Bugatti Type 51s won at Monaco in 1931 and 1933 and then the factory built the Type 54, but time was running out. Italian automakers Alfa Romeo and Maserati were now hounding Bugatti, but that was ...

Although Bugatti’s Type 35 dominated competition in the late 1920s, the firm’s later efforts (such as the Type 51, Type 54 and Type 59) simply couldn’t compete with state-backed models from ...

Auction house Bonhams said it will offer a well-known Bugatti Type 54 factory racer at its Feb. 7 sale, which coincides with the weeklong Retromobile collector-car festivities in Paris. The car ...

a prolific Bugatti collector who was the heir to a wealthy Irish family. Craig repainted the Atalante in a black-and-white scheme he used on his other race cars, which included a Type 51, Type 54 ...

Starting the 90-year-old Bugatti Type 51 requires a complex procedure. First, you need to pressurize the fuel tank, using a pesticide-mister-style pump handle on the left edge of the engine-turned ...

History was made this weekend at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance when a 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports won Best of Show, marking the first time a preservation-class car has ever won the most ...