Bugatti has revealed the one-off W16 Mistral "Fly Bug", the fourth car created for a single collector in a sequence inspired by insects and the natural world. It joins the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse "Hellbug", Chiron "Hellbee" and Divo "Lady Bug".
The Mistral was developed through Bugatti's Sur Mesure programme. Its body uses a bespoke Dragonfly Blue paint that shifts between blue and turquoise depending on light and viewing angle. An ellipse graphic spreads across the exterior, becoming denser toward the rear and fading into the air intakes.
The theme continues inside. Bugatti developed a multi-layer material combining leather over Alcantara and finished it to create a three-dimensional geometric effect. The company says this is the first time it has carried a graphic pattern across both the main door-panel surface and the armrest area.
Another first is the integration of the oval Bugatti Macaron emblem directly into the ellipse graphic on the car's flank. The gear selector contains the Dancing Elephant, a reference to Rembrandt Bugatti's animal sculptures and another link to the owner's nature theme.
Fly Bug does not change the underlying W16 Mistral engineering. Its importance is in the depth of the commission and the way it completes a four-car Sur Mesure collection built for one customer across four different Bugatti models.