Bugatti Type 59

This car was one of the display exhibits in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's a replica of a 1934 Bugatti Type 59, constructed in the 1980s. The Type 59 used a modified Type 54 chassis with a straight-eight engine of 3,257cc that was an enlarged version of the Type 57 engine. It was the last of the 1930's Bugatti racing cars, and the next new Bugatti to be seen on a racetrack was the brief appearance of the Type 251 in the French Grand Prix of 1956.

On 4 December 2013 I showed a photograph of this car, and other Bugattis, at Donington Park in 2005.

More Bugattis at Donington Park

More photographs of Bugattis at Donington Park, this time from the SeeRed meeting in September 2005.

1931 Bugatti Type 51

Bonhams auctioneers brought along a few cars and this one is a 1928 Bugatti Type 35B

Another Bonhams Bugatti, this one described as a 1935 Type 59/50B

This is a 1934 Bugatti Type 59

And this last one is a 1939 Bugatti Type 59 recreation