In quintessential Bugatti fashion, the Mistral is an expensive-looking machine. Some of the design elements of the W16 Mistral look like a hybrid of La Voiture Noire and Divo, but in the form of a roadster.

The design of the W16 Mistral is inspired by the 1934 Bugatti Type 57 Roadster Grand Raid. Bugatti has indicated that it intends the Mistral to become the world’s fastest roadster, a record currently held by the 427kph Hennessey Venom GT Spyder.Īs sleek and cutting edge as the design of the Mistral is, a lot of the elements and creases that we see on the car are not merely for aesthetics, but aerodynamics. The Bugatti W16 Mistral is a swansong for the 8.0-litre, quad-turbo W16 engine, and is tuned to match the 1,600hp version that powered the Chiron Super Sport 300+ to a record-breaking 490kph in 2019. The world first saw the glory of this engine with the Veyron, when Bugatti came almost out of nowhere and broke land speed records, one after the other.īugatti insists that the Mistral is not just a typical roadster version of the Chiron, but rather a new car with a tweaked monocoque and a fresh design. For its swansong, the W16 engine that Bugatti used in the Mistral is the same spec as the Chiron Super Sport 300+, arguably, the fastest production car in the world. After this, all upcoming engines will have some hybrid battery support, before the ICE is completely phased out in favour of high-performance EVs. The Mistral will be the last of the Bugattis to come with the iconic W16 engine. With the Mistral, Bugatti marks the end of an era and joins other hypercar and supercar makers to ditch pure ICE drivetrains. Bugatti has revealed its new W16 Mistral hypercar which is a roadster and is based on the Chiron at the Monterey Car Week.

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