The Most Beautiful Bugatti Ever Made - Jay Leno's Garage
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Perhaps one of the most iconic Bugattis of all time, this 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic is the pinnacle of beauty and solidified the reputation of the French marque.
Be sure to check out Jim Stranberg's engine rebuild of a similar 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Compresseur: • 1937 Bugatti Type 57 C... via @JoyridePictures
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A new video every Monday! Visit Jay Leno's Garage, the Emmy-winning series where Jay Leno gives car reviews, motorcycle reviews, compares cars, and shares his passion and expertise on anything that rolls, explodes, and makes noise. Classic cars, restomods, super cars like the McLaren P1, sports cars like Porsche 918 Spyder and Camaro Z28, cafe racers, vintage cars, and much, much more.
The one thing I’ve always admired about Leno is that he drives and enjoys everything in his collection. So many collector cars just get squirreled away in barnes and garages and never used. It’s refreshing to see a collector who isn’t afraid to take take his cars out and use them as they were intended to be used.
Plus: He buys cars to drive them - not as an investment or to brag about having the best, rarest, lowest milage concours car - although he could afford it easily, obviously.
Also, that storage has a reported tendency to destroy the engines, etcetera.
If I had a steam powered car I'd drive it every day slow or not
@@J.A.Smith2397 There is a man in Palmerston North, NZ who owns a Doble, as I recall. He claims, quite believably, to have surprised a few drivers at traffic lights by accelerating somewhat quicker than them🙂!
@@J.A.Smith2397 Steam-powered doesn't always mean slow.
Most of Jay's steamers have, by the use of modern tech/materials, a lot more power than new.
I love Jay's passion. Even if you start off not really liking a car by the end of the video Jays sold it to you. The fact he drives these rare cars and keeps them roadworthy is incredible
The fact that he got paid 30 million a year at the height of The Tonight Show is what is incredible, and likewise, enables him to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
He has gone on record saying he doesn't like to think of himself as owning these cars. He's merely a caretaker. And wants to keep them in the best possible condition for the next caretaker.
i just hope when he inevitably passes he leaves his entire collection to making a museum of the entire history of the automobile
@@IT10T ,
Jay says he banked his salary from "The tonight Show" and lived off his menial job so he could be a multi-millionaire when he left "The Tonight Show". He must have pirated the idea from the rest of us "Multi-Millionaires" who watch his show. lol.
I have asked for a video about this particular car for ages, thank you so much Jay for finally making it happen!
May I ask why you chose this particular vehicle for a video event from Jason Lemo 5:39
What a car that
He originally posted this car to his website. Almost ten years ago now.
Same here!
He did it just for you bro
It’s so pleasing to see these legendary automobiles actually being used, loved, and cared for with such passion. We’re so fortunate to have Jay sharing all of this with us.
My favourite 'Garage' type of episode. No guests, or car companies, trying to get free advertising for their new vehicle. What a wonderful, informative episode. One of the best that Jay has ever done IMHO.
That's what was good about his Covid episodes.
I hate those car company episodes. Or those show off who clearly don't know a thing about their own car.
So few people understand what a national treasure Jay is. Preserving history, but allowing us to see these works of art in use, is beyond amazing.
These are truly videos to be shared with folks who don’t understand what he is doing here.
Jay Leno is a national treasure. No one else like him.
Is true. No one like him. My uncle. He no like the Leno. My friend Beeko. Beeko not liking Leno.
No one else is like him*
I am from another nation but I agree. He is a world motorhead treasure. The number 1. I don`t have many hero`s and I always think I can do it better at my age but, for Jay Leno I am humble. He is my Hero.
I have been waiting YEARS FOR THIS ONE! THANK YOU JAY. So little video content on this car and even less opportunities to see it going down a road. I can’t afford to come see them at pebble beach so this is as close as it gets! 🎉
@Christopher-JaydenWeird. Don't use drugs people, or you'll type stuff like this. 😂
@Christopher-JaydenHey buddy this is youtube, you are on the wrong website
As a ten year old (I’m now 40) my dad took me to a model shop and I saw this and immediately wanted it over all of the countless others… it is still my favourite car! ❤ Thanks Jay for giving us a drive out 🎉
When I was about 13 I started buying a weekly car magazine. One of the first had an article about the Bugatti T57 SC Atlantic. The featured car was the one registered in Englandc as EXK6, now owned by Ralf Loren. It was a blue colour then. I was struck by its sheer elegance, and it has been on my fantasy car-collection list ever since.
