Description
The Bugatti Type 59 was the final Grand Prix Bugatti — built for the 1933 and 1934 seasons, raced under the ownership of Ettore Bugatti himself, representing the last serious effort by his factory at the front of European motor racing. The chassis was elegant, the engineering precise, the bodywork following the teardrop aerodynamic theory that Bugatti applied more consistently than any other manufacturer of the period. It was a beautiful racing car that did not always win, built by a man who believed beauty was its own category of achievement.
The Hot Wheels Elite 64 chose the Type 59 as its first historical vehicle — the first casting in the series drawn not from the contemporary collector market but from the deep archive of motor racing. The removable engine cover reveals the supercharged straight-eight beneath; custom Real Riders spoked wheels replicate the period-correct wire wheel design; raw ZAMAC construction gives it a weight and presence unlike anything in mainstream 1:64. 20+ piece construction. For collectors who care about what came before the modern era of automotive performance, this is the starting point.