Bugatti Mistral hit 282mph and set the world record for open-top cars

Bugatti's Mistral Roadster has been taken to a top speed of 282mph and in the process claims the world land speed record for an open-top car produced.

The execution took place on the 11th month. Andy Wallace, chief test driver of Bugatti, holds the steering wheel at the ATP Automotive Test Papenburg Site in Germany on May 9.

The new speed breaks the previous record set by Hennessey's Venom GT Spyder in 2016 of 265.6mph. Bugatti's Chiron Super Sport300+ is still the fastest production car in 2019, recording 304 miles per hour.

Wallace drove a one-off example of Mistral, known as Mistral's world record car, to record speed. According to Bugatti, the car owner was in attendance to witness the run.

Instead of the usual mistral cost of 500 million euros (ド530 million), the car will cost the owner 1400 million euros (about11470 million) and will feature the bear carbon and orange coloring that Bugatti has reserved for a special world record edition car.

Previous examples include the Veyron Super Sport World Record Edition, the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse World Record Edition, and the Chiron Super Sport300+, each of which is also owned by the owner of the Mistral World Record Car, Bugatti said.

Bugatti unveiled the Mistral for the first time during Monterey Car Week in 20 years as a celebration of the quad turbocharged 8.0-liter W-16 engine that first debuted at the Veyron 2022. Bugatti's next hypercar, the Tourbillon, is a plug-in hybrid powertre powered by a newly developed 8.3-liter V-16 engine as an internal combustion engine.

Mistral's engine is rated at 1,578 horsepower, and Bugatti is the only car in the world to have a car, a platform shared by Mistral. It has never revealed any additional performance indicators other than cars with a top speed higher than Elon's ruled 261mph.

Bugatti did not intend to launch an open-top car on Chiron's platform, making Mistral's development more difficult than most convertibles. In addition to modifying Chiron's carbon fiber tub to provide sufficient rigidity without a roof, engineers also had to work on aerodynamics to ensure stability at record speeds.

Bugatti has confirmed that it will only build 99 Mistral, and all build slots have already been claimed.