World's Fastest, Most Expensive Car Hits the Market.

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 9:48 pm

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Moms/story?id=1406161

Whoa!!! Does anyone have $1.2 million I can borrow?

Stone Wolf · Post by **Stone Wolf** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:32 pm

DAAAAMN!!!

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:37 pm

Oh, yeah, like someone who can buy a $1,200,000 car out-of-pocket likes to eat at McDonalds. Maybe he's their CEO.

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:41 pm

Scott Gardener wrote:Oh, yeah, like someone who can buy a $1,200,000 car out-of-pocket likes to eat at McDonalds. Maybe he's their CEO.

Well Bill Clinton liked to stop there, and he was the leader of the free world.

Renorei · Post by **Renorei** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:45 pm

Well, it's not a pretty little fellow, is it?

The white one in that video was not appealing at all. But, that burgundy one in that photo in the article isn't too bad.

Vuldari · Post by **Vuldari** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:36 am

Excelsia wrote:Well, it's not a pretty little fellow, is it?

The white one in that video was not appealing at all. But, that burgundy one in that photo in the article isn't too bad.

That was the prototype model, with removable panels for testing purposes, not an available color scheme. ...I think...

Renorei · Post by **Renorei** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:46 am

Vuldari wrote:
Excelsia wrote:Well, it's not a pretty little fellow, is it?

The white one in that video was not appealing at all. But, that burgundy one in that photo in the article isn't too bad.
That was the prototype model, with removable panels for testing purposes, not an available color scheme. ...I think...

I hope you're right. Even so.....

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:49 am

Yeah, I think that one was the prototype, and wasn't a finished model.

Lone_Wolf · Post by **Lone_Wolf** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:51 am

The funny thing is it costs you $1.2 million to buy, and it costs Volkwagen (who owns the Bugatti brand) well over $5 million to make each one. They're calling it an "engineering exercise"... I mean even the turn signal stalk costs them $4,000!

Timber-WoIf · Post by **Timber-WoIf** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:43 am

I would be perfectly fine with a Mustang, or Corvette, or GT2...

actually, i'd sooner blow my money on a full-size hummer, the cool, un-citified ones that look like hum-vees.

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:33 pm

While I could make do with a Corvette Z06, I'd hate to settle. Still, $1.2 million is a bit much, even at nearly 80% off, when a Lamborghini Murcielago can be found on eBay for only $250,000. That's about one eighth the price. Granted, it will take almost 4.5 seconds to get from zero to sixty.

Terastas · Post by **Terastas** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:07 pm

What hurts even more is knowing that there are people out there that will actually buy one of these monstrosities. Be honest people: besides NASCAR racers and bank robbers, who out there actually needs a car that can push 230 mph?!!

I wonder how many miles it gets per gallon. . . Probably enough that we'll see the effects of global warming increase the very week it hits the market.

Razo wolf · Post by **Razo wolf** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:07 pm

with 16 cylinders and 4 turbos it will have 2 gas tanks one on each side
oh yeah and a kc-10 tanker jet to put gas every couple miles...

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:10 pm

Razo wolf wrote:with 16 cylinders and 4 turbos it will have 2 gas tanks one on each side
oh yeah and a kc-10 tanker jet to put gas every couple miles...

Hmmm...that jet will have to fly in low to fuel it up.

He could pull up to a rolling tanker instead. I can see one of those carsnext to me as I'm driving down the road.

Hearth · Post by **Hearth** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:42 pm

If I had billions of euros of cash, i'd get one of those ...as bullet-proof.