Finally gorgeous Mistral speedster revealed at The Quail 2022

New SuperCars After being the talk of the virtual world for the past few weeks, the Molsheim-based premium car manufacturer finally launched its newest iconic speedster called the Bugatti Mistral on August 19, 2022, at the Monterey Car Week 2022. 

Bugatti finally launched its newest iconic speedster called the Bugatti Mistral on August 19, 2022, at the Monterey Car Week 2022. (Picture from: TopGear)

As we all knew, that recently Bugatti merged with the Croatian EV company Rimac Automobili in late 2021 for Bugatti Rimac, so might be this their first jointly developed car project. As quoted of CNN, Mate Rimac, CEO of Bugatti-Rimac, the company that now owns the Bugatti brand, said the company's future models will be powered by a hybrid drivetrain. Unfortunately, he is not explained as what sort of gas engine is part of the hybrid drivetrain system of Bugatti's future models.

The Bugatti Mistral speedster's design inspired by by the classic 1934 Bugatti Type 57 Roadster Grand Raid. (Picture from: TopGear)

Since the beginning, this speedster has a lot of mysteries such the four horizontally dashed headlights and surrounding lines deviate significantly from the Chiron, while vaguely resembling more of the Divo. And now Bugatti doesn't go into detail either and what the expected top speed of the Mistral might be. The last time the Molsheim-based premium car maker could claimed to have the world's fastest convertible was in 2013 when the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse managed to hit a top speed of 254 miles per hour while speeding on the Volkswagen's test track in Germany.

The Bugatti Mistral speedster's sharp-angled V-shaped windshield and the hump that rises behind each seat are some of the similarities with modern cars. (Picture from: TopGear)

It is likely that Bugatti hopes its Mistral speedster will become the world's fastest convertible. By consideration, that the latest Mistral speedster is powered by the Bugatti's famous 16-cylinder W16 engine. It's the same engine that belongs to the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport which the French company claimed back in 2019 to be capable of running up to a top speed of 305 mph. For your info, the current top speed record for convertibles is claimed in 2016 by the Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster with a speed of 265.6 miles an hour.

The Bugatti Mistral has a unique X-shaped taillights which also functions to remove air after going through oil coolers. (Picture from: TopGear)

Besides that, the Mistral speedster also has an air intake system consisting of 2 large air scoops behind each of the two car seats, then air intakes on the side of the car for the oil cooler. Air that passes through the oil cooler is vented out through the X-shaped taillights. The air scoops are made of carbon fiber and are designed to support the entire weight of the car to protect passengers in the event of a roll-over crash.

The Bugatti Mistral speedster is the ultimage model that powered by the Bugatti's famous 16-cylinder W16 engine. (Picture from: TopGear)

Then related to its design, the Mistral speedster is said to be inspired by the classic 1934 Bugatti Type 57 Roadster Grand Raid. Specifically, such the Roadster Grand Raid model seen by the Bugatti's designers at the Louwman Car Museum in the Netherlands. The sharp-angled V-shaped windshield and the hump that rises behind each seat are some of the similarities with modern cars. Meanwhile at the front, in addition having its own distinctive design with headlights each made of four light bars, the Mistral speedster is still garnished by a horseshoe-shaped central grille that looks deeper and wider than other hard-top models.

Furthermore, Bugatti also said that the speedster will be produced in limited quantities, which is only 99 units with a price tag of €5 millions net, and all of them were already sold before the car was even unveiled to the public on Friday in Carmel, California. The first cars will be delivered to customers in 2024, after rolled out from its traditional home of Molsheim, France. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | CNN | HYPERBEAST | TOPGEAR ]

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