On the road that impression is reinforced, the delicacy of control makes it a joy to drive and one can still flick the gearlever about as you may do only in an early Bugatti.

[6] Chassis No.474 was also sold to a friend of Ettore's in a marketing coup, the French aviator and sportsman Roland Garros (1888-1918).

[4][7] In 1925 it was sold to Oxford University student L H Preston, who continued to race the car under the name "Black Bess".

[5] Sold a year later to a then young actor James Robertson Justice, he had it shipped to McEvoy’s of Derby to be rebuilt.

[5] Due to time pressures on McEvoy's to complete other projects and Justice's lack of cash funds, it was found in 1933 by Bill Boddy (later editor of Motor Sport magazine), and subsequently purchased from McEvoy's by Bugatti UK Owners’ Club president Colonel G.M.

[5] "Black Bess" was bought on 7 February 2009 for €2,427,500 by Bonhams in Paris,[6] and is now on public display in the Louwman Museum in the Netherlands.