Performance, luxury, design, and craftsmanship, the Bugatti new Bugatti W16 Mistral has it all.
The new Bugatti W16 Mistral had an important responsibility when it was revealed: it served as the grand finale of the revolutionary W16 engine that brought Bugatti to everlasting worldwide fame in the modern automotive era. The powertrain, which used pioneering technology to combine 16 cylinders and 4 turbochargers with an all-wheel drive system brought Bugatti’s hypercars to record-breaking speeds and the pinnacle of the global automotive stage for nearly 20 years. With the Mistral, however, the engine sings its swan song, giving way to future revolutionary feats to be achieved by Bugatti, however, the Mistral is its own masterpiece in more ways than just its powertrain.
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Bugatti says that the W16 Mistral is able to reach speeds above 260 mph, and especially with the car being an open-top machine, this requires incredible engineering. Striking the balance between evoking Bugatti’s well-known incomparable beauty and meeting the requirements for thermodynamics, structural integrity, and aerodynamics required careful work. However, that balance was struck incredibly, with stunning craftsmanship inside and out, with features like the X-shaped taillights, woven leather in the door panels, and a gear shifter milled from a solid block of aluminum, with a wood and amber insert featuring Rembrandt Bugatti’s ‘dancing elephant,’ famous for being featured on the incredibly luxurious Type 41 Royale of the past. All 99 examples that will be made of the W16 Mistral have been spoken for, with deliveries set to commence in 2024, and once they do, the car will begin to make its name as one of the most loved and aspired-to cars ever made.
Source: Bugatti