Bugatti has revealed what the automaker hopes will be the world’s fastest convertible. The 1,600-horsepower, $5 million W16 Mistral is essentially a convertible version of the Bugatti Chiron supercar, though there are major design differences.
It is also Bugatti’s last petrol car. Future models will be hybrids.
Only 99 Mistrals will be made and all of them have already been sold before the car is even presented to the public this Friday (19) in Carmel, Calif., according to the automaker.
“There can only be one goal in mind: to become the fastest roadster in the world once again,” the company said in its announcement.
Bugatti has not said what the expected top speed of the Mistral might be. The last time Bugatti can claim to have the world’s fastest convertible was in 2013, when a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse cabriolet ran at 254 miles per hour (408.77 km/h) on Volkswagen’s test track in Germany.
The current top speed record for convertibles is claimed by the Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster manufactured by Hennessey Performance Engineering of Texas. That $3 million, 1,800 horsepower car hit a speed of 420 kilometers per hour in 2016.
The Mistral’s design was inspired by the classic Bugatti Type 57 Roadster Grand Raid from 1934. Specifically, Bugatti designers looked at a Roadster Grand Raid that is currently on display at the Louwman car museum in the Netherlands, according to Bugatti.
The car’s V-shaped windshield and the humps that rise behind each of the seats are among the similarities with the modern car.
The front of the Mistral has its own distinctive design with headlights each made up of four light bars. The horseshoe-shaped central grille is also deeper and wider than on cars with a hard top.
The first cars will be delivered to customers in 2024, according to Bugatti. The automaker was spun off from the Volkswagen Group in 2021 and is now a partner of Croatian electric supercar maker Rimac. Bugatti’s manufacturing remains in its traditional home of Molsheim, France.
Source: CNN Brasil
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