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Aston Martin T-Type Supercar Information

Aston Martin T-Type

The Aston-Martin T-Type was produced from 1927 through 1928. It was available as either a four-door or tourer bodystyle and rode on a 114-inch wheelbase. In the Pre-War era, Aston Martins production was low. Only fourteen examples of the T-Type were......

Bentley 6 ½-Litre Supercar Information

Bentley 6 ½-Litre

This example wears coachwork by Barker %26 Co. Coachbuilders. Barker would eventually body just 19 examples of the 6.5-liter chassis, making this selection even rarer. This open tourer has seating for seven, with two rear fold-down occasional seat. Of......

Bugatti Type 35C Supercar Information

Bugatti Type 35C

The Bugatti Type 35 was an iconic, important, and historically significant Grand Prix car in Bugattis racing history during the 1920s. It would quickly become one of the most dominant vehicles in motorsport with nearly 1,800 racing victories attributed......

Bugatti Type 37A Supercar Information

Bugatti Type 37A

This supercharged 1.5-liter, 4-cylinder Type 37A was owned by legendary Bugatti driver Pierre Veyron, winner at Le Mans and hero of the French Resistance, who also gave his name to the current Bugatti super-offering. The Type 37 was launched in 1926......

Bugatti Type 43 Supercar Information

Bugatti Type 43

In 1926 Bugatti introduced an updated version of the Type 35, the Type 35B, with a larger 8-cylinder, 2.3-liter supercharged engine. This engine was also used in their new road car, the Type 43. It featured larger brakes and a larger radiator also found......

Bugatti Type 44 Supercar Information

Bugatti Type 44

As the 1930s came into view, Ettore Bugatti had established a reputation for building cars with outstanding performance on track or road. With the help of the worlds greatest racing drivers, the cars enjoyed countless successes aboard the Molsheim factorys......

Daimler Double Six 50 Supercar Information

Daimler Double Six 50

The Double Six, first launched in 1926, was the most famous of all the prewar Daimlers and a genuinely successful rival to Rolls-Royce. The V12 engines were somewhat complex, utilizing many existing parts from Daimler six-cylinder power units, and they......

Isotta Fraschini 8A SS Supercar Information

Isotta Fraschini 8A SS

By the late 1920s, Italys Isotta Fraschini had earned a reputation for both performance and luxury among well-heeled American buyers. The Isotta Fraschini 7.3-liter Tipo 8A, launched in 1924, was built to three different specifications - the standard......

Lagonda 2-Liter High Chassis Supercar Information

Lagonda 2-Liter High Chassis

The Lagonda Company was started by an American, Wilbur Gunn, who had two main interests, engineering and singing. Although he had been apprenticed to Singers in America, it was as an opera singer he came to Britain. he built a steam yacht Giralda......

Maserati Tipo 26B M 8C 2800 Grand Prix Supercar Information

Maserati Tipo 26B M 8C 2800 Grand Prix

Carlos Maserati was the first of the Maserati brothers to show a true interest in racing. He began his career with Fiat and later went to work for Cesare Isotta and Vincenzo Fraschini. By the early 1920s, the brothers were offered a deal by Diatto......

Mercedes-Benz Model S Supercar Information

Mercedes-Benz Model S

During the late 1920s, the Model S was the ultimate supercar. This 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S wears a Torpedo body created by Jacques Sautchik. Saoutchik created seven avant-grade Torpedo Tropedo bodies for the mighty Mercedes-Benz 680S chassis, all differing......

Rolls-Royce Phantom I Supercar Information

Rolls-Royce Phantom I

This 1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom I All Weather Touring SedanLandaulet has coachwork courtesy of Caffyns of Eastbourne, Sussex. It sits atop a 143.5-inch wheelbase and is powered by a six-cylinder engine capable of producing a respectable 120 horsepower.......

Vauxhall 20/60 Supercar Information

Vauxhall 20/60

In 1927, Vauxhall introduced their Model 2060 which featured an overhead-valve inline six-cylinder engine that displaced 2762cc. This was the companys first six-cylinder powerplant since 1915. The engine was fitted to a three-speed gearbox and powered......

Voisin Model KE Supercar Information

Voisin Model KE

Gabriel Voisin was an aviation pioneer, but his skills as an engineer and designer would make his creations, not for the air but for four wheels, a nearly forgotten about treasure. And at Amelia Island, RM Auctions would have one of Voisins forgotten-about......