We Drove the Bugatti Type 51. It's Weirdly Like a First-Gen Mazda RX-7

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Why the Bugatti Type 51 is weirdly like a first-gen Mazda RX-7:

Starting the 90-year-old Bugatti Type 51 requires a complex procedure. First, you need to pressurize the fuel tank, using a pesticide-mister-style pump handle on the left edge of the engine-turned dash, just above the passenger's left knee. Then you must open the fuel-feed line with a little lever and squirt some fuel into the engine with a round knurl-handled pump knob on the other edge of the dash.

Did I mention this all takes place while wearing cosplay vintage-style light-blue Bugatti coveralls, elastic-cinched at the waist like an acid-washed denim leisure suit? Luckily, no leather helmets or silly goggles were required.Fortunately, in dealing with this onerous process, this Bugatti—which is part of Bugatti's own collection—comes equipped with Luigi Galli.

The Type 51 was developed in the late 1920s as a successor to the Type 35, the winningest of Bugatti racing cars. Though it had a few significant updates to that adorable demon's minuscule straight-eight engine—like a 2.

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