Would you buy a Bugatti Veyron for $150,000? Of course, you will, no matter what it takes to get to the scratch. You can sell it in a week for $1.5 million and the new owner will get a deal. But Veyron isn’t Veyron, it’s Pontiac. Yes, one more Pontiac/Fiero. Actually, it’s not like that.
If this fake Bugatti Veyron isn’t a Fiero, then what is?
This was one of those fiberglass replicas that could be built on top of everything you came up with. In this case, it’s a Pontiac GTO chassis. This is a good thing. This also means it has the LS1 V8 powertrain. So there are two things. The LS has been manufactured to sound like the real Veyron sounds. So there are three reasons for these worlds apart from those Fiero/Ferrari combination cars.
It is for sale on eBay so far. The owner says the attention to detail is “really good”. That can be an issue with backyard fiberglass car kit deals. From a builder’s lack of capacity, or perhaps over budget, home builders can be money pits to get it right. And in the end, I stayed with the MPV.
How close is this fake Bugatti Veyron to a real car?
But that, at least in pictures, looks like he might be one of the lucky ones. Or rather, it could be the new owner. Yes, the doors look a little rippled, and the larger wheel vents and wheels would have really proven that. But when builders start to differ from what comes in the box, things can quickly turn ugly. This one is fairly close as this stuff goes on.
Inside it is a little more utilitarian, which is to be expected. All the styling and details that make up the interior of a real Veyron would be costly to replicate. But the good news here is that it looks like a real finished car inside. The interior of some car kits looks like vinyl-coated cardboard attached to sheet metal screws.
Is this really worth the $150,000?
But the big question arises, is that worth $150,000? The answer is that it depends. It was originally built by Santana Innovative Designs. It seems to no longer work. Whether someone else picked up the molds which is what explodes the most is anyone’s guess. So even though many of those were probably made. So it is rare on the one hand.
Can you build one for $150,000? It probably won’t happen unless you do all the work yourself. And realistically, once you have the kit, the donor car, and all the miscellaneous things you need to make it a driving car, you’ll be halfway around $150,000. Or more.
However, not many earn the money they put into these projects. So, if you’re looking for a fun drive that will fantasize about 80 percent of those watching, then this might be for you. If you’re not too worried about getting your money back and can enjoy it for what it is, you probably won’t lose out on selling time so hard. Let’s face it, even new Corvettes are depreciating, and Chevy can’t make enough of them.
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