The Bugatti W16 Mistral is the final swansong for one of the most ambitious automotive powertrains ever created – Bugatti’s 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 engine. Powered by the definitive version, first introduced on the Chiron Super Sport 300+, the Mistral has 1,600hp, allowing for a top speed of 420km/h.
Developed with careful attention paid to Bugatti’s ‘Form Follows Performance’ design language, the W16 Mistral is a completely bespoke design. Its headlights are intricately shaped to function as an aerodynamic aid that funnels air through the light and out through the wheel arch to improve aerodynamic drag. The wider horseshoe grille allows the high temperature engine radiator to be fully fed purely from one intake, leaving the two side intakes to focus only on providing air to the intercooler, and the intricate windscreen masterfully curves just enough to create the rounded visor design, without distorting the driver’s vision.
The top line of the windscreen and side windows flows purposefully around the side air intakes. This character line then flows back underneath the side glass to shoot through all the way to the front horseshoe grill creating a new three-dimensional character for the famous Bugatti C-line introduced on Chiron.