9:25 "the headlight is yellow because they did that in Paris..." No, not really a Parisian fad: those headlights are yellow because it was mandatory everywhere in France between 1936 and 1993. The rule was based on a 1933 study by the French Science Academy concluding that yellow light was less blinding and more efficient in foggy conditions (think of the British orange fog lights). The recommendation became law in 1936 with the added incentive it would help instantly identify French cars at night as opposed to foreign vehicles and specifically German ones in those times of heightened political tensions between both countries.
This information is totally correct, as opposed to most of the rubbish posts on here............
It's so much better seeing these cars actually rolling on the street! This gives them so much more appeal than just seeing them in a museum. Thanks for showing us these pieces of art in motion!
I remember when this channel started and only had a few thousand subscribers. We all loved the seriously high quality and knew how big this channel would get. We love you, Jay!
I love these cars. I saw a beautiful Voisin C25 once at an autoshow in Germany and it left such an impression on the young me. That was probably one of the experiences that led me to realize that automobiles can be not only well crafted, engineered or fast and loud, they can be works of art, looking like they are going 100mph while standing still. And that is something special in and of itself and its enough to justify a cars existence.
Jay has done this one a couple of times.............but truly is a glorious car............doesn't really matter where you're from...........this one definitely has it's place in automotive history.............so cool that Jay brought this one out and took us all for a ride with him
Dear Jay, Electron is a mix between Aluminium and Magnesium; Volkswagen did millions of engine blocks from this material (aircooled Boxer).
Can’t wait for it. One of the most beautiful styled and incredibly well engineered cars of all time
37 is le nombre magique.
Before you decide that it was incredibly well engineered, did you know that the head and block are all of a single piece? Imagine having to do a valve job!
@@michaelbenardo5695 Like dental work thru the anus!
@@michaelbenardo5695these are fascinating to me because the engineering was all wrong, everything they stuck by ended up being backwards, but when set up right these cars are absolutely magical, to me it’s an evolutionary dead end in cars but such a cool one.
You know what makes Jay great? He never takes himself too seriously.
When I saw the aerolite a few years ago, I thought it was the most beautiful car I’d ever seen…and still do. Thx so much for this Jay. You’re the most informative and accessible car geek on UA-cam and then some: we owe you our gratitude.
Bugatti Type 57, the peak of automotive legend without a doubt. I cannnot wait for that episode !
the 1912 Peugeot racing engines designed by Ernest Henry first combined not only the DOHC hemi-head, but also four valves per cylinder.
Well done sir!
Absolutely stunning. Thank you Jay for sharing this kinetic art with the world.
Jay mentioned Harry Miller and the dual overhead cam design. As Jay says later in the video, all the good ideas for early auto engineering originated in France. In fact Miller got the idea for his dual overhead cam design from the 1913 Peugeot Type L3 Coupe de l’Auto Voiturette Racing car. Miller’s designs ended up as basis for the Offenhauser and Meyer Drake Indy engines.
So many lovely things about this magnificent creation. One of the top things for me? The sound of the gear drive for the cams along with the supercharger.. Music of the highest order.
Mr. Leno's video here reminds me of Alain de Cadenet (RIP) and his Victory by Design series, when he was showing the cockpit, the starting procedure and such. The absolute appreciation all the way around for automobilia is inspiring.
That reminds me: It's about time for Donald from Adain museum to bring a Lancia or something old and Italian or French by Jay's shop.
Type 57SC in the Atlantic body style is my favorite car of all time :) Mad respect that you drive this, I only saw one once in a museum. To see (and hear) this in traffic would blow my mind.
So many thanks Jay, it is simply sensational to see it on the show after so many years just as a background beauty.Sounds sublime and the interior is a dream too
Finaly! I've been waiting for this car since you started your youtube Chanel. Its allways been in the background teasing us! I know it's not an orignal, but it's stil a beutifull car. Looking forward to it! Thanks for all the the history leasons! Ps would love to see some steam on your Chanel again soon.😊
This is 100% the most beautiful thing human being ever made and I have ever seen!!!
No doubt!!!
Just a piece of art!!!
When engineering meets art in its best way!!!
It's amazing that this car was built in the modern era from the ground up, and how accurate it is to the original. Hand fabricating every little component.
I too have been waiting a long time to see this car. My Uncle in South Africa had three Bugattis a Type 59, 51 and 37. He died a long time ago and the cars have been dispersed but to see one running so well was a real treat.
It would be so mind bending to see this driving around amongst regular cars today, and I'm sure even more so back in the day. Great that you get it out and about!
For sure it is one of the most beautifull vehicles in the world - in one league with the Jaguar E Type, the Volvo P1800, the Citroën DS, the Mercedes 300 SL and so on.
