The mighty 1,578hp Bugatti Mistral has simply set a brand new high pace report for the quickest open-top automobile, clocking 282mph on the Papenburg take a look at observe in northern Germany.
It was pushed by Bugatti’s British take a look at driver and Le Mans winner, Andy Wallace, who additionally set the closed-car high pace report of 304.7mph within the Chiron Tremendous Sport 300+ again in 2019.
The Mistral smashed the earlier open-top report held by a Hennessey Venom GT Spyder, which clocked 265.6mph method again in 2016.
“All through the testing program main as much as this second, it was unbelievable to really feel how steady the automobile felt – I bought the sense that it wished to go sooner,” defined Andy.
“And when it got here to the second itself, the expertise was overwhelmingly thrilling; feeling the fundamental forces from the open-top cockpit, the sound of the immense W16 engine emanating from the air scoops subsequent to my ear – it made the achievement extremely emotional.”
Named after a southerly French wind, the quad-turbocharged 8.0-litre W16 Mistral is a certainly one of 99 limited-edition Bugatti roadsters, which use the identical underpinnings because the Chiron Tremendous Sport.
