There Is Nothing Like This Bugatti

The Bugatti W16 Mistral ‘La Perle Rare’ is a design all unto itself. A bespoke vehicle made for a mysterious client. The only thing we know about them is that they have taste and the money to make it happen.

The journey towards the beautifully individual hypercar unfolded in August 2023 on the lawns of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance – where Jascha Straub, Bugatti’s Manager of Sur Mesure and Individualization, first met the discerning client who would commission this singular design. Throughout the journey, the design team at Bugatti immersed themselves in the client’s automotive dream and so the story of ‘La Perle Rare’ took shape, rooted in a two-tone composition that created a beautiful visual separation between the upper and lower sections of the car, echoing the interplay between ground and sky.

The signature white and gold dividing lines were achieved through an exceptionally intricate process, led by the designers at the Bugatti Design Studio in Berlin who hand-applied taping and masking followed by weeks of careful painting across the car’s bodywork. Further enhancing the beauty of the exterior, the diamond-cut alloy wheels were finished with a specially curated paint mixture that mirrors the interplay of gold and white adorning the bodywork.

All interior carbon components are painted white, forming a concentrated, jewel-like cockpit. The door panels feature alternating white and warm gold linework, elegantly following concave sculpted surfaces that accentuate their flowing geometry.

 

Warm ambient lighting has been added to subtly illuminate the panels, reinforcing the luminous, pearl-inspired theme. Rembrandt Bugatti’s iconic Dancing Elephant sculpture is echoed through both the cockpit and exterior, immortalised within the gear selector casing and on the body panels behind the front wheels.

Whoever owns it now, I hope they have a great time driving it around Dubai.