A Homemade Bugatti Veyron - Only $90K

[Offender_Mullet]

Forget the spikey-haired kids with Neons and fart-can muffler Civics, THIS is modding.

The Bugatti Veyron is a modern automotive legend. The sleek speedster from Volkswagen boasts a top speed of over 260mph, making it the fastest road-legal car in the world, and it has a stunningly large $1.5 million price tag to match. Because of this astronomical cost of entry, only a few hundred of the vehicles have ever been built, meaning your chances of owning one are rather slim. That is, unless you're Mike Duff, an ambitious 25-year-old from Florida who decided to build his very own Bugatti with his bare hands.

Starting with a complete 2002 Mercury Cougar coupe, Duff set to work transforming the vehicle's entire exterior into that of a world-class supercar. He used fiberglass and composite material to create the Veyron's iconic lines, and laid it all over a tubular steel frame. After a professional paint job and plenty of buffing, the car was ready for the showroom, but Duff wasn't done yet. He then took to the Cougar's interior, covering everything from the seats to the dashboard in genuine leather. When we spoke with him, he said the project took him a full 9 months from start to finish.

The detailed doppelgänger even sports usable back seats, which is something the real million-dollar ride completely lacks. Speaking of price, that's another area where this fantastic fake beats out its original counterpart. Duff currently has the vehicle up for sale with a price of $89,000 — less than 1/10th the price of a genuine Veyron.

Unfortunately, while that price will buy you the looks of a barely-legal race car, it doesn't buy you the performance. Under its gorgeous exterior, the "Cougatti" is still distinctly pedestrian, and remains equipped with its original 2.5-liter V6 engine that produces roughly 170 horsepower. This is in stark contrast to the 8-liter 16-cylinder powerplant of the real car, which produces a neck-snapping 1,000 horses.

Link: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technolo...211223675.html

Auction Link (a lot more pics): http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bugat...a83c9da9#v4-32

[crystal_sun]

90K for a fake one? what a waste of 90K really. I wouldn't be caught in a fake one or any fake cars for that matter.

he should at least fix the wheel clearance....

[Beta Man]

He should make himself $20,000 fake genitals too......

[Dexter Morgan]

It looks a hell of a lot better than the early 90s 3000GT with Ferrari stickers on it that I saw a few months back.

[Offender_Mullet]

Originally Posted by Dexter Morgan

It looks a hell of a lot better than the early 90s 3000GT with Ferrari stickers on it that I saw a few months back.

I've seen worse locally. This is by far one of the most out-there mods I've seen.

[Bam Bam Mickey]

It would be bad enough with a real Bugatti, every Ricer having a go with their Type R's & turbo'd 1.5's, that if you were in this not only would you be harrassed by every ricer, but be thrashed by them too, for 90k???
LOL

Still seems a bit snobby to spend 90k to get your car to just look like a Bugatti without having the performances of a real one.
I see that he's auctioning the car now, so the guy might just be making a smart move and play on other ppl's snobbism.
Just like some ppl prefer a hot bimbo just to show off.
I bet the guy who's gonna win this auction will not have his name made public. After all, he wants to fool ppl into thinking his 90k bodywork is actually a $1.5 mil car.

[Offender_Mullet]

I still can't get over the fact he used a Cougar of all cars.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Offender_Mullet

I still can't get over the fact he used a Cougar of all cars.

I just found the auction (ended with a bunch of bids, and I don't know if it sold for $79k or that was the starting bid, and it never sold)

It said the 2002 Cougar had 120k miles on it..... so I guess if you spend $100k on this thing, you're gonna have to invest in another 4-banger engine soon too

[sfmarine]

This is a bit nuts. 100k to mod out a cougar. Insane...he was better off buying a used Ferrari or something. You can buy a new vette. There are so many other options to consider.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

This is a bit nuts. 100k to mod out a cougar. Insane...he was better off buying a used Ferrari or something. You can buy a new vette. There are so many other options to consider.

lol yeah... ZR-1 is only like 90-100 used

But again that thing would get more head turns then a ZR-1.

I'd pay like 15k for that thing just because its cool looking lol

[Lucky_Zucky]

if someone had $90k to spend on a car, I'd definitely point them toward a Nissan GT-R. Definitely the best bang for your buck. Not this knock-off rubbish.