Bugatti Type 35
One of the most successful racing cars ever, with a horseshoe radiator and cast aluminium wheels.
The Type 35 was unveiled at the French Grand Prix in Lyon in 1924. Ettore Bugatti gave it wheels of cast aluminium, which were lighter and cooled the brakes better.
The car won over a thousand races in the 1920s, among them the Targa Florio several years running. It set the pattern for what a racing car should look like.
Materials: Steel frame, aluminium body, cast aluminium wheels; straight-eight engine
Manufacture: Built in Molsheim in Alsace from 1924 to 1930, in several versions.
The horseshoe-shaped radiator.
The eight-spoke wheels in cast aluminium.
The narrow, pointed tail behind the driver.