How does a $Three million car look, sound and drive?
One of the most sensational cars on the market today can go from zero to sixty in less than two and a half seconds.
The Bugatti Chiron can reach up to two hundred sixty one mph and is said to be the fastest production car in the world. Only five hundred models were built worldwide, and half have reportedly already been sold.
CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave took the luxurious car for a rail.
Like a fighter jet – it can pull almost two G’s – hitting one hundred sixteen mph in a just few seconds. That kind of need for speed doesn’t come cheap, however. You’ll need to be in the Tom Cruise or Jamie Foxx tax bracket to afford one.
“You get one of five hundred cars built worldwide, an special limited edition. You get a car which is the most powerful, most beautiful, and most luxurious car in the world,” Parlato said. “Our customers own an average of 30, thirty five cars. And they want to make it, like, truly the pinnacle of their collection.”
Re-launched in the late-90s by Volkswagen, the Bugatti name traces its history to Ettore Bugatti who over a century ago built cars under the motto that no car could be too beautiful or too expensive.
Today, Bugattis are individually built by forearm in France where almost every detail – from the specially designed carbon fiber skin to the color of the mitt sewn stitching in the leather seats – can be customized. The 1,500-horsepower, 16-cylinder engine is the fastest in the world. Bugatti engineers had to cap the top speed at two hundred sixty one mph for safety reasons.
Its top-tier clientele don’t ask the kind of questions a regular customer might when buying a car.
Asked about the car’s gas mileage, Parlato said, “You know it’s a very good question. We don’t consider that. No customer has asked for that.”
But the car does come with four years of free maintenance – so there’s that.
For the same $Three million, you could buy about nine average American homes, give thirteen kids an Ivy League education or buy a Rolls Royce Phantom for each day of the week.
But a Harvard degree can’t go from zero to sixty in under two and a half seconds.
Butch Leitzinger is Bugatti’s official driver. Yes – that’s a real job.
“This is the moonshot. From the beginning, this car was meant to be no compromises,” Leitzinger said.
Well, Bugatti did make one compromise. They let a CBS News correspondent drive it.
The Chiron feels like luxury and performs like a missile and, like most people on the planet, I’ll never be able to afford one.
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How does a $Trio million car look, sound and drive?
One of the most sensational cars on the market today can go from zero to sixty in less than two and a half seconds.
The Bugatti Chiron can reach up to two hundred sixty one mph and is said to be the fastest production car in the world. Only five hundred models were built worldwide, and half have reportedly already been sold.
CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave took the luxurious car for a rail.
Like a fighter jet – it can pull almost two G’s – hitting one hundred sixteen mph in a just few seconds. That kind of need for speed doesn’t come cheap, however. You’ll need to be in the Tom Cruise or Jamie Foxx tax bracket to afford one.
Inwards the Bugatti Chiron.
“You get one of five hundred cars built worldwide, an off the hook limited edition. You get a car which is the most powerful, most beautiful, and most luxurious car in the world,” Parlato said. “Our customers own an average of 30, thirty five cars. And they want to make it, like, indeed the pinnacle of their collection.”
Re-launched in the late-90s by Volkswagen, the Bugatti name traces its history to Ettore Bugatti who over a century ago built cars under the motto that no car could be too beautiful or too expensive.
Today, Bugattis are individually built by forearm in France where almost every detail – from the specially designed carbon fiber skin to the color of the arm sewn stitching in the leather seats – can be customized. The 1,500-horsepower, 16-cylinder engine is the fastest in the world. Bugatti engineers had to cap the top speed at two hundred sixty one mph for safety reasons.
Kris Van Cleave with Butch Leitzinger
Its top-tier clientele don’t ask the kind of questions a regular customer might when buying a car.
Asked about the car’s gas mileage, Parlato said, “You know it’s a very good question. We don’t consider that. No customer has asked for that.”
But the car does come with four years of free maintenance – so there’s that.
For the same $Trio million, you could buy about nine average American homes, give thirteen kids an Ivy League education or buy a Rolls Royce Phantom for each day of the week.
But a Harvard degree can’t go from zero to sixty in under two and a half seconds.
Butch Leitzinger is Bugatti’s official driver. Yes – that’s a real job.
“This is the moonshot. From the beginning, this car was meant to be no compromises,” Leitzinger said.
Well, Bugatti did make one compromise. They let a CBS News correspondent drive it.
The Chiron feels like luxury and performs like a missile and, like most people on the planet, I’ll never be able to afford one.
How does a $Trio million car look, sound and drive? CBS News
How does a $Trio million car look, sound and drive?
One of the most special cars on the market today can go from zero to sixty in less than two and a half seconds.
The Bugatti Chiron can reach up to two hundred sixty one mph and is said to be the fastest production car in the world. Only five hundred models were built worldwide, and half have reportedly already been sold.
CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave took the luxurious car for a rail.
Like a fighter jet – it can pull almost two G’s – hitting one hundred sixteen mph in a just few seconds. That kind of need for speed doesn’t come cheap, however. You’ll need to be in the Tom Cruise or Jamie Foxx tax bracket to afford one.
Inwards the Bugatti Chiron.
“You get one of five hundred cars built worldwide, an sensational limited edition. You get a car which is the most powerful, most beautiful, and most luxurious car in the world,” Parlato said. “Our customers own an average of 30, thirty five cars. And they want to make it, like, indeed the pinnacle of their collection.”
Re-launched in the late-90s by Volkswagen, the Bugatti name traces its history to Ettore Bugatti who over a century ago built cars under the motto that no car could be too beautiful or too expensive.
Today, Bugattis are individually built by arm in France where almost every detail – from the specially designed carbon fiber skin to the color of the arm sewn stitching in the leather seats – can be customized. The 1,500-horsepower, 16-cylinder engine is the fastest in the world. Bugatti engineers had to cap the top speed at two hundred sixty one mph for safety reasons.
Kris Van Cleave with Butch Leitzinger
Its top-tier clientele don’t ask the kind of questions a regular customer might when buying a car.
Asked about the car’s gas mileage, Parlato said, “You know it’s a very good question. We don’t consider that. No customer has asked for that.”
But the car does come with four years of free maintenance – so there’s that.
For the same $Trio million, you could buy about nine average American homes, give thirteen kids an Ivy League education or buy a Rolls Royce Phantom for each day of the week.
But a Harvard degree can’t go from zero to sixty in under two and a half seconds.
Butch Leitzinger is Bugatti’s official driver. Yes – that’s a real job.
“This is the moonshot. From the beginning, this car was meant to be no compromises,” Leitzinger said.
Well, Bugatti did make one compromise. They let a CBS News correspondent drive it.
The Chiron feels like luxury and performs like a missile and, like most people on the planet, I’ll never be able to afford one.
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