--- title: Bugatti Type 57 SC Atalante · HICONIUM description: "The Atalante puts Jean Bugatti's two-seat coupé body on the shorter Type 57S chassis. Seventeen received factory coachwork. The SC label means a supercharger is present; when and by whom it was fitted must be proved." canonical_url: https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/bugatti/type-57-sc-atalante image: https://hiconium.dev/og/vehicle/bugatti/type-57-sc-atalante.png --- > HICONIUM · Index: https://hiconium.dev/llms.txt · Every page: append `.md` or send `Accept: text/markdown`. > Path: [Home](https://hiconium.dev/) › [Vehicles](https://hiconium.dev/models) › [Bugatti](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/bugatti) › Type 57 SC Atalante > On this page: [The price and the proof](#the-price-and-the-proof) · [Model readouts](#model-readouts) · [Documented sales](#documented-sales) · [The sporting Type 57 in closed form](#overview-heading) · [Technical specifications](#technical-specifications) · [Engine and chassis](#engine-and-chassis) · [Identity](#identity) · [Type 57 SC Atalante register](#type-57-sc-atalante-register) · [The people behind the car](#the-people-behind-the-car) · [Jean Bugatti](#jean-bugatti) · [Ettore Bugatti](#ettore-bugatti) · [Member instruments](#member-instruments) ![A dark Bugatti Type 57 SC Atalante, front three-quarter view on a field with an art-deco sunburst](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/bugatti-type-57-sc-atalante/hero-wide-2560.jpg) # Type 57 SC Atalante Seventeen lowered coupés The Atalante puts Jean Bugatti's two-seat coupé body on the shorter Type 57S chassis. Seventeen received factory coachwork. The SC label means a supercharger is present; when and by whom it was fitted must be proved. 1936 to 1938 · 17 Atalante bodies built · Molsheim ## The price and the proof Indicative road-car band $6M–$12M · 2 documented road sales · 2 recorded sales on file. Modeled values are not observed sales. Nothing here is investment advice. Confidence: low. A documented $10.345 million 2022 sale anchors the range, but only 17 Type 57S Atalantes were built and chassis histories differ sharply in engine, supercharger, body and restoration originality. The band applies to genuine Type 57S Atalante coachwork with established history. Standard-chassis Atalantes and later bodies are separate comparisons. | Record | Amount | What | Venue | Date | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Road record | $10'345'000 | Type 57SC Atalante · 57523 | Gooding & Company Pebble Beach | 2022 | Valuation method and source rules: [HICONIUM standards](https://hiconium.dev/standards). Observed auction results across the wider market: [Market terminal](https://hiconium.dev/market). ### Model readouts 2 documented anchors. model v1 · seed bugatti-type-57-sc-atalante. Compound annual growth is modeled price CAGR; S&P 500 is a price index without dividends. Forecast quantiles are not investment advice. | Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1Y | -7.9% | +18.8% | +21.9% | | 5Y | -4.4% | +11.4% | +17.6% | | 10Y | -0.0% | +13.3% | +11.8% | | Series | Deepest drawdown | Window | | --- | --- | --- | | This car* | -20.5% | Mar 2022 → Jul 2026 · not recovered | | S&P 500 | -20.3% | Dec 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023 | | Gold | -38.4% | Oct 2012 → Dec 2015 · recovered Jul 2020 | | Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | +6M | $7'827'083 | $8'533'736 | $9'304'188 | | +12M | $7'707'015 | $8'582'468 | $9'557'364 | | +24M | $7'484'096 | $8'680'767 | $10'068'780 | ### Documented sales 2 recorded. Every public sale on this file, newest first. Amounts keep the recorded currency. Source links appear only when the catalog stores a public auction-lot URL. | Date | Chassis / label | Class | House | Venue | Amount | Currency | Basis | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2022-08-20 | 2022 | Road | Gooding Christie's | Pebble Beach 2022, Pebble Beach, USA | $10'345'000 | USD | incl. buyer's premium | [https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1937-bugatti-type-57sc-atalante-1/?filtersInput%5BauctionType%5D%5B0%5D=Live+Auction&filtersInput%5BauctionYear%5D%5B0%5D=2022&filtersInput%5BliveAuctionVenue%5D%5B0%5D=Pebble+Beach&sortBy=ENDING_SOONEST&pageNumber=2](https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1937-bugatti-type-57sc-atalante-1/?filtersInput%5BauctionType%5D%5B0%5D=Live+Auction&filtersInput%5BauctionYear%5D%5B0%5D=2022&filtersInput%5BliveAuctionVenue%5D%5B0%5D=Pebble+Beach&sortBy=ENDING_SOONEST&pageNumber=2) | | 2013-08-18 | 2013 | Road | Gooding Christie's | Pebble Beach 2013, Pebble Beach, USA | $8'745'000 | USD | incl. buyer's premium | [https://glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/56792/results](https://glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/56792/results) | The ledger records only the public result verified directly in the auction house archive. ## The sporting Type 57 in closed form Bugatti introduced the Type 57S at the Paris Salon in 1936. S stood for surbaissé: the frame was shorter and lower, the rear axle passed through it and the engine used dry-sump lubrication. Jean Bugatti's Atalante body used a rounded roof, small side glass and a separate luggage tail. Seventeen Type 57S chassis received this coachwork at Molsheim. The C suffix requires care. Type 57S cars were naturally aspirated when introduced; factory or later Roots superchargers brought individual cars to roughly 200 bhp. A catalogue title alone does not establish when the conversion occurred. | Highlight | Detail | | --- | --- | | The axle passes through | The rear axle runs through the frame rather than beneath it. With a shorter wheelbase and split front axle, the Type 57S sits visibly lower than a standard Type 57. | | Seventeen is not the SC count | Seventeen Type 57S chassis received Jean Bugatti's Atalante body. Superchargers were fitted at different points in individual histories, so the surviving SC population is not a clean factory production number. | | One chassis, one file | Original chassis, coachwork, engine and supercharger history decide value. Chassis 57523 retained matching-number major components and sold for $10'345'000 in 2022. | | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Power | 200 bhp | | Atalante bodies | 17 | | Chassis | Type 57S | | Designer | Jean Bugatti | | Body | Two-seat coupé | ## Technical specifications ### Engine and chassis | Label | Value | Note | | --- | --- | --- | | Engine | 3'257 cc DOHC straight-eight | dry-sump in Type 57S specification | | Induction | Roots-type supercharger | the C in SC; installation history varies by chassis | | Power | 200 bhp at 5'500 rpm | Gooding catalogue figure for chassis 57523 | | Gearbox | 4-speed manual | | | Front axle | Split solid axle | semi-elliptic leaf springs | | Rear axle | Live axle through frame | quarter-elliptic leaf springs | | Brakes | Cable-operated drums | | ### Identity | Label | Value | Note | | --- | --- | --- | | S | Surbaissé | shorter, lower chassis | | C | Compresseur | supercharged specification | | Atalante | Factory two-seat coupé | rounded roof and notchback tail | | Type 57S production | 42 chassis | 17 carried Atalante coachwork | ### Type 57 SC Atalante register 1 documented · public records only. Private, unpublished and member-only chassis files are omitted. | Year | Chassis | Colour | Provenance | Last public sale | File | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1937 | 57523 | | Published auction record from Gooding Christie's, 2022-08-20. | $10'345'000 · Gooding Christie's · 2022-08 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/bugatti/type-57-sc-atalante?file=57523) | ## The people behind the car ### [Jean Bugatti](https://hiconium.dev/people/jean-bugatti) Designer and programme lead · Bugatti ![Portrait of Jean Bugatti](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/bugatti-type-57-sc-atalante/people/jean-bugatti.jpg) Developed the Type 57 family and designed the factory Atalante coachwork. ### [Ettore Bugatti](https://hiconium.dev/people/ettore-bugatti) Founder and engineering director · Bugatti ![Portrait of Ettore Bugatti](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/bugatti-type-57-sc-atalante/people/ettore-bugatti.jpg) Oversaw the Molsheim company and the straight-eight engineering from which the Type 57S developed. ## Member instruments A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on this file. 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