Some cars leave a paper trail; the Bugatti Type 35 B left a name, a year — 1929 — and a place in Bugatti's list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it.
In context
In the Bugatti line-up the Bugatti Type 35 B has a clear place: the factory was Usine Bugatti de Molsheim. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Lancia Lambda torpedo, the Delage D8, the British Motor Corporation MG M-type. Nearby in the Bugatti catalogue sit the Bugatti 57 Galibier and the Bugatti 8-cylinder line.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Bugatti Type 35 B has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.