Record auction price-1936 Bugatti for 40 Mil!!!

[gbdolfans]

:rolleyes: Hey everyone,

Check this out,it is incredible!!!

http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-features/49663-1936-bugatti-sells-for-40-million

I think it is interesting. :rolleyes:

[Modelmartin]

Not surprising because of the world economy. A Picasso just went for $100 million. Wealthy folks will park their money in something rare, solid and real! The Atlantic coupe is one of three and it's history is solid as is its sister car owned by Ralph Lauren. The third one is in France and it's history is very murky. Allegedly hit by a train or bombed during WWII and rebuilt. Likely that they jacked up the Bugatti ID plate and slid a new vehicle under it.

[gbdolfans]

I hear you.

I find it amusing that someone could spend that much money on an item such as this and you have people as myself that have to work 2 jobs to pay our bills.

It is different to look at!!! :rolleyes:

[sjordan2]

Here's a little more info on this, plus some added detail on the sketchy history of the one that was rebuilt after the train destroyed it.

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4089/Bugatti-Type-57-SC-Atlantic-Coupe.html

[High octane]

gbdolfans,

So how soes it look in your garage?

[SoCalCarCulture]

Leno has one of the three sitting in his Bugatti-Duesenberg room, saw it last month, they are works of art!

[Foxer]

have a Bugatti-Duesenberg room too, but it's behind the furnace with old PC monitors running slide shows.

[sjordan2]

Leno has one of the three sitting in his Bugatti-Duesenberg room, saw it last month, they are works of art!

Apparently, it's a dead-on replica, based on this from "Jay Leno's Garage"...

"The sad thing about the Atlantic is that only four were made, including the prototype, which no longer exists. Two others were meticulously restored by their current owners, Peter Williamson and Ralph Lauren, each taking Best of Show at Pebble Beach. The story of the third Atlantic is more shadowy and tragic: after a checkered history of ownership, the car was purchased by the married Monsieur Chatard in the name of his mistress. He was just teaching another attractive blond how to drive it when they were both killed in a horrific train crossing accident, which totaled the car. In 1965, its remains were discovered in a French junk yard, and the car was rebuilt around the chassis.

Jay's Atlantic is pretty much an exact supercharged copy built on a genuine 1937 Bugatti chassis, with the small additions of an electric fuel pump and radiator fan. Even though it was very expensive when Jay bought it twenty years ago, this Atlantic's worth isn't so astronomical as to prohibit him from actually driving it!"

Speaking of all that, here's an awesome 12-minute video hosted by Leno, showing off the car in the garage and on the freeway,

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/at-the-garage/bugatti/bugatti-type-57-sc-atlantic/

Edited May 7, 2010 by sjordan2

[Eshaver]

I always knew that those cars were for the very rich and mabye famous . However , uh thats too rich for my blood ! Thanks for sharing it with us . Ed Shaver

[gbdolfans]

Nick,

It looks great sitting in my garage!!!!! I put it next to my Ferarri FXX.

You are talking about pictures,RIGHT??