{"id":4292,"date":"2011-07-16T23:43:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T03:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2011-07-16T21:49:20","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T01:49:20","slug":"so-you-cant-afford-a-1-5-million-bugatti-well-why-not-build-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/so-you-cant-afford-a-1-5-million-bugatti-well-why-not-build-your-own","title":{"rendered":"So, you can’t afford a $1.5 million Bugatti? Well, why not build your own?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Bugatti Veyron is a modern automotive legend. The sleek speedster boasts a top speed of over 260 mph, 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The detailed doppelg\u00e4nger 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 \u2014 less than 1\/10th the price of a genuine Veyron.<\/p>\n

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