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See the pictures for a nice sample of cars. To welcome you 1936 Bugatti Type 57 coachbuilt by Graber of Wichtrach.

The other cars are: 1940 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Tourismo 5 posti; 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz; 1962 Maserati 3500 GT Touring; 1967 Lancia Flaminia 2.8 Berlina, owned by Audrey Dotti, better known as Audrey Hepburn, from 1969 to 1975; 1969 Lamborghini Islero S, one of only 100 examples built; seen outside a rarity, Felber Pacha, based on the Buick Skylark, around 1978; 1970 Lamborghini 400 GT Espada Series 2; trio of Maserati, 3500 GT, Ghibli 4.7, and Mexico 4200.

The last pictures show a 1972 Stutz Blackhawk with a Pontiac engine. Stutz Motor Car of America produced and sold expensive luxury vehicles from 1970 onwards, using American mass-production technology and independently designed bodies.

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Héritage

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GRABER

Dec. 25

What represented the highest level of achievement in automotive terms in the mid-1930s? Just look at the pictures, they say it all: ordering a Bugatti chassis and asking Hermann Graber to coachbuild it.

This Type 57 (if not mistaken, a S version, fitted with the 175-HP 3.3-litre inline eight-cylinder engine) was delivered in 1936 as a rolling chassis to the renowned coachbuilder Graber in Wichtrach. At the request of the first owner, the chassis was fitted with a two-door (actually four, but pillarless) sports coach body.

The car was auctioned yesterday in Gstaad but remained unsold. According to the auctioneer, although Graber built several Bugatti Type 57, only three examples were produced with this specific body.

Truly a masterpiece of craftsmanship, design, taste, engineering, and elegance, arguably the highest level of automotive achievement in the mid-1930s.