Top Gear Magazine

There has never been an open-top version of the Chiron, as there was with the Veyron. But we’re not sad, because rather than merely cutting a hole in the roof to make one, Bugatti has instead given us this: the W16 Mistral.

The jaw-dropping exterior is bespoke, just 99 will be made, and the price for admission is £5m. Production starts right about now, and every single one was sold out before it was revealed to the public back in 2022.

It’s also the last-ever road-going Bugatti to use a W16 engine, before we move on to the V16-powered Tourbillon. And in this case, the quad-turbo, 8.0-litre, W16 engine goes out on a high, in the same 1600hp guise as used in the record-breaking 304mph Chiron Super Sport 300+.

Speaking of which… when the roofless Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse hit 254mph in 2013, it did it with a mere 1200hp. With over a decade of engineering advancements behind it, including an extra 400hp, how fast might the W16 Mistral go?

To find out, Top Gear joined Bugatti at the Papenburg proving ground in Germany, and snuck in a little go of our own. Over to Deputy Editor Ollie Kew, who, in this episode of the Top Gear Magazine Podcast tells Jack Rix, Rowan Horncastle and Ollie Marriage what it's like to be on set of a new World Record attempt.

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A few years ago, TG got an Eagle E-Type, Alfaholics GTA-R, Singer 911, GTO Engineering 250 SWB, and Bond’s DB5 in the same place, at the same time. Our insurers are still rocking back and forth to this day. Since then, the whole scene has exploded. But has it gone too far? In this episode of the Top Gear Magazine Podcast, Ollie Marriage explains Restogods Remastered, where he got an Automobili Amos Lancia Delta, Cyan P1800, Kimera 037, and Totem Giulia GTA together while Rowan Horncastle, Jethro Bovingdon, and Jack Rix interrogate him to see if they’re any good.

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Jack, Rowan, Ollie and Jethro discuss the cars and inside stories from the best week of the year... driving the 12 top performance cars of 2024 on road and track in Spain for a week... and there can only be one winner

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Jack, Rowan, Ollie and Jethro discuss the cars and inside stories from the best week of the year... driving the 12 top performance cars of 2024 on road and track in Spain for a week... and there can only be one winner

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Not one but two new Porsche 911 GT3s are upon us, both a regular be-winged car and the more subtle Touring model. And for once, the headline news isn’t the power, the peak revs or the Nürburgring lap time, but how practical it is.

That’s right, because for the first time in the 25-year history of the GT3, it’s being offered with back seats. It’s only for the Touring, but that addition alone will be enough to start The Internet chattering about whether this is ‘all the car you’ll ever need’.

However, if kids, or at least taking your kids with you, isn’t your thing, then worry not. The back seats are merely an option, and the non-Touring GT3 can’t be had with them at all. Plus, if you’re the sort of Porsche purest who hates weight, you can double down on that ethos with either a Weissach pack for the GT3 or a Leichtbau (aka Lightweight) pack for the Touring.

As for what else is new (and there are a lot of detailed, GT3 RS-inspired changes) then join Top Gear Magazine’s Associate Editor Tom Ford, for an in-depth walkaround of both new GT3s with Andreas Preuninger, Porsche’s Director of GT Cars…

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Jack Rix and Jason Barlow are invited into Ferrari's inner sanctum to learn all about the once-in-a-decade new hypercar. How on earth do you follow up the 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo and LaFerrari? Here's how...

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Tesla has revealed its long-awaited autonomous 'Cybercab' at an event in Los Angeles, we were there to soak up the insanity, take a ride in the driverless EV and bump into our good friend Marques

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Christian von Koenigsegg, Mate Rimac, John Hennessey... names don't get bigger in the world of hypercars. So we brought them together at Sonoma Raceway in California to share ideas... and drive each other's latest cars

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We all know EVs tend to work best in cities, we also know most EVs are a bit boring... enter a wave of retro-styled EV city cars designed to save us from mundane motoring

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New models are coming thick and fast from Maranello, the team fires up the crystal ball and discusses a LaFerrari successor, new F40, first full EV and an even faster 296 GTB

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