Gold(finger's) Mercedes C63 spotted in... where else? Dubai
Click above for a high-res gallery of the gold C63
This United Arab Emirates-registered gold-mirror-finish Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG was caught at the Bling on Wheels Show, otherwise known as the valet area at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. While we have nothing untoward to say about someone who decks out his/her ride in any manner desired, we are always intrigued when someone looks to have spent the worth of a car – on top of the price of the car itself – on "beautification."
There is some debate as to whether this is a real paint job or a wrap, but parking your gold-wrapped C63 next to a genuinely chrome SLR would be shamefully ludicrous. A C63 AMG goes for about 300,000 AED (about $82,000 USD). Unless gold paint bubbles out of the ground as well, a liquid gold paint job has to cost a good portion of that. And all for a C63? Really? We won't ask whether it looks good... we'll just guide you to the gallery of high-res images below. Hat tip to AB reader Chad.
Gallery: Mercedes C63 in Dubai Gold
[Source: MB World]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Sea Urchin 12:36PM (1/23/2009)
American money at work.
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Mazda FTW! 12:39PM (1/23/2009)
Americans didn't tell them how to use it.
chad.dawkins 12:49PM (1/23/2009)
Yes, because the only way people in Dubai make money is off of oil. *rolls eyes*
Sea Urchin 12:49PM (1/23/2009)
This is the song they are playing while riding this car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T5hbz3wI2k
kareem6666 12:57PM (1/23/2009)
How is it American money? You paid for oil and got it. That's it. What they do with their money is up to them. You don't see them saying "Look what these dumbasses are doing with OUR oil"
Sea Urchin 12:57PM (1/23/2009)
Chad, no they make money from Finacial and real estate businesses as well. But if there was no oil do you think anyone in his right mind would build something or invest his money in dubai?
Come on
Before oil was discovered "Arabia" was pretty much Sub Saharan Africa.
chad.dawkins 1:15PM (1/23/2009)
What does that matter though? No one bitches about Russian or American oil tycoons. They get the same money and just as wealthy as these cats.
hashiryu 1:45PM (1/23/2009)
Well, tough. Suck it up. It's THEIR money....you know, they sell a product and you pay for it. It's not like any other country bitches about what you guys do with the money from the products you export.
big J 2:19PM (1/23/2009)
don't you know chad this guy always makes jackass comments.
Rob 5:02PM (1/23/2009)
@hashiryu: But but America doesn't really export anything. :|
fernan 5:27PM (1/23/2009)
Would it make you feel better if they posted what chinese people do with all the money they get from selling goods to america ? rice, goats, and chery cars ????
Spiel 8:13AM (1/26/2009)
People ask how in the world did Bush get re-elected in the first place? Easy, by the same individuals who make pointless, uneducated comments like this guy.
American money, you kill me.
First of all, Dubai's oil exports are so small in comparison to the other Gulf countries, it doesn't even count. Oil counts for only 6% of their revenue. Dubai's economy is built solely on trade.
Second of all, who the heck said that the US is the only importer of Middle East oil? Oh I forgot, that's because we're #1.
Next time please keep your comments to yourself, because people like you give us a bad rep.
garlinski 12:38PM (1/23/2009)
Love the C63, but not that one. looked like some orange peel in that paint job. gold tint job to the windows as well? Good Grief
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geo.stewart 2:06PM (1/23/2009)
reminds me of Gold-series hot wheels in the 80s
they had a jag and a MB and a couple of others. just like this
Red 12:43PM (1/23/2009)
All that and they didn't touch the stock wheels = Fail
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3seriesisking 1:59PM (1/23/2009)
Tell me about it...you put gold windows on the damned thing and don't touch the wheels?? WTF???
Zeus.:God 12:42PM (1/23/2009)
Something about that paint job makes me want to grab my keys and just go at that thing...
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Torrent 12:45PM (1/23/2009)
So this is what happens when you smoke crack.
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TurboPanzer 2:53PM (1/23/2009)
Rick James: "Cocaine is a helluva drug!"
TheDuke 12:47PM (1/23/2009)
Ok, that's the final straw. I'm going off the grid and will drive an electric scooter powered by solar panels on the roof of my sustainably-built shack before I spend any more of my money on oil from these greedy tacky mofos. Good grief.
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