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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 07:31 PM
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Most expensive Automobile in the World
.Bugatti Veyron $1,700,000.00

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the most powerful, most expensive, and fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a proven top speed of over 400 km/h (407 km/h or 253 mph). It reached full production in September 2005. It is named after racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm. The Veyron features a W16 engine—16 cylinders in 4 banks of 4 cylinders.


The final production Veyron engine produces between 1020 and 1040 metric hp (1006 to 1026 SAE net hp), so the car will be advertised as producing "1001 horsepower" in both the US and European markets. This easily makes it the most powerful production road-car engine in history.
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 07:51 PM
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1. How many cup holders?
For $1.7 million, it better have a lot of them. At 250 MPH, I really, really need a beverage.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 10:11 PM
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12. One.
His name is Robert.
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 07:54 PM
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2. Cool....
Can I convert it to bio-diesel?
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 08:00 PM
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4. Maybe you could build a still and run it on pure grain alcohol
That way you can keep the horses under the hood happy.
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 08:03 PM
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5. If I had a still making pure grain alcohol.....
I'd be cocktailed 24/7. Not a good condition for driving....
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 07:58 PM
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3. meh
Just buy a Supra for 60 grand and mod it up to 1200 hp for another 150 grand. Quite a saving, and it's sexier too
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 08:18 PM
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6. Oh, right.
Edited on Wed Oct-31-07 08:18 PM by ocelot
I'd buy one and the first thing that'd happen is I'd park it in the Target parking lot and some asshole would give it a door job.
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 08:22 PM
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7. Here's what they look like when owned by an idiot


Easy come, easy go.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 08:50 PM
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10. The owner must be a complete idiot, for sure......
That color combination? On a $1.7M automobile?

How gauche.

;-)
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 10:08 AM
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17. I think that paint job is a nod to the old Bugatti's from the 20s and 30s.
End of Line.
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 08:25 PM
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8. Pretty
How many mpg? I don't really need to post the sarcasm smilie do I?
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 09:52 PM
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11. M-1 tanks get better gas mileage
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-31-07 08:30 PM
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9. its damn fast
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:18 AM
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13. Sweet Jesus!!....I watched the "Top Speed" one.
I loved the part when he puts the special Key in and the Car lowers itself very close to the road and the rear spoiler retracts... Damn Cool!
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:29 AM
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14. Bugatti Veyron: $1,700,000. Insurance for the beast: Unbelievable.
Loaning your Veyron to some asshat who wrecks it to the tune of several hundred thousand dollars: Priceless.



mikey_the_rat
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 08:02 AM
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15. Just imagine the physical shortcomings this baby could compensate for!
Men with incredibly small penises will be liberated from sitting around at home, and can finally show themselves on the street without dying of shame.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 08:27 AM
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16. Hell they could be undescended ones
with that price tag
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 10:27 AM
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18. Well hell yea...Why do you think I posted it!
Of course...You think that's bad...How about the guys that own 40,000 horsepower Jets ?
:)
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 10:33 AM
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19. The Barabus TKR would take that car's lunch money


0-60 in 1.6 seconds, 270 mph top end.

The kicker? $500,000.
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