1935 Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster
1935 Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster | Photo Credit: RM Sotheby's

1935 Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster

The Auburn Speedster was the American equivalent of the Bentleys and Bugattis that used to tour the French and British roads.  The 1935–1936 Speedsters were designed by the legendary Gordon Buehrig. Audacious by the standards of their time, they featured curvaceous bodywork with a straight hood line shooting back from the radiator to a sharply vee’d windshield, down between pontoon fenders, over gently sloping doors, and descending in a graceful taper to the rear bumper. It was this distinctive rear design, elegantly outlined by chrome and striping, that gave the Speedster its everlasting nickname, “the boattail.”

1935 Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster
1935 Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster | Photo Credit: RM Sotheby’s
1935 Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster
1935 Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster | Photo Credit: RM Sotheby’s