This rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante is expected to fetch 4 million Euros and possibly much more. when it is sold at auction in Paris next month. It is one of just 17 built by the company and its existence was known to only a handful of people during the last 50 years.
This particular car is even more valuable because it was originally owned by Earl Howe, a prominent British race car driver, and because its original equipment is intact, so it can restored without relying on replacement parts. It was discovered by the family of Dr Harold Carr in his garage in Gosforth, Newcastle. The car is unused since 1960.
Bugatti once represented the height of motoring achievement. It could go up to 130 miles per hour when most other cars topped out about 50 mph.
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