Over 1/5th of Bugatti Veyrons are in Dubai
You'd think that owning a car as expensive and exclusive as the Bugatti Veyron would ensure that seeing another one in your neighborhood would be an unlikely event. And it probably is for most of the 125 customers who've taken delivery of the hyper-exotic to date around the world. Except if you live in Dubai, where Bugatti has already sold no less than 15 of its million-dollar supercars, or 18.75% of Veyrons produced to date.
With a population of about one and a half million in the oil-rich emirate – roughly the size of Phoenix, the fifth-largest city in the US – that means there's one Veyron for every 100,000 people. (By contrast, there are 27 Veyrons in the entire UK, population: 60 million). For those fifteen multi-millionaires, however, the flashy wheels might be the edge they need when you consider that there are a very un-Beach Boys-like three boys for every girl in Dubai.
[Source: Emirates Business via The German Car Blog]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
indymcsc 8:05AM (1/31/2008)
A few months back I saw Veyron on the road here in Indianapolis. I was shocked! As I passed it I almost wrecked my car turning my head around to check it out.
Very cool, very rare car (at least here in Indianapolis where we're not exactly drowning in oil money).
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Max 8:55AM (1/31/2008)
Why the hate? That's their industry. We in the US have "other" products that we export.
But yeah Bugatti Veyron is the car to own! I wish I had one
thorani 8:57AM (1/31/2008)
where in indy??!?!?!?, must have been on the north side. here on the west side, my infiniti is the ritziest thing around.
Frick 12:17PM (1/31/2008)
Max... WHAT hate? are you mental?....
harumph 8:23AM (1/31/2008)
how is 18.75% more than 1/5?
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SPF 8:52AM (1/31/2008)
That is a very good question.
I don't see this as a surprise.
Andy 10:31AM (1/31/2008)
18.75% is greater than 20%? Great math.
Stringfellow Hawk 8:25AM (1/31/2008)
If its 18.75% wouldnt that be UNDER 1/5th? Or maybe Over 1/6th? And 15/125 is 12%. O_o
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tenfifteen 8:51AM (1/31/2008)
Maybe he calc'd: 125 x .15 = 18.75? Double o_0
Math 101, Autoblog... calculate the percentage like so: 15/125 == .12 (12/100ths or 12 per hundred [percent]).
Alex 9:23AM (1/31/2008)
math is FUNdamental!
but seriously, you guys really got your numbers all out of sorts here.
BMWdownshift 8:53AM (1/31/2008)
Damn Arabs , we need to control that oil !
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psarhjinian 9:53AM (1/31/2008)
Exactly! It's unconscionable that brown people have money!
Why, next thing you know, brown people will end up buying Jaguar. Unconscionable!
FrankTheCrank 6:20AM (2/01/2008)
Brown people? WTF are you talking about?
Anyways, you guys can all pat yourselves on the back, because everytime we fill up our gas guzzling autos, we're probably sending 4/5 of that money straight over to the middle east.
WE NEED TO CONTROL OUR OWN ENERGY NOW!!!!
AndyMF 9:06AM (1/31/2008)
Damn, I've been beaten to the Maths correction comment. Yes, 1/5 is equal to 20% and 15/125 equals 12%.
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Huecifer 9:13AM (1/31/2008)
The entire premise of this article is based on numbers, and you guys got them completely, totally wrong! What a brilliant piece of journalism...
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Paul 9:16AM (1/31/2008)
Actually, they were only half wrong... you know, 75%.
Ssco 10:10AM (1/31/2008)
Shouldn't the story be titled 'Over 1/5th of BUgatti Veyrons are in UK'?
There's 12 more in the UK than Dubai
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Andrew 10:14AM (1/31/2008)
One more reason why I want to move to Dubai. (Half serious).
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Frick 12:34PM (1/31/2008)
just make sure you're not a woman... otherwise if you get attacked, hurt, raped, etc you'll probably be whipped and stoned by the government and the rest of the "people" afterwards.....
Andrew 2:05PM (1/31/2008)
You're mistaking the United Arab Emirates with Saudi Arabia. UAE is a pretty progressive place. David and Victoria Beckham have a house there.