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On February 19, one of the world’s most desirable pre-war cars, an exceedingly rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S, will cross the auction block after being hidden for over 50 years. The auction will take place at Bonhams’ Legends of the Road Sale event. According to the auction house, the Type 57S was originally ordered new by Robert Ropner, a member of the Ropner Shipping Line family, and was custom-built to his specifications by coachbuilding outfit Corsica of London. The car’s next owner was Rodney Clarke, founder of British Connaught Grand Prix racing team.  It was then purchased by Turnbu...

Bonhams Its first owner, Robert Ropner, a member of the Ropner Shipping Line family, ordered the custom-built four-seater sports car with a Grand Routier body designed by the coachbuilder Corsica of London. Thanks to a powerful 3.3-liter, the 57S was the fastest road car of its day and regarded as a Grand Prix car for the road during Bugatti's golden era of racing in the 1930s. Fittingly, its second owner was Rodney Clarke, founder of the post war British Connaught Grand Prix racing team. What also makes this car so special is that the chassis is based on one of only three lightweight fra...

Written by By Sara Spary, CNN A rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S discovered in a British workshop is to be auctioned next month, with a price estimate of between £5 million and £7 million ($6.7 - $9.5 million.) The "outstanding" Bugatti is in "exceptionally rare condition" and is being sold by Bonhams after being found in the workshop of its late owner, engineer and car enthusiast Bill Turnbull, in the English county of Staffordshire, the auction house said. Turnbull, originally from New Zealand, purchased the vehicle from its previous owner in 1969 and then set about quietly restoring it. Over t...

The Bugatti Baby II is a battery-powered toy car with a 42-mph top speed and detailing to rival a real Bugatti.

Back in the Twenties , Ettore Bugatti built one of these for his then-four-year-old son Roland. Soon enough, people who had seen it running around the factory loved it. The car was a hit, so much so that Ettore put them into production, building 500 for customers around the world. It was based on his Type 35 Grand Prix car, a vehicle Bugatti said was the winningest race car in history, with more than 2,000 victories. So to celebrate the company’s 110th anniversary, Bugatti decided to make another one. Taken from digitized scans of a real 1924 Type 35 and then shrunk to 75% size, the Bugatt...