The Bugatti W16 has shattered the world record for fastest speed in an open-top road car, clocking a staggering 282 mph. Read more!

A Mistral in one-off ‘World Record Edition’ spec has just clocked an independently verified top speed of 453.9kph at the Papenburg test track in northern Germany. Prefer old-school units? That’s 282.04mph. With no roof.

Bugatti can add another top-speed record to its list of accomplishments. The French marque announced Thursday that the Mistral had achieved its goal of becoming the world’s fastest open-top road car.

Basically a Chiron with the roof chopped off, the 1578-hp Mistral made good on Bugatti's promise that it'd be the fastest roadster in the world.

The latest feat on the list: another top speed run, this time set by the open-top Mistral clad in the brand's traditional record-setting livery of orange and black. That Mistral is now the fastest open-top car ever,

Earlier this summer, Mate Rimac told The Drive that Bugatti would start chasing speed records again. At the time, it was easy to file the comment under “Things Automaker Executives Say.” But now I realize that he wasn’t just blowing some up our butts,

The special W16 Mistral joined the rest of Bugatti's World Record Cars in a unique private collection in India

Behind the wheel of the record-breaking Mistral was none other than Bugatti test driver Andy Wallace. The Le Mans winner also drove the Chiron Super Sport 300+ to a closed-car top