Jay, it's a stunning car. Thanks for sharing. One point about the car you may not be aware of, or you simply misspoke, the finish on the valve pans is not "Engine Turned". The process used is something called "Hand Scraping" . Typically seen on the ways of mills, and lathes. It's not only beautiful, but functional for getting the metal perfectly flat, and also giving it just enough texture to hold a film of oil. It takes a real master to do that type of work. As an old Machinist turned engineer, these kinds of things are what make me go "WOW!" Thanks again, and keep up the great work!
Had a chance to visit his garage some years ago. It was a Monday. This car was not in its normal corner spot...looked like it had been driven recently. Looked inside and saw a ball cap and what i seem to remember as a Pringles can sitting on the seat. That's what i love...nearly priceless...but he's not afraid to drive them.
it's one thing to see video of this car standing still. But to see a true enthusiast drive it in traffic is just amazing. Thankyou Mr. Leno.
I recall seeing this Type 57 parked with one or two other Bugatti's when I had the pleasure touring Jay's garage, but to see it on the road brings it to another level. An incredible moving piece of art. Thanks Jay for this informative video!
Heres an idea. Why dont you Jay go make an episode (split in a few episodes of course) on Ralph Lauren's garage like a walk around same as a lot people have done in your garage? That, would be the video of the year.
Lucky for Jay, he's wealthy / famous enough that Ralph's personal assistant would take his call.
So long as he wears denim!
@@GorbyrevAre the denim designs by Ralph Loren?
An amazing idea, but given the cars they have, they could start a channel, release a video every 2 weeks, and they could be producing new videos for years.
@@drewtokarsky3917 I'd think RR would consider this given Jays stature in the car world. It's not an vlogger it is Jay.
I hope you can someday find the time to go through your collection and do even a quick video on all your cars we've never seen. Thanks Jay for the close up tour of this impossibly rare unobtainable car, to see and hear it drive!
REMEMBER, KEEP IT SIMPLE, THERE ARE A LOT. ‘OUTSIDE, INSIDE, MOST OF ALL, DRIVING’ WE MUST PRESERVE HIS HOLINESSES VIDEOS, THE PATRON SAINT OF AUTOMOBILE COLLECTING (BECAUSE HE ALSO HAS THEM READY TO GO, AT ANY TIME, AND DRIVES THEM.) F A KLONDIKE BAR, EH! TO GET MY SON AND I THROUGH THOSE MAGICAL DOORS INTO THE INNER SANCTUM.. 😮
I wish he’d upload all of the old videos from his original website. There were many cars reviewed in his collection that he hasn’t gone back to.
It's great that Jay takes his cars out and drives them but I always get nervous when he's on the LA streets in priceless cars like this. It's like playing a Stradivarius violin in a middle school gym during a dodgeball game.
you have a point but...tough to resist not going out playing with the toys if you got em. But you are tempting fate
I wish Jay would talk about his painters and what they’ve done to finish the bodies when he reviews one of his rebuilds and restorations.
Yes, I didn't realise how good the paint is untill I noticed Jay's fingerprints on the spare cover as he replaced it.
Thanks for the vid Jay Leno!! Thoroughly enjoyed it, and what a gorgeous car!
I see subtle things in the '63 to '67 Corvette from it. The split window vanished after '63 but the vestigial spine was there for the entire generation, and the slight cut into the roof for the doors as well.
Peugeot invented the twin-cam engine (winning the 1913 Indy 500 with it). Bob Burman bought one of the cars and when he couldn't get a replacement engine from Peugeot he got Harry Miller and Fred Offenhauser to build one for him. They learnt valuable info from that engine and were then able to redesign, refine and improve the layout over the years. BTW love all of the classics you have and thanks for sharing them and their history with us
Thanks a lot for thé information !
Didnt Peugeot also use 4 valve as first in a racing car ?
@@Baard2000 Yes, in that L76 engine. The article by Peter Brock gives great detail about the innovations in that engine and car created by 'The Charlatans'. I did put a link up but seems to have gone. Search for Peter Brock The French rebels that revolutionized the racing world
Indeed, Peugeot had it first, their engine being designed by a Swiss engineer called Ernest Henry.
@grahambell4298 4 in line monoblock, twin cam, 4 valve, hemi hed, masterminded by Peugeot drivers-mecanichs, pened by Ernest Henry.
Leno`s enthusiasm makes me smile.
Jay is the best car guy there is on his level. If there are others, please do tell I would love to know and watch them if they create content too. What a down to earth person Jay is! Most people talking about cars with 1/100 his wealth make me sick!
