A near-new Bugatti Mistral surfaces in Connecticut — and it could break $10.5 million

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One of the rarest modern Bugatti cars has just hit the US market — a Mistral roadster. The car is at official dealer Miller Motor Cars / Bugatti Greenwich in Connecticut, comes in US specification with local paperwork, and shows only delivery miles on the odometer.

Mistral matters for more than its production run. Bugatti built only 99 of them, and this is the model that closed the chapter on the W16 engine. Before Mistral, the 8.0-litre quad-turbo unit ran through Veyron, Chiron, Divo and other ultra-expensive variants. Bugatti Mistral originally cost roughly $5 million before taxes and bespoke options. But the entire allocation sold out, and the secondary market quickly wrote its own rules.

According to the source, some examples have already been valued at around $10.5 million even with about 328 miles, or 528 km, on the clock. Miller Motor Cars does not publish a figure for its example: the dealer limits itself to the phrase «for serious buyers only». Given the delivery mileage and rare specification, this Mistral could easily land above the $10.5 million mark.

Collectors are looking at three factors at once: the tiny run, the final W16 and almost-new status. The car is finished in Argent Gloss with polished aluminium accents. The understated silver palette pairs nicely with the art-deco motifs of Mistral’s design and reads more restrained than many flashier Bugatti cars. The body also wears an XPEL protective film.

The cabin is trimmed in black leather, with hand stitching, exposed carbon, metallic accents and a wooden element in the transmission selector. It is the classic Bugatti balance: the car looks like a piece of collectible art, yet remains an extreme hypercar inside.

The mechanicals match the status. Mistral runs the 8.0-litre W16 making 1,578 hp. Top speed is quoted at 282 mph, or roughly 454 km/h. Such figures have long been part of Bugatti’s identity: without four-digit horsepower and almost absurd speed, the model would no longer feel like a true successor to Chiron.

This Mistral is unlikely to be bought for everyday driving, even by the very wealthy. Its value lies elsewhere: it is one of the last chances to land a near-new Bugatti with the W16 before such cars disappear from showrooms into private collections for good.

Earlier it was reported that Bugatti W16 Mistral received a one-off version called Le Retour du Jeune Prince.