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The Missing, $1.5 million Bugatti


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The Bugatti Veyron, parked outside the Schlosshotel Kronberg, in Kronberg, Germany, in 2006.

But now the Bugatti has gotten into an intriguing publicity scrape.













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    • I'm totally on Mr.Z's side on this matter. He basically paid for the car upfront !! Shame on Bugatti, Volkswagen, The journalist ( who should never be allowed to write about people and cars of this stature) and the editor for the story. Proof read your articles and learn to have a little more respect for a person like Mr.Z.

    • For all the people saying why would you buy a 1.5 million dollar car the answer is because it is the best deal on a car that there ever was that car costs Bugatti a lot more to make then they sell it for so they sell it at a huge loss. That means that it does not matter how many Veyrons Bugatti sells because they don't plan to make a profit so stop throwing production numbers out like they matter. This article was annoyingly written by a misinformed journalist. This is just my opinion but if you are going to write about something you should know the facts. Also I am sure the buyer will get his money back if he wants to be overly picky about his car Volkswagen is a good company. Although I think as long as the car has all that right components and new model features who cares what the year is (I do understand that he wants a 2009 for collector purposes though having the only 2009 would make it worth alot). Also why on earth would you decline a drive in that car that was a stupid decision who cares if it is relevant to your job that is an awesome opportunity live a little. Also the guy who lost his money should be felt bad for he worked hard for that money just like anyone else he is just better at making money than others give him credit.

    • How would a car built in 2009 not be a 2009? A horse-puck by any other name would smell as sweet... I guess "2008 Bugatti" is just a label.

      As Mark Twain once remarked - "How many legs does a dog have, if I call the tail a leg?" The unwary second banana answers "Five?" He replies "No, four. Just because you call a tail a leg doesn't make it one."

      You have to be a pretty annoying consumer-sales company if you custom-build vehicles by hand, and you won't label a vehicle being hand-made in your shop with whatever the cutomer wants ti to be called - especially if the label is appropriate. Do these top-end companies actually thrive on being super-snotty and anti-customer-service?

    • To yasha, great question. two reasons:
      1 - Does the world need another journalist driving a million-dollar sports car and declaring “Wow, that was so cool! What an amazing machine!” Of course it’s amazing.

      2 - The following bit of math. Guy who hasn’t owned a car in 12 years + 1,001 horsepower Bugatti = dead people in Manhattan.

      Don’t get me wrong. As an avid car guy (the reason I haven’t owned a car in so long is because I was overseas and now in Manhattan), I would be thrilled to drive the new Bugatti. But forgive me if I don’t see the journalistic purpose.

    • "The other unanswered question is: Mr. Frank, why did you decline the test-drive?"

      Because clearly he has an apologist complex and a complete lack of testicles.

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