How the Bugatti Type 35 Legend Was Born

Jules Goux in the Bugatti Type 35T at the 1926 Bugatti Targa Florio

The Bugatti Type 35 is one of the most successful racing cars of all time. And deservedly so: the French manufacturer’s open-top sports car secured over 2,000 victories between 1924 and 1930. Today, the Type 35 is a legend in international motor sport. And a whole lot more besides.

As Ettore Bugatti said himself: “The Type 35 was the founding father of a family of pure-blooded racehorses from Molsheim – a true thoroughbred.”

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