Say hello to the world’s first car to wear fine porcelain on its body as well as in its cabin, the one-off Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport 'L'Or Blanc'. Admittedly, applying porcelain fittings on one of the fastest and most powerful production sports cars ever made doesn’t seem like a sound move, but when it comes to Bugatti, anything goes.
Created in partnership with Konigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM), the 'L'Or Blanc' was unveiled on Thursday at the porcelain manufacturer’s workshop in Berlin, German.
“At first, it seems to be an unusual idea to use porcelain in a car, especially in the world’s fastest convertible,” comments Dr. Stefan Brungs, Director of Sales and Marketing at Bugatti Automobiles. “But this is what Bugatti stands for: the realization of exceptional ideas whilst striving for the utmost in quality and aesthetics. This allows us to continue Ettore Bugatti’s heritage, who himself loved to experiment with new materials,” Brungs added.
Porcelain is used for the inlays of the centre wheel badges, the fuel filler, cap and the oil filler cap as well as the signature “EB” badge at the rear. Along with the delicate decorations, the 'L'Or Blanc' also gained an impressive paint job that mixes a dark blue hue with a white color in a way that it represents the reflections of light on the convertible Veyron’s body.
The white and blue color theme is continued inside with porcelain making its appearance on either side of the centre console, the rear panel between the seats, and somewhat unfittingly for a Veyron, there’s also a removable porcelain dish with edges finished in diamond polishing that belongs to a picnic set that was designed by KPM exclusively for Bugatti.
And the price for all this, we hear some of you ask? A mere…€1.65 million which is roughly equal to US$2.4 million.
8 Comments:
UUUUber Cool paint job. I want one !
Outstanding look, jeez if only i was Bill gates favorite cousin or something like that
I'm sure if it looks like it's made from it, or if it's advertising it, but all I can think of is:
Toothpaste!
too much bling, P Diddy can't even handle the blingness.
When you said "porcelain fittings" inside, I thought you meant that you wouldn't have to make pitstops during a roadtrip. Maybe Ford could add that to their larger fonts idea. No more need for adult diapers and dangerous incontenence drugs.
pic 18 is my new screensaver
Pointless waste of money and effort is pointless. There are millions of hungry people in the World, you know?
A man who has enough money to buy one of these isn't going to give a rat's arse about millions of hungry people in some godforsaken corners of the world.
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