Bugatti
Type 35 Grand Prix (35 / 35B / 35C / 35T family)

Why it matters

The Type 35 family was Bugatti's Grand Prix two-seater of 1924–31, built in numbers and sold to private racers as well as the works team. Its cast alloy wheels with integral brake drums, outside levers and straight-eight engine made it the template for several later Bugattis, whose chassis and body it shared.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

The original Type 35 of about 1924 used a 1991 cc unsupercharged eight of about 90 bhp. From around 1926 came the variants: the 35C kept the two-litre engine with a Roots supercharger, the 35B used a 2262 cc engine with a Roots supercharger, and the 35T used the 2.3-litre engine unsupercharged; the supercharged cars made about 120–130 bhp. Production ran until about 1931, with 210 cars of the family (including the Type 39) made, 90 of them supercharged.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

Look for the two-seat Grand Prix body, cast alloy wheels with integral brake drums and detachable rims, gear and brake levers outside the body, inward-sweeping rear springs, and a special oil feed pipe to the front ball race. Supercharged cars have a hole high in the right-hand bonnet for the relief-valve exit; 35B and 35T engines have a compression plate. Bore is 60 mm on all; stroke is 88 mm on the 35/35C and 100 mm on the 35B/35T.

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   The Bugatti Trust – Type 35, 35B, 35C, 35T data page Level A

   • 210 Type 35-family Grand Prix cars incl. Type 39 (90 supercharged); no per-variant split

   Accessed 2026-11-11
2. 2
   Bugatti Type 35, 35B, 35C, 35T Level A The Bugatti Trust

   • 8 cylinders, single overhead camshaft, 3 valves per cylinder
   • 35: 1991cc, 60 x 88mm
   • 35: about 90 bhp, no supercharger
   • Separate central 4-speed gearbox with reverse
   • Wheelbase 94.5in (2.4m)

   Accessed 2026-11-11
3. 3
   1929 Bugatti Type 35B Grand Prix BC138 (Goodwood Revival 2023) Level C Bonhams · 2023-09-09

   • 1,991cc straight-eight engine
   • single overhead camshaft actuated each cylinder's three valves
   • novel hollow front axle; leaf springs at the front

   Accessed 2026-11-12
4. 4
   1929 Bugatti Type 35B Grand Prix, chassis 4938 (Pebble Beach 2021) Level C Gooding & Company

   • 4-speed manual gearbox
   • Rear live axle with reversed quarter-elliptical leaf springs
   • 4-wheel cable-operated mechanical drum brakes

   Accessed 2026-11-12