Bugatti Announces End of Iconic W16, Sends it Off With $5m Bugatti Mistral

As electric power plants being to leak their way into the performance space, there seems to be an ongoing debate between turbo people, V8 people, and electric vehicle people amongst others. With enough money, though, you can choose to leave all of that nonsense behind and find your way into a machine powered by an engine laid out in a “W” configuration.

If you have the seven-figure bank account to go out and buy a Bugatti, you also have the luxury of grabbing one of the brand’s iconic W16 engines. However, you’d better move quickly because the brand just announced that the iconic configuration is about to be laid to rest.

In a post on Facebook, Bugatti tells us that the Bugatti W16 Mistral will be the last model to sport the brand’s legendary W16 powertrain

They continue on to tell us that, as such, the roadster has to be “exceptional.”

Bugatti tells us that the release is designed to mimic Bugatti heritage and an aircraft, saying “We selected as the source of inspiration the Type 57 Grand Raid – a rare and extremely sporty roadster version created for long rallies with a v-shaped windscreen and two aerodynamic bulges at the rear resembling the contours of an aircraft.”

If you’d like to fantisize about adding one of these incredible machines to your collection, don’t bother. Every single one of the 99 examples that are going to be made have already been spoken for in advance. Those who were fortunate enough to get on the list will be shelling out some $5 million for the opportunity to own the last Bugatti W16 to ever be built.

Down below, Auto Express digs into the car even deeper, peeling back the layers and explaining exactly what it is that helps this car to stand out from the pack and differentiate itself from its Bugatti family.