Bugatti's final catalog W16 has left the Molsheim line for good. The last Mistral swaps its dancing elephant for a falcon head.
While series production of the W16 ends, it lives on in one-offs.
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Bugatti has confirmed that the twenty-year run of its quad-turbo 8.0-liter W16 engine is over, with the last W16 Mistral rolling out of the Molsheim Atelier.
The Chiron-based roadster may have reached the end of its road, but there's a loophole for anyone still hungry for a car built around the retired sixteen.
Last year, Bugatti set up Programme Solitaire, which lets its wealthiest clients commission one-off and few-off builds on existing platforms and powerplants, the W16 among them.
Two of those commissions have already surfaced: the bespoke Brouillard and the Veyron FKP Hommage, each drawing on Molsheim's remaining stock of W16 engines and Chiron monocoques.
As a homologated catalog model, though, the Mistral marks the real close of the platform.
That distinction matters to collectors who want the final chapter rather than a bespoke afterword.
Final Mistral Details
The W16 Mistral broke cover in August 2022 with production capped at 99 units.
This last hypercar wears a two-tone livery blending Pearl and Sparkle shades, and its open two-seat cabin is trimmed in Magnolia and Grey Carbon Matt leather.
A handful of one-of-a-kind touches came courtesy of the Bugatti Sur Mesure personalization program.
In place of the traditional Rembrandt-designed dancing elephant, a bespoke aluminum falcon head perches atop the gear selector, a nod to the owner's Middle Eastern heritage.
