Bugatti Having built over 1,140 cars with its W16 engine, not including various test cars and prototypes, Bugatti is almost ready to end production of the iconic sixteen-cylinder motor. Apart from an upcoming one-off that has not yet been completed, this W16 Mistral is the last series-production
Some cars become legends. So do some engines, and Bugatti’s W16 is one of them. The company’s 8.0-litre quad-turbocharged W16 has been one of the great engineering achievements in more than 20 years of road car history. It powered the Veyron that rewrote the hypercar rulebook, the Chiron that pushed performance forward again, and every
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter delivers the stories that really matter straight to you every weekday. The literal engine that propelled Bugatti out of the history books and into the modern world of record-breaking supercars is no more. On Thursday, Bugatti announced that the final W16 Mistral has
99th The Bugatti Mistral concludes the W16 story that began with the Veyron in 2005. The Mistral is the fastest open-top production car in the world. Production of the new V16-powered Tourbillon has not yet begun. 2026 will go down in history as one of the most important years for Bugatti. Not only is it