Type 57 SC Atlantic

Four built, three remain

Four Atlantic chassis were made and three survive; one was reconstructed after a fatal crash. None has a transparent public-market price. Identity, original material and S or later supercharged SC specification are the file.

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Market value · road

€40M–€100M

Typical €70M · 0 sales

€34M€106M
Open Market & Price

Market value · road

€40M–€100M

Typical €70M · 0 sales

€34M€106M
Market history builds with the record
Open Market & Price
Engine
3'257 cc (DOHC straight-eight)
Power
Up to 200 PS (supercharged specification)
Top speed
>200 km/h (factory period figure)
Transmission
4-speed (manual)
Built
4 (three extant)

Market & Price

The price and the proof

A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.

Records: 0 documented road sales on file · –; estimate band €40M–€100M · good road cars. recorded sale prices · mixed hammer and premium-inclusive basis.

HCN:TYPE57SCLive model
€63'245'5536.5% · 12M
€50M€75M€100M€125M€150M20182020202220242026CovidRate shockS&P 500
Model curve · anchored to 0 documented salesnot investment advice
The readouts · model figures against the benchmarksSynthetic model · insufficient ledger

Compound annual growth

WindowThis car*S&P 500Gold
1Y+6.5%+18.8%+21.9%
5Y+4.4%+11.4%+17.6%
10Y+4.3%+13.3%+11.8%

*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends

Deepest drawdown · model window

This car*-6.3%Nov 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023
S&P 500-20.3%Dec 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023
Gold-18.9%Feb 2026 → Jul 2026 · not recovered

Forecast ladder · model quantiles

HorizonP10P50P90
+6M€59M€65M€71M
+12M€60M€66M€74M
+24M€60M€70M€81M

Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice

Transaction ledger · documented sales

0 of 0 recorded sales · shown in EUR · recorded currency in each record

    The only modern transfer was private and confidential. Reported numbers around it are not ledger evidence.

    Price range · road · openConfidence · estimateNo surviving Atlantic has sold publicly with a fully disclosed and independently confirmed price. Gooding brokered chassis 57374 privately in 2010 but did not publish the amount; later factory and auction-house commentary ranges from more than $40 million per surviving car to about €100 million. The band is therefore an estimate, not a calculated market.

    Floor

    €40M

    Typical

    €70M

    Ceiling

    €100M

    Estimate band for good road cars. 0 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.

    €33M€40M€70M€100M€108M
    Hover the spectrum to read a value, or a dot for the sale behind it.

    Band, axis and sale positions shown in recorded EUR. EUR editorial range for an authenticated surviving Atlantic. Chassis condition and original material prevent direct averaging.

    The wider market · Bugatti at auction · median per year · modeled between anchors331 lots · 2003–2026 · exact yearly anchors · modeled line
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    Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.

    The missing chassis is not assigned a current market value here; Bugatti's statements above €100 million are hypothetical if it reappears and is authenticated.

    Overview

    From Aérolithe to Atlantic

    Jean Bugatti's 1935 Aérolithe established the low roof, long bonnet and external centre seam. Between 1936 and 1938 Bugatti translated that experiment into four aluminium-bodied Atlantics on the short, low Type 57S chassis.

    The name honoured aviator Jean Mermoz, who disappeared over the South Atlantic in 1936. Jean Bugatti retained the black second chassis as a works demonstrator; it vanished before the German occupation and has not been authenticated since.

    Production
    4
    Extant
    3
    Designer
    Jean Bugatti
    Body
    Riveted aluminium
    Missing chassis
    57453

    Reference

    Technical specifications

    Powertrain

    Engine
    3'257 cc DOHC straight-eight
    Induction
    Roots-type superchargerSC specification; individual cars did not all begin life supercharged
    Power
    Up to 200 PSfactory retrospective figure
    Gearbox
    4-speed manual
    Maximum speed
    More than 200 km/hfactory retrospective figure

    Body

    Material
    Aluminium
    Construction
    Riveted centre seamretained from the Elektron-bodied Aérolithe prototype
    Length
    3.70 metres
    Doors
    Cut into the rooffor access to the low cabin
    Exhaust
    Six tailpipes

    HICON BID

    Buying interest, silently.

    A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.

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    The vault

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    The cars

    The Type 57 SC Atlantic register

    Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.

    01 documented · public records

    The hands

    The people behind the car

    The people whose work shaped the Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic.

    Jean Bugatti

    Designer and engineering lead

    Developed the Type 57 family and drew the Aérolithe and Atlantic bodies; he also kept chassis 57453 as the works demonstrator.