Test Driving a 1927 Pur Sang Bugatti Type 35

In this video, we have Peter talk about the 1927 Pur Sang Bugatti Type 35, an Exacting Reproduction Of One Of The Most Important Grand Prix Cars ever. We also have Gary take it out for a spin around the dealership as he had never driven anything this early before. For more classic car content, check out our recent video on this REAL 1966 Shelby Cobra S/C car:    • THE BEST STREET COBRA EVER MADE!  Ful...  

A small company in Argentina, filled with incredible craftsmen called Pur Sang builds truly extraordinary copies of vintage Bugattis and Alfa Romeos with every exacting detail and engineering equal to the originals. Each is carefully factory built, with all components produced in Pur Sang’s own facility, and is designed as not merely a replica but a literal “new” car that is true to the original in every important sense.

The company is most famous for their Bugatti Type 35, which is visually near-identical to, and has the same performance, exhaust note, and thrilling driving characteristics as the original Molsheim-built cars. Ettore Bugatti’s diminutive masterpiece racked up nearly 2000 victories in the late 1920s, making it arguably the most successful racing car of all time. Type 35s won the Targa Florio road race in Sicily five times in a row, and the Monaco Grand Prix twice. Excepting the success of Bentleys at Le Mans in the same period, Bugattis dominated racing until arrival of the Vittoria Jano-engineered Alfa Romeos.

The snarling 2.3-liter inline-eight evokes images of French motor racing heroes like Louis Chiron and Helle Nice sliding their Type 35s by the scruff around the dusty circuits of Europe. With overhead cams and a centrifugal supercharger, these featherweight cars made upward of 130 horsepower in their time, and with the improved internals and materials used by Pur Sang Argentina, the output is undoubtedly higher. That power is sent rearward via a 4-speed manual gearbox with a reverse H-pattern change.

This Type 35 offered here is finished in a beautiful shade of dark blue with a complementing tan leather seat upholstery. In addition, the Grand Prix was specified with full road equipment, including cycle fenders, Marchal headlights, Scintilla tail lights, and tiny, very cleverly concealed turn signals, ideal for actual use on modern roads. Having never been used, this example remains in showroom new condition.

The Pur Sang Bugatti, simply put, offers the best of all possible worlds—the exact experience of using a great vintage Bugatti, but with improved durability and ease of maintenance.

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