Bugatti’s New Mistral Blends Ferocity With Calm Interiors

Although Bugatti had gone through more than one stall and restart in its 116-year history, it has continued to define the supercar, each iteration demanding a new set of superlatives. So it’s fitting that, to wind down the era of the French marque’s groundbreaking W16 engine, it developed the maximalist Mistral, an ode to open-air motoring that recently set a roofless speed record of 282 mph and starts at about $5.8 million. Introduced in 2022, with all 99 examples already spoken for,…