$16m Hypercar : A Special Bugatti Client Spent $11m To Customized His W16 Mistral, Which Starts At $5m

A special customer spent $11 million to customize his Bugatti W16 Mistral, an hypercar that starts at $5 million

This one-off W16 Mistral was used for setting record-breaking speed of 282-mph – making it the fastest open-top car in the world.

W16 World Record Car now part of The Singh Collection – a collection that boasts three other Bugatti World Record Cars.

Others World Record Editions in the collection are Chiron Super Sport 300+, 16.4 Super Sport and Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse.

Back in November 2024, Bugatti – for the first time in its history – offered a special client an incredible opportunity to witness his W16 Mistral’s record-breaking speed of 453.91 km/h (282-mph) – setting a record for the fastest open-top car in the world.

Following the record-breaking run, Bugatti took the W16 Mistral for a photoshoot alongside three other collection of Bugatti’s World Record Cars – all of which belongs to this unnamed special client as part of “The Singh Collection” in Punjab, India.

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Like the World Record Editions of the 16.4 Super Sport, VEYRON 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse and Chiron Super Sport 300+ in the “The Singh Collection”, the lower body and wheels of this record-breaking Mistral is finished in vibrant ‘Jet Orange’ – an unmistakable accents that continues in the interior.

While the base Mistral starts at around $5 million, Bugatti said that this unique W16 Mistral World Record Car cost €14 million ($16.3 million), thanks to the unlimited options available through its bespoke Sur-Mesure program.

“The W16 World Record Car now joins the illustrious company of The Singh Collection – to which we pay tribute for creating such an incredibly impressive, history-making group of vehicles,” said Christophe Piochon, President of Bugatti Automobiles.

For the record-breaking run, Bugatti modified the body-panel gaps of the W16 Mistral World Record Car for optimized airflow and removed the speed limiter for unleashing the full power of brand’s 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 engine.

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