ownership of Volkswagen AG) has got quite a knack for building record breaking speed machines.<\/p>\n

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Look back the years and you wouldn’t be wrong, the youngest son of Carlo Bugatti, Ettore was drawn to mechanical arts at an early age, winning a gold medal at the 1901 Milan trade fair for his car design. Through time, work and opportunity, Ettore soon made a name for himself when he designed a 1400cc 4-cylinder car and displayed it at the 1910 Paris Automobile Show, it was this time that the name Bugatti soon came into the world stage.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The 1930 Bugatti Type 35 B\/T. Credit: The Revs Institute<\/strong><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

After World War I, Ettore continued to build and race cars. Through various events and wins, Bugatti soon made a name as a manufacturer of racing cars for private entrants.<\/p>\n

It was not until 1924, that a design and manufacture of a car that would break records unlike any other would take shape of the Type 35. From 1927 to 1931, the Blue cars from Bugatti dominated the racing scene. Their fine workmanship and ability to be a racing model competitively provided an added appeal.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Credit: Giphy<\/span><\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

The Type 35 featured a stunning streamlined teardrop-shaped bodyshell. It was also a commercial success as Bugatti then sold the Grand Prix model to prosperous privateers, laying the foundation for Molsheim\u2019s Golden Age or otherwise known as ‘the golden age of Ettore’s creations’. It had to be said however, that the Bugatti Type 35 was the only car from the period that could be driven on both public roads and racetracks.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>11th March 1933: Racing driver R L Bowes in his Type 35B Bugatti car during the Weybridge Senior Mountain Handicap race at Brooklands in Surrey which Bowes won the race with an average speed of 114.5 km\/h. Credit: J A Hampton\/ Getty Images<\/strong><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The Type 35 was the most successful of the Bugatti racing models. It was so phenomenally successful that it won over 1,000 races in its time – part of which was the Targa Florio for five consecutive years, from 1925 through 1929.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>View from the driver’s cockpit. Credit: Sports Car Digest<\/strong><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

If Ettore Bugatti had designed only one car, the Type 35B would be enough to make him utterly immortal. The car he designed would have been engraved into the local folklore and it would have its own glorified sculpture.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Bugatti Type 35T GP. Credit: MotoBurg<\/strong><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

For 1926, Bugatti introduced a special model for the Targa Florio race. Called the \u201cType 35T\u201d, it shared the 2.3 L with a longer 100 mm stroke. The engine was an SOHC three-valve design and produced 60 hp. It is the same engine used in the Type 40. The Type 35B had 138 hp and a total of 45 examples were made. A British racing green Type 35B driven by William Grover-Williams also triumphed and won the 1929 French Grand Prix at Le Mans.<\/p>\n

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The eight-cylinder Type 35 introduced in 1924, is the most aesthetically satisfying racing car ever made. It represented the high point of Bugatti\u2019s production, as it came at a time when his factory\u2019s meticulous craftsmanship and hand assembly could produce a significantly superior performance. Bugatti later sought to keep up with the industrialised output of his rivals, and the cars leaned towards a larger build. Yet, the lightness, poise and accuracy of the Type 35B were never to be recaptured ever since.<\/p>\n

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