It's tough being a billionaire family-man. Take Russian billionaire Yuri Milner for example, he had to spend $100 M on a home near Palo Alto just in case his wife and two daughters traveled with him. But once he got to the new pad, then what? Nobody drives a Rolls Royce Phantom and the Bentley Flying Spur? Please. That barely moves the needle of uber luxury.
No, an estate like that requires a sedan worth more than the GDP of a developing nation and right now there is a giant gap in the million-dollar-plus luxury sedan market. And with home sales above $20 M trippling since 2009 in LA, the time seems right for someone to fill the gap.
Enter, then, Bugatti and the Galibier: 1,000 horsepower, $1.4 M and now reportedly approved for production.
( AutoNews )
throwback says:
12:57 PM, 04/ 1/11
When can we get one for the long term fleet?
sfaustino13 says:
04:14 PM, 04/ 1/11
i dont think that they can afford a 1.4 million dollar car lol
ed124c says:
04:58 PM, 04/ 1/11
Why can't Hyundai make a car that looks like that and sell it for 30K?
bmw__m5 says:
05:24 PM, 04/ 1/11
Can we put a limit on the April fools jokes already? And what's the point of a sedan that only seats four.
uncanny_man says:
10:50 PM, 04/ 1/11
As I've learned more about Bugatti, it really does bother me how VW has recreated the brand as massively bloated big engined cars since that was exactly what Bugattis never were. Lotus' fate does not look good 50 years down the line...
ralphhightower says:
11:54 AM, 04/ 3/11
Is satellite radio standard or it is an option?
$1.4M for a clock that you can take out of the car and use as a watch? That's a mighty expensive wrist watch!
bimmerjay says:
03:11 PM, 04/ 3/11
It needs more exhaust pipes.
(+1 on adding this to the LT fleet)
nasahrsandi9 says:
12:54 PM, 04/ 4/11
I can't wait till this comes out. I wonder what it's going to be like on the road.