Million Dollar Cars
Maybach Exelero - Eight Million Dollars
Not all million dollar cars are created equal. If you have the money and are in
the market for a (multi-)million dollar supercar, you may find this guidance
useful.
The 2.7 tons carbon
fiber and neoprene
Maybach Exelero (above) is the
world's most expensive car but its eight million dollar price tag is
inflated because most of it is the research cost to build a one-off custom made car.
Among
cars that can be bought,
Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
(left) tops the list at three million dollars. The car's Italian
name means "Sixth Element," which in the periodic table is
carbon, from which the car's chassis is made.
Is that why the car is worth $3 million?
Sesto Elemento's price tag has more to do with its exclusivity (
Lamborghini
made only twenty of these cars) than performance; it does not even meet American safety standards and therefore
can be neither bought nor driven in the United States.
A
car whose price tag has more to do with performance than hype is the two million
dollar
Bugatti Veyron (right).
The 1,000 horse-powered
Bugatti Veyron can go from
zero to 60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds. Its top speed of 410 km per hour
(255 miles per hour) is closer to those of airplanes than normal cars, and
would be unsafe even on Germany's autobahn, which has no speed limit.
Slightly less powerful but sexier are a couple of one million dollar cars:
Ferrari Enzo
and the ultra-sleek
Saleen.
Thereafter, cars drop down to mere six figures:
Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren and
Porsche Carrera GT both cost $500,000.
In between $500,000 and $250,000 are the likes of
Lamborghini Murcielago, Aston Martin Vanquish
and the
Ferrari F430, as wel as the less sporty, classic sedans
Rolls Royce Phantom, Maybach 62 and
57,
Bentley Arnage and
Brooklands.
Under $250,000 lie the mass market BMWs, the other Mercedes Benz, Porsches, etc.
So, which car should you buy?
That depends on the source of your wealth. If it is the result solely of
your endeavors and genius,
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If you have been blessed with it,
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