Bugatti sells for over $30m!

af_thefragile

A 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic became the most expensive car ever when it was sold for an estimated between $30m-$40m at an auction sometime last week.

Only 3 of these were ever made. It was styled by Jean Bugatti who was the founder of Bugatti, Ettore Buggati's son. It was supercharged in 1939 upping its 3.3l inline 8cyl engine's power to 210bhp and a top speed of 123mph. Which will never be made use of as the car is most probably gonna end locked up in a Museum somewhere in California.



Recession my arse!!

and if you wanna read more go here: http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2010/05/04/the-world’s-most-expensive-car-sold/

EPM

That was one of the originals too. The 3rd car afaik was hit by a train, killing the driver and then rebuilt.

Fookin gorgeous though:D

Alanstrainor

EPM wrote: »

That was one of the originals too. The 3rd car afaik was hit by a train, killing the driver and then rebuilt.

Fookin gorgeous though:D

Fookin gorgeous is right! What a car!

Cookie_Monster

af_thefragile wrote: »

It was styled by Jean Bugatti who was the founder of Bugatti, Ettore Buggati's son.

was he blind

af_thefragile

EPM wrote: »

That was one of the originals too. The 3rd car afaik was hit by a train, killing the driver and then rebuilt.

Fookin gorgeous though:D

One of them is in Ralph Lauren's collection

That guy has almost every classic car one would wanna own!!

opinion guy

It looks like an early Batmobile !!!

GavRedKing

:eek: 30 - 40 million.

Cool, well worth it for a piece of history and at auction you just never know, I would have liked to see what the list price was.

Stevie Dakota

That's a lot of money for an ugly car. Wonder if this will get a few million in 80 years time?

Absurdum

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

That's a lot of money for an ugly car. Wonder if this will get a few million in 80 years time?

hopefully inflation will ensure that the few million is scrap value :P

rebel.ranter

Surely we have to find a pic of the 3rd one, complete the collection so to speak.

EDIT: I think this is it

qz

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

That's a lot of money for an ugly car

That car is a masterpiece. Your forum access should be revoked!

2qk4u

I like it, pity there were only 3.

af_thefragile

About the car from wiki:

wikipedia wrote:

Considered by some to be the most beautiful pre-war car, the Atlantic body Type 57S featured flowing coupe lines with a pronounced dorsal seam running front to back. It was based on the "Aérolithe" concept car of 1935. Like the Type 59 Grand Prix car, the Aérolithe used Elektron (magnesium, a combustible material) or Duralumin (aluminium) for its body panels. Therefore, the body panels were riveted externally, creating the signature seam.

The production Atlantics (just four were made) used plain aluminium, however. But the dorsal seams were retained for style, and have led to the car's present fame.
Only two of the cars survive. One is in the collection of Ralph Lauren, the second was owned by Dr. Peter Williamson, and won the 2003 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Williamson's car was sold for between $30 and $40 million at an auction in May 2010 to the Mullin Automotive Museum located in Oxnard, California.

pete4130

Pluto the dog?

Cookie_Monster

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

That's a lot of money for an ugly car. Wonder if this will get a few million in 80 years time?

not just ugly, it's hideous! :eek:

rabbitinlights

This is one of those cars that can't really be judged by photos, it's all about proportions and the flow of the lines......

The previous photos are very poor and don't really show it off too well.

Try these bad boys:

Mr. Presentable

af_thefragile wrote: »

One of them is in Ralph Lauren's collection

That guy has almost every classic car one would wanna own!!

I don't really get this. He may as well have a poster of the car. It ought to be on the road - that's what a car is for. It ceases to be a mode of transport once you mothball it.

af_thefragile

nipplenuts wrote: »

I don't really get this. He may as well have a poster of the car. It ought to be on the road - that's what a car is for. It ceases to be a mode of transport once you mothball it.

Thats why rich fashion designers shouldn't be allowed to buy good cars. They just end up using them like a piece of fancy furniture they can show off to everyone rather then using them for what they were made... to drive!

opinion guy

In fairness you would want to be absolutely insane to actually drive a 30million EUR car.

Its a collectors item plain and simple. Its days as a means of transport are long behind it

Profiler

rabbitinlights wrote: »

Try these bad boys:

Now that is a gorgeous car... I like how the dorsal flows down to the rear.

daveharnett

nipplenuts wrote: »

I don't really get this. He may as well have a poster of the car. It ought to be on the road - that's what a car is for. It ceases to be a mode of transport once you mothball it.

af_thefragile wrote: »

Thats why rich fashion designers shouldn't be allowed to buy good cars. They just end up using them like a piece of fancy furniture they can show off to everyone rather then using them for what they were made... to drive!

Completely disagree. If these cars had been on the road their whole lives, they would be extinct by now. Given their rarity, they belong in captivity so that future generations can enjoy them too. Putting a car with prehistoric handling and cross ply tires in a position where it could find a wall / get hit by a punto would be utterly selfish imo.

Think about the reaction here to the guy who stuffed his veyron into a lake. Now imagine it was the last of it's kind:eek:

af_thefragile

daveharnett wrote: »

Completely disagree. If these cars had been on the road their whole lives, they would be extinct by now. Given their rarity, they belong in captivity so that future generations can enjoy them too. Putting a car with prehistoric handling and cross ply tires in a position where it could find a wall / get hit by a punto would be utterly selfish imo.

