Wow...23 Million spent on 10 cars in one swoop!

[SFDreamer]

Holy Cow, what a nice guy!

"In the normal world of ours, we can only dream of owning “a” supercar, however, to dream of owning 10 supercars, either you’ve got to be a lazy bum with a lot of lazybones or you are someone with a lot of oil wells in the backyard. Of course, the second one sounds better and according to a report, a Middle Eastern buyer has decided to purchase 10 limited edition Aston Martin One-77 supercar for his <nobr style="color: darkgreen; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-family: Georgia,verdana,arial,serif;" id="itxt_nobr_0_0">family</nobr>. At the 1.7 million price tag, One-77 supercar is limited to just 77 units of these exotic beasts, but owning 10 would mean $23 million. The One-77 is made using a carbon fiber monocoque to keep the weight at an absolute minimum – just 3,300 lbs — and the road-burning power comes from a 7.3-liter V12 making 750-hp with a top speed at 220 mph. So, if you haven’t seen money doing the talks before, I think you just did."

http://www.bornrich.org/entry/single-buyer-bags-10-aston-martin-one-77-supercars/

 

[fullracehonda]

"charge it 2 da game"

 

[jdwelsh3]

I just hope the One-77s don't suffer the same neglect as this Jaguar XJ220 in Qatar

http://jalopnik.com/5510502/jaguar-xj220-leaving-a-big-cat-to-die

 

[clr1024]

Money apparantly doesn't buy taste, thats an ugly Aston Martin.

 

[swerve2007]

they had to 'justify' the price and make it 'different and extreme' but by doing so the understated elegance, which is astons forte, is gone.

 

[sahtt]

I could be falling victim to a stereotype of sorts, but I have a feeling this particular individual did not obtain the funds to purchase these vehicles through digging ditches, working 70+ hours a week for decades, or risking a huge amount of earned capital in an at risk business/investment operation.

I guess he's still a nicer guy than someone in his position who didn't buy everyone in his family AM's, that much I'll concede. Frankly, I'd rather have a vanquish. I can't remotely afford to track it and the run of the mill AM has enough "character" as is and looks much better.

 

[nsx2tall]

Am I reading correctly that the car weighs 3300 lbs. even though it has more carbon than a coal mine? They must have included one big fat-ass behind the wheel...

 

[mickeylex]

Am I reading correctly that the car weighs 3300 lbs. even though it has more carbon than a coal mine? They must have included one big fat-ass behind the wheel...

The car only weighs 2900lbs. All of the spare cash in the trunk weighs 400lbs. :smile:

 

[Vega$ NSX]

I once bought pizza for my whole office. It's roughly the same thing. :tongue:

 

[ediddynsx]

I once bought pizza for my whole office. It's roughly the same thing. :tongue:

Nice! Me and Ed will be expecting pizza next time

 

[Zuerst]

how does 10 1.7 mil cars equal 23 mil?

 

[Osiris_x11]

silly article...

how does (10) 1.7 mil cars equal $23 mil?

"1.7 million" is presumably in Euro (€), thus the current exchange rate of ~$1.37/€ x 1.7€ million x 10 {A.M. One-77's} = ~$23.3 million.

Late February, when the article was likely composed, the exchange rate was actually ~$1.35/€. So, $1.35/€ x 1.7€ million x 10 {A.M. One-77's} = ~23 million.