Bugatti's new Mistral roadster employs 1,578 hp to mess up your hair.
, also based on the Chiron platform, though the headlights here feature four bars as a nod to the W-16 engine's four turbochargers. The taillights are also a nod to the engine, with the four light bars stretching out from the center representative of the engine's four cylinder banks joined to a single crankshaft.
The body is a true roadster, with the windscreen kept short to help make the car as low as possible. It's so low a line can be drawn from the top of the windscreen, along the side glass, and to the top of the side intakes. These side intakes are joined by two new ram induction intakes behind the headrests, which also serve as roll hoops. Made from carbon fiber, each of these intakes are strong enough to support the weight of the car in the case of a roll over.
“The union of a roadster format and our W-16 powertrain is absolute perfection,” Mate Rimac, Bugatti Rimac's CEO, said in a statement. “With the roof removed, and a pair of large air intakes directly behind your head feeding around 70,000 liters of air through the engine every minute at full bore, driving the W-16 Mistral connects you to the intricate workings of this revolutionary powertrain like no other Bugatti to date.
Limited to 99 units and priced at 5 million euros , deliveries of the Mistral are scheduled to start in 2024. In case you're wondering, the entire production run is already sold out.