Hands down, the best Jay Leno Garage videos are of him and one of his own cars that he can geek out over
Thank you Jay! Beautiful car, and you never seem to talk down to your viewers.
17:11 I love Jay's dedication to the "old man left his blinker on" trope. Pretty sure he does it in every single video now lmao. Love you, Jay!
While not exactly the same, the feel of this episode harkens back to Jay's "Pandemic Editions", in which it was just Jay, doing what he does best... expressing his love for cars. 😇
Couldn't agree more....
A lot of comments were asking to keep this format. I was one of them. Thank you Jay!!
The solo episodes are fun because Jay explains things, but the cars speak for themselves much of the time.
Or even more like the original episodes before YT when he had his own little corner on the nbc servers.
It looks so good from every angle. So much craftmanship.
What a gorgeous car! I'm glad Jay lets it stretch its wheels under its own power every once in a while.
Thank you for switching the channel to 4K. The aliasing is also gone. Big big improvement in video quality.
Jay, I hope you came one day to fully realice what enormus contribution you have made to the car world by sharing in this channel yours impresive collection. Thank you!
Another fantastic video, featuring 2 Kings -- Jay Leno and a Magic Bugatti.
Thank you for this fabulous experience.
Warm regards, A.
Excellent ride!
The non-cancelled blinkers have become a sort of Jay Leno hallmark!
That and constantly riding over the line, drifting out of his lane😄
I think the activated directional is to alert the camera car where Jay is turning. He mentioned it once after viewers mentioned the stuck blinker on a previous review.
Jay Leno is a fantastic collector of beautiful cars. He has a lot of know how and understands the soul and the concept of them. Always a pleasure to watch his car videos.Thank you for sharing the experience!
After spotting it in the background of so many videos, I'm glad Jay finally decided to show us this beauty in detail. It may not be an original Atlantic, but that sure doesn't make it any less beautiful. Thank you Jay, keep them coming!
Erik Koux built it
So fantastic to watch this drive and all the info Jay always gives.. Did anyone else flinch at 21:39 when Jay was searching for gears at the light and the view change suddenly made it look like Jay was backing into the car behind? WHEW!
Top notch! You are a class act Mr. Leno! Thanks for taking care of these cars and showing use so many awesome rides. I LOVE the start procedure of this one. The "dance" and having to position the manual choke into the perfect open/close spot makes me smile.
The new Tourbillon still alludes to the bolted center line featured on this old beauty! Gorgeous!
Wish this was longer... Thank you so much for this one, Jay!
I think it's fair to say that Ettore Bugatti may have inspired Miller, and Miller himself was inspired by the 1912 Peugeot GP engine.
Thanks Jay, I very much appreciate your generosity in sharing this kind of thing with us. Oh, and in becoming an old dude myself (I'm only 68) I appreciate your shining example of courage under actual fire and your toughness of getting right up after being clothslined on your Indian. Helps me know I can still ride my KTM 790 Adventure like the wind etc.
What a blessing, not in saving history, but sharing it so freely. Keep giving your best Mr Leno, you are a wonderful example.
Thank you, Mr. Leno for another awesome car review. I’ve always admired the Bugatti sitting in the back of your garage and wondering when you were going to display it on the show again. Thank you for that🙏🏽
wonderful episode. Great to finally see more of Jay's cars again
I had a white Bugatti hot wheels when I was really little, 3 or 4, and it was the very first car I could identify and name at a glance. even at that age I could tell it was something special.
My lifelong appreciation of cars is always based on their looks. The sculpture. The Bugatti, Cord, Avanti, XKE and even Saab 96. All such a pleasure to look at.
YES! Agree completely; flowing sculpture in motion!
Ralph Lauren's Type 57 was exhibited several years ago at the Cleveland Museum of Art, along with gorgeous Art Deco jewelry and furniture made by other members of the Bugatti family.
When i seen the First episodes of Jay Lenos garage I started looking into what this car was, Found The aerolithe and the Alanatic. which inturn made me do more research into Jay's and Ralph Laurens cars, I have been waiting for this one for years!! Thank you Jay!
Thanks Jay
I always enjoy the videos and they are always informative.
I have a 1919 Twin City Tractor that started its production in 1918 that has dual cams and 4 valves per cylinder
All Bugattis, IMHO, are beautiful. I had the pleasure/honour of working on the Guild's rebody of the 1935 Aerolithe concept car, and I would not be ready to install all those rivets again!! What a project! And the skins were all Elektron, too. But, the end result speaks for itself. Art in motion! Thanks, Jay!
