Staying true to Bugatti’s long-held ethos of ‘form follows performance’, the W16 Mistral is defined by the harnessing of air. The truly elemental driving experience is only made possible by a century-born mastery of aerodynamics; both fused together to form an open-air masterpiece – an intense roofless experience at 420 km/h that celebrates design and engineering at its zenith.
For Bugatti’s master designers, the quest to perfect the art of aerodynamics began at the very front of the W16 Mistral – with an icon of the Bugatti marque reimagined for pushing the boundaries of innovation. The inimitable Bugatti horseshoe grille was crafted in a new form for the W16 Mistral, widened and equipped with perfectly aligned 3D-printed meshes to channel air into the central radiator – harnessing its power to provide critical cooling for the 1600 PS, quad-turbo W16.
The horseshoe grille channels the ingenuity of Bugatti’s design heritage, but the designers of the W16 sought to honor the spirit of the marque’s legendary innovation yet further. The role of signature design cues in harnessing the power of the air extends to the front light units – furthering the W16 Mistral’s pursuit of form defined by performance. Echoing the Chiron with eight elements, and vertically arranged in homage to other Bugatti masterpieces such as the Divo and La Voiture Noire, the three-dimensional surface of the refined, elegant design reduces aerodynamic drag with grooves guiding the air curtain – evacuating air from the wheel well and enhancing performance.
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24 October 2024