Think about the reaction here to the guy who stuffed his veyron into a lake. Now imagine it was the last of it's kind:eek:

Aah yeah but they should atleast use it occasionally. Like once a year or something atleast... Drive it on the road so that other people can enjoy the car.

Though I guess the thing about the guys who collect these classics is that they've got a few modern cars to drive and so they just put these classics up as museum pieces.

But then a car that you can't fire it up is just a piece of design art or something. Like where's the soul when its just a piece of bent aluminium and steel? Its not a car till you pour in the liquid gold and bring it to life...!

Anan1

af_thefragile wrote: »

Aah yeah but they should atleast use it occasionally. Like once a year or something atleast... Drive it on the road so that other people can enjoy the car.

Though I guess the thing about the guys who collect these classics is that they've got a few modern cars to drive and so they just put these classics up as museum pieces.

But then a car that you can't fire it up is just a piece of design art or something. Like where's the soul when its just a piece of bent aluminium and steel? Its not a car till you pour in the liquid gold and bring it to life...!

I'd imagine they are driven occasionally.

Creamy Goodness

there'd be no way i'd drive that even occassionally, the chances of a ****ty civic crashing into me would just wouldn't be worth the risk.

if i had 30 million to buy a car, i'd build a private race track too and have no fear that some scummer isn't going to come within 50 miles of my beautiful car.

Anan1

The $30M that the new owner paid might well be a relatively smaller investment than that made by the average new Mondeo buyer.

PCPhoto

at first glance it does look kinda dog faced ...... (if you squint your eyes and are watching cartoons at the time.....and maybe tilt yer head sideways)

but it is a beautiful machine - pity even if we pooled all our money we couldnt get a communal Boards.ie car.

Anan1

PCPhoto wrote: »

but it is a beautiful machine - pity even if we pooled all our money we couldnt get a communal Boards.ie car.

Probably just as well, half of them'd want a turbodiesel and big alloys on it.;)

O.A.P

Anan1 wrote: »

The $30M that the new owner paid might well be a relatively smaller investment than that made by the average new Mondeo buyer.

Bet your right he hardly needed a car loan, imagine what that would cost over 5 years.:eek:

Creamy Goodness

Anan1 wrote: »

The $30M that the new owner paid might well be a relatively smaller investment than that made by the average new Mondeo buyer.

aye but unlike the mondeo these aren't mass produced

SV

O.A.P wrote: »

Bet your right he hardly needed a car loan, imagine what that would cost over 5 years.:eek:

Thanks for your enquiry, the repayment plan is as follows;

Your weekly payment will be: €166424.84
or
Your monthly payment will be: €721174.32

Your total payment will be: €34616367.13
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pricey eh?

O.A.P

SV wrote: »

pricey eh?

Yeah definately over 5 then over 3 years is just to much of a stretch. :rolleyes:

SV

O.A.P wrote: »

Yeah definately over 5 then over 3 years is just to much of a stretch. :rolleyes:

ah sorry, that's over 4 years!

Cookie_Monster

daveharnett wrote: »

Completely disagree. If these cars had been on the road their whole lives, they would be extinct by now. Given their rarity, they belong in captivity so that future generations can enjoy them too.

its just a car though. I'm sure Bugatti could knock out a dozen replicas in a week if they needed to for some bizarre reason.

how exactly a future generations going to enjoy them? Can't drive them and they make you want to vomit when you look at them.

Forest Master

Anan1 wrote: »

The $30M that the new owner paid might well be a relatively smaller investment than that made by the average new Mondeo buyer.

I don't get it.

Anan1

Forest Master wrote: »

I don't get it.

$30M may be a smaller proportion of the Bugatti buyer's net worth than the price of a new Mondeo is to its average buyer.

Forest Master

Anan1 wrote: »

$30M may be a smaller proportion of the Bugatti buyer's net worth than the price of a new Mondeo is to its average buyer.

Oh, okay. But why the Mondeo specifically? Any reference to anything?

Stinicker

Most likely the cost of the Buggati is about the same amount of money to the rich guy in as buying a Mondeo is to a working class person.

af_thefragile

Stinicker wrote: »

Most likely the cost of the Buggati is about the same amount of money to the rich guy in as buying a Mondeo is to a working class person.

But then again buying a Bugatti is more like buying a house than a car. Its always gonna be a safe investment if you buy the right model and look after it properly. Its worth is only gonna go up over time... unlike a Mondeo...

daveharnett

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

its just a car though. I'm sure Bugatti could knock out a dozen replicas in a week if they needed to for some bizarre reason.

Like the Enola Gay is just a plane? I'm sure Boeing still have the bluprints in a desk somewhere.

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

how exactly a future generations going to enjoy them? Can't drive them and they make you want to vomit when you look at them.

Not crazy about the look either, but I can see how others might like them. Reminds me of these actually

ShadowHearth

qz wrote: »

That car is a masterpiece. Your forum access should be revoked!

lol honestly, i thinks its freaking ugly aswell! :rolleyes:

thought impresive hp figure for that age...

woody33

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/05/05/2010-05-05_vavavroom_curvealicious_40m_bugatti_most_expensive_car_.html

-Chris-

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