Watch Your Money Move
When purchasing a million-plus dollar automobile, there are only two logical assumptions as to why it’s a sound investment. Either you are merely using your living room like a mall atrium, showing off prize cars for drawings and giveaways as decoration, with no intention of taking one for a lap around the food court, or you are a supremely confident driver capable of summoning Jason Bourne type instincts in the face of oncoming traffic. Bear in mind, every luxury automobile is just one 16-year-old with a cell phone away from an overpriced pile of scrap metal. Furthermore, unlike real estate which (until recently) has largely held or increased its value assuming proper upkeep and barring natural disaster, a car immediately depreciates the second you drive it off the lot. With that in mind, here’s a look at two of the world’s biggest fast-moving price tags.Bugatti Veyron (Price: 1,700,000) Enter the world’s fastest street legal car, though one would be tough-pressed to find a street on which it’s legal to top out at just over 250 mph. With its W16 engine (comprised of 16 cylinders in 4 banks of 4 cylinders a piece) the Veyron affords drivers 1001 horsepower, far and away the most powerful road-car on the market. Since any prospective buyer obviously has some cash to blow, the trip from Los Angeles to Vegas is a hair over 270 miles, meaning you could easily throw down a few more meaningless money stacks on black just over an hour after leaving the City of Angels (assuming no petulant police officers or bathroom breaks). (more…)