Mate Rimac unveils 1-of-1 Bugatti Mistral Blanc Éternel and the 1,578HP hypercar is made out of china

Mate Rimac just showcased the new Bugatti Mistral Blanc Éternel, which is a W16 supercar made entirely out of porcelain.

Almost everything is made from the same material you’d use for a china cup, including most of the interior.

The engine, fortunately, isn’t made of porcelain.

And, believe it or not, this isn’t even Bugatti’s first porcelain car.

Brands like Bugatti are pioneering a new business model

Brands like Bugatti are pioneering a new business model based on one-offs and few-offs.

There’s no such thing as an off-the-shelf supercar anymore because virtually every single car that leaves the factory is built upon request.

This is true for Bugatti but also for other brands.

Numbers don’t lie.

Brands like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, and even Mercedes (for the G-Wagen) agree that nearly every car customers order is customized.

Bugatti is taking this to the next level by unveiling the main production model – which is always limited to a few hundred units – and then building a plethora of one-offs.

This is the latest.

The Bugatti Mistral Blanc Éternel comes with free china cups

The latest experiment from Bugatti’s bespoke Sur Mesure division is the W16 Mistral Blanc Éternel, which is made entirely out of porcelain.

Bugatti partnered with Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur, a German porcelain company based in Berlin, to create a vehicle that’s made exclusively using that material.

Hand-finished porcelain is integrated directly into the car, and this includes the fuel and oil caps, central brand emblems, and interior trim like the window switches, speaker grilles, and even gear selector.

The engine, fortunately, is not made of porcelain.

It’s Bugatti’s 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 engine, the last-ever W16, which produces 1,578 horsepower.

Interestingly, this is not Bugatti’s first porcelain experiment.

In 2011, the French automaker unveiled the Veyron Grand Sport L’Or Blanc – another W16 supercar – which featured a similar collaboration with KPM but utilized fluid, swirling lines rather than geometric ones.

This being a one-off, the price hasn’t been revealed, but we know that the standard Mistral starts at around $5 million, and this definitely cost more than that.

But, included in the price, the buyer will also receive a matching, limited-edition run of 1,000 reusable KPM porcelain coffee cups inspired by the car.