Ah, the Bugatti Veyron. It's astonishingly powerful, sexy as hell, and only 300 will ever be made. Among the 300 Veyrons, the five rarest and most coveted models carry the Pur Sang moniker. It's stunning paint-free aluminum and carbon fiber body are bold enough to make even the wealthiest Dubai oil baron blush. There were likely many filthy rich people who missed out on the chance to bag a Pur Sang, as all five models were snapped up inside 24 hours. If you lost out the first time and had to settle for a Reventon or four Ferraris, we have good news. One Pur Sang is back on the market, but it's going to cost one of the world's wealthy almost twice as much as it did less than six months ago.
Italian dealer Rag Gianfranco Favero is selling its precious Pur Sang on the finecars website for the low price of only 3.2M Euro. The 1001-hp, 253-mph supercar has only 48 miles on the odometer, which, quite frankly, makes us scratch our heads. It's unimaginable that anyone could hold onto a Veyron for six months and drive it only 48 miles. Like it would be worth any less money if it had 800 miles on it.
[Source: Finecars]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
The Doctor @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:36AM
Why can't speculators just stick to securities and leave the cars to people who actually drive them?
Chaz @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:51AM
+1
This reminds me of the 80s speculation-fests with 911 Speedsters and Alfa TZs.
Reality_check @ Mar 3rd 2008 10:20AM
For 3 Million Euros, i wouldn´t drive it at all, besides this fit the whole if it´s more expensive is better cliche, ´cause i´ll never get this over the regular Veyron, which is way prettier in it´s two-tone paint job.
DCragtop @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:46AM
I'm gonna pass on this one. Gas hoovering 'round $4 here in DC. Maybe next year I'll get one of these.
dpb! @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:52AM
Before dropping that kinda moola, wouldn't mind having some actual pics of the car :)
mark lee @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:58AM
Holy cow, 3.2 million Euro (about $4.9 million US dollars)?!! Is that a typo?!
I'm curious, does anyone know how this car depreciates (or appreciates)?
Alex @ Mar 3rd 2008 10:54AM
With only 300 in the world, this car will never depreciate and every time a more-money-than-talent moron takes it too hard around a curve and crashes, the others appreciate.
Corey W @ Mar 3rd 2008 10:02AM
Would have looked better completely chromed, not sure if it's the photoe, but the polished look sucks...
Moe @ Mar 3rd 2008 12:33PM
They didn't chrome it. That's just what a Veyron looks like unpainted.
Soccer Mom @ Mar 3rd 2008 10:35AM
I didn't know that half-backed cars cost more.
I'll use sand paper to scratch paint off my '98 Taurus tonight and list it on the same site for $1,200,000, with $500,000 deposit.
El Stigõ @ Mar 3rd 2008 11:28AM
48 miles.
Hm.
Any guesses as to how many tanks that is?
Torrent @ Mar 3rd 2008 11:30AM
So now it costs even more WITHOUT a paintjob.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Mar 3rd 2008 12:08PM
If every time you drove it early or late in the day you stood a good chance of getting sun reflecting off the fender right into your eye, you wouldn't drive it more than 100 miles a year either.
Polished cars are impractical to say the least.
sw @ Mar 3rd 2008 12:21PM
I do believe practicality is one of the last things people look for when buying this kind of car.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:52PM
I agree. But the article asks why the car only has 48 miles on it in six months. I was answering that question.
Although desirable, if you buy it and then find it unpractical, you may just find yourself not driving it much.
Mr. Blake @ Mar 3rd 2008 2:37PM
I would like to see an unpainted Aston...now THAT would be beautiful.
Nick @ Mar 3rd 2008 4:25PM
does anyone find it vaguely unsettling that this is a 'pure blood' car made by a collaboration between italians and germans?
Reader @ May 5th 2008 1:08AM
Ironic, not unsettling though. Germans are the first to denounce anything from that era. I personally don't know any Italians well enough to comment on them though.