Bugatti W16 Mistral, Petrol Blue

Bugatti's W16 era produced two roadster lines. The first, the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, was unveiled on the awards ramp at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on 16 August 2008, a Veyron with a removable roof. The second, the W16 Mistral, closed the story fourteen years later as the only open-top car on the Chiron platform, with bodywork of its own: a windscreen that wraps into the side glass like a visor, twin carbon scoops behind the seats, vertically stacked headlamps and a deeper, wider horseshoe grille. Its engine is the 1,600 PS W16 of the Chiron Super Sport 300+, and all 99 examples were sold before the car was revealed in 2022.

H&H's Petrol Blue is a pale, icy turquoise rather than a deep petrol tone, glossy and cool across the long bonnet and haunches, with wheels painted to match and a light-coloured cabin. A small tricolore sits on the sill, and at the rear the red X of the tail lamps and the BUGATTI lettering stand out clearly against the pale paint, beneath the wing raised on its polished supports. The roadster rests on a black suede-finish base with white contrast stitching, its nameplate bearing the Bugatti macaron, the Mistral script and a piece number from an edition of 30. H&H builds it at 1:18.