Own up, which one of your childish fools did this?

[StuAff]

They actually lose money on every one they sell. According to Clarkson (unreliable source) they cost somewhere in the region of 5 million to build and are a bit of a vanity 'thang' for VAG.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/grap...chart-18?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/tr/zoomsputteraagghhh
I imagine that these figures include the price of building factories etc. Considering Bugatti was effectively started from scratch, and virtually every single part is bespoke to the Veyron, €1.7bn to sell 400 odd 'halo models' seems quite cheap compared to some of the others on that list. VAG knew the cars could not be sold at a price covering those initial costs and had absolutely no expectation of doing so. Also, bear in mind (again, unlike others on the list) that Bugatti's been able to sell every car it's built, and so the cost per car will go down and down. They might, eventually, turn a profit....

 

[slowmotion]

A set of tyres costs $25,000. The cost of fitting the tyres to the rims is only $75,000. It has to be done at the French factory.

 

[Archie_tect]

A set of tyres costs $25,000. The cost of fitting the tyres to the rims is only $75,000. It has to be done at the French factory.

 

[hoopdriver]

It's not funny at all, you could pay to build 16 new two and three bedroomed houses in Wallsend or the west end of Newcastle with the money that car cost... and have money left over to buy them a second hand minibus for the Community Centre.

Yes, but would the mini bus get them to the bingo hall at 267mph?

 

[Archie_tect]

Depends how many people are in it and if you add the speeds of the people inside together- 2 seater @ 267mph is 534mph but 17 seater + driver @ 30mph is 540mph...

 

[Learnincurve]

Oh no!

I can't even drive and this is just the Veyron is not just a work of art but it's also a massive leap forward in car and engine design. I still remember the top gear episode where Clarkson laughingly read out the press release where Bugatti said they would be creating the first 1000 hp car and those three were all fighting with each other to see who could mock them the most and smugly saying it was impossible.

 

[Archie_tect]

Ah..... you're being serious... no, good, didn't think so.

 

[Brandane]

This is the very reason why I would never own a "trophy" car, no matter how much money I had. I was angry enough after someone booted the wing mirror off my £3k Toyota Corolla .

 

[ufkacbln]

Could be worse

 

[swee'pea99]

A set of tyres costs $25,000. The cost of fitting the tyres to the rims is only $75,000. It has to be done at the French factory.

Ok, 6 grand a pop for the tyres...a bit on the dear side, but you'd expect that. But 75K for the fitting? I mean, we all know the French like to take the piss, but seventy-five thousand dollars to fit four tyres? Mon friggin' Dieu.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

It's not funny at all, you could pay to build 16 new two and three bedroomed houses in Wallsend or the west end of Newcastle with the money that car cost... and have money left over to buy them a second hand minibus for the Community Centre.

And how many starving third world children could the average Cycle Chatter's bikes feed for a year?

We're all happy to lecture other people on what they do with their money, but...

 

[slowmotion]

Ok, 6 grand a pop for the tyres...a bit on the dear side, but you'd expect that. But 75K for the fitting? I mean, we all know the French like to take the ****, but seventy-five thousand dollars to fit four tyres? Mon friggin' Dieu.

I'm not sure if the tyres are included in the $75k. The wiki entry for Bugatti Veyron is a bit ambiguous. There are still quite a few startling statistics in their article. An eight litre engine!

 

[screenman]

Smokingjoe, you beat me too it.

 

[Learnincurve]

I have no idea where this fitting at the factory is coming from because the majority of Veyrons are in Abu Dabi and it would be a tad impractical to send them back after each track day. I think those may be the track day pricings, if you are at a european track day then you can pay them to bring a truck with tyres/telemetry and so on.

 

[ufkacbln]

I hope they offer Marathon Plus as an option ... a puncture could be expensive