The Rolls-Royce Sweptail, a one-off coupe designed for a specific customer who likely has unfathomable amounts of cash, could be the most expensive new car ever sold at a reported $12.8 million. http://jalopnik.com/this-oddball-rolls-royce-could-be-the-new-most-expensiv-1795605881 I posted this thread in the Luxury and Lifestyle forum only because there is no Fool And His Money forum.
This car was custom-built SINCE 2013. The buyer is not a fool : he is also actually into super-luxury private yachts and private planes. Makes sense : he is a connaissor. Good on him.
If you're worth 15 million USD sure blowing 13 on a car looks foolish, but then if you are worth 2 or 3 extra Zeros why not. I'd actually venture that most folks who amassed much money, say over 1 billion usd, are far from fools, whereas it remains to be seen about the masses who point fingers at them. But on a side note, I used to be involved in some luxury goods trading, and difficult to execute bespoke orders signed by big names came out at ridiculously high prices if one considered the materials involved. Yet besides big recognized brands who attracted both the wealthiest customers and mass of suppliers, i'm not sure anyone could finalize those orders - to begin with suppliers usually wouldn't work half as conscienciously if orders didn't come from big houses. Than the houses , which usually had payed their suppliers quite well, charged a nasty mark up on the finished product, huge loss if one was trying to resell the products immediately, worse than for cars, but than again one's perspective depends a lot on their ressources and feeling towards one of a kind items.
Clearly this is a billionaire who wants to brag to his billionaire friends that he has something they cannot.
at 12mill it would not be the most expensive car ever sold. 1. 1936 Bugatti Type 57C Atlantic – $43.7 million (2010)
Oh look at that. that's what I get for not reading correctly. So sorry young lady. Have a beautiful weekend.
I like the Rolls commercial where they both stop + one says ''pardon me ,do you have any Grey Poupon Dijon......'' Some are affordable.LOL[Produced by Lowe Advertising]
To the fellow living in the alley, a $25 dollar bottle of wine is an absurd extravagance. To the fellow living in a house with 14 bathrooms, it's something pedestrian to cook with.