Interesting note - the 4 chrome buttons on the bonnet/hood aren't decorations. They protect the paint when the bonnet/hood is open. They keep the two panels from rubbing on each other. I thought that was cool when I first realized that. 😎
Just found out about this channel and I have to ask, you ever got to visit the Schlumpf collection in Mulhouse ? Biggest collection in the world, we even have Ettore Bugatti's own car !
The best motor museum I’ve ever been to !
Love the fact you drive these cars. Amazing as always thank you Jay.
I'm with you Jay, all these beauties need to be driven and seen.
I know of many rare old cars just locked away, no one gets to see them and enjoy them. Such a shame.
I love casual car talk from Jay while taking a break from work. Love you, Jay ❤ best friend I've never met.
Finally, a title that isn't clickbait! That thing is a work of art, and the more you look at it, the more you appreciate the design of it. The sounds of the gears in the timing system are just wonderful!
I always see this car sitting in the corner of the garage. Stunning. Absolutely beautiful. Right hand drive. Gorgeous color. Any Bugatti is cool to me.🔥🔥❤️🤑😎🏁
Many light piston - engined aircraft still use the same type of primer. Amazing car and great video! Thank you Jay!
Finally an episode on this gorgeous car! Thank you Jay! So nice to hear you drive it a lot!
18:50 when I was 17 ( 2002 ) I begged my dad to give me a loan to buy a 1961 galaxy and when I got it I remember my mom and some friends saying i shouldn’t drive it so much because it only had 49k miles and I should keep it low and I said what’s the point of owning a car to just look at it and tell people people I have it? Screw that I want to drive it every day and I did in the summer.
I agree Jay. I saw one in Paris , Ralph Laurens's Black version in the Louvre show when I lived there. Well driven by the original owner!
I have to say I love your blue more ! For me its the roof line and riveted fin !
Watched a video from 9 years ago. Clicked on his channel and its awesome to see hes still pumpin out content. Dudes a REAL enthusiast.
Thanks Jay. I like your show best of all when there is a history lesson for you to give us,and when there is no guest to chit chat with, which always seems to distract from getting close and intimate with the car. Great car and great informative video!
The best episodes are just Jay presenting the car and driving it, nothing else 😊
Other than old buildings which aren’t dynamic, classic cars are one of the few connections we have with the past. What a wonderful ride!
The bible is quite a connection to the passed. Read it and youll notice no one was on their phones.
Without a doubt one of the greatest cars ever made. I feel so lucky to have been able to work on prewar Bugattis even if I've never seen a Type 57
One of my ABSOLUTE dream cars! Thank you for driving it!
In the 1960s, my neighbor had 2 - 1936 Bugatti race cars. One was red with a racing stripe. The other was covered. He also had a 1936 Bentley supercharged touring car. He drove that around town. Unfortunately, he died in 1967. His son sold the Bentley for college money but, I don't know what happened to the Bugattis. Good Memories.
They got sold for retirement money.
@@CoreyGolphenee No. He was plenty wealthy when I last saw him in the 1990s. Very smart with money. Good Luck, Rick
Been waiting to see this for years! Thank you!!
Bad Chad is banging one out a look alike for Jolene. He is working of pictures and doing it all by eye and taking his time doing so. It's quite interesting to follow his build as he is continuously refining the shape and creating something that looks a lot like the original, but given the method for designing it I wouldn't call it a real replica. Still there's so much work in shaping all those panels it takes a very special mind and an impressive set of skills to do it.
Time after time I'm amazed at his skills when he free hand complexly shaped body panels and it ends up fitting together. He makes something very complex look way to simple.
Note that I'm not on board with all his decisions when it comes to design, but I can't argue with his skills, and the results are way better put together than I would have imagined.
A real stunner. Thanks so much for the video and for being such a great steward of this car.
I want to see Jay drive 1937 Cadillac V16 and a 1935 Cadillac 355 V8 and a 1937 Cadillac V12, and tell us which is best.
why? are you in the market for one?
Ever since I saw this in the background of Jay's videos. I've always wanted to see it reviewed. Thanks Jay.
Utterly, utterly stunning car. Peak design for Bugatti. Now if only we knew where Mr Bugatti's personal Type 57C was, that would be the ultimate 'barn find' & literally priceless.
Wow, what a gorgeous car. I love it when you do videos on these older works or rolling art.
I woke up in a new Bugatti.
I woke up in a old bugatti
Spectacular.I love the fact that Jay drives his cars and aren't just showroom Queens,irregardless of the value.I applaud him
i woke up in a old bugatti
Thank you Mr. Leno, I honestly appreciate you sharing your collection with us 👍your taste in cars is excellent.