As the most successful race car to wear the Bugatti badge, the Type 35 rightly gets most of the acclaim directed at the marque’s early models, but it wasn’t the only winner. Of the numerous offshoots that the Type 35 spawned, the Type 37 enjoyed its share of glory, too.
As a carmaker, Bugatti was in its 15th year when the Type 35 made its debut at the 1924 French Grand Prix. Powered by a 2.0-litre straight-eight engine (developed from the Type 29) and featuring the novelty – for 1924 - of cast alloy wheels, the Type 35 wasn’t successful immediately, but it was soon delivering victories for Bugatti’s works team and privateers alike at a tremendous rate.
Despite its success, improvements came thick and fast in the years that followed.
