The famous Japanese company tuning ASI, which expertise in developing luxury cars, has unveiled its latest creature Tetsu GTR based on refined Bentley Continental GT. What makes this valuable is the car bonnet, entirely painted by hand with original works of Japanese Nakamura Tetsuei. Personally, I find this flowery car’s hood quite weird. The Japanese manufacturer joining the original art to a Japanese development boasts of offering Accuracy, Spirit and Imagination, which stands ASI. This limited edition coupe is priced at $800,000 (€520,000) and it is anticipated counted 29 models would be developed by the Japanese firm.

It is equipped with 6.0L W12 Bentley engine reprogrammed to develop a startling power of 800 horses. Keeping aside the artwork involved, ASI’s Tetsu GTR sports an aggressively styled wide-bodykit (+1,800 mm) that comprise of a dry carbon bonnet, trunk and rear wing spoiler along with numerous involuntary upgrades.

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Touted as the fastest, powerful and the pricey street rider, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is now being honored as the world’s most expensive full production running at a verified top speed of 407.5 km/h (253 mph). Undoubtedly, numerous limited edition coupes’ are being produced demanding a hefty tag but this fortunate model take pride in topping that limited edition list. It was in September 2005 that it reached the complete production and was named after French racing mogul Pierre Veyron, who bagged the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the inventive Bugatti firm.

Developed and designed by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS at its Molsheim (Alsace, France) factory, the coupe got sold under the Italian/French Bugatti marque.

Technical specks:
Base engine: 8.0-liter quad-turbo dohc 64V W-16, 987 bhp
Length (in.): 175.7
Weight (lb): est 4160

Read over to the list of expensive cars in falling price order:
1. Bugatti Veyron, $1.7 million
2. Ferrari Enzo, $1 million
3. Pagani Zonda C12, $741,000
4. Koenigsegg CCX, $600,910
5. Porsche Carrera GT, $484,000
6. Mercedes SLR McLaren, $455,500
7. Maybach 62, $385,250
8. Rolls Royce Phantom, $320,000
9. Lamborghini Morceilago, $279,900
10. Aston Martin Vanquish, $255,000

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Are you ready to welcome a new entrant or a toy to your garage? Even if you aren’t I propose you to consider the GG Quad, a custom-built four-wheel motorcycle motorized by a 1,130cc BMW engine. The 95 hp GG Quad races from 0 to 60 mph within five seconds and tops out at 115 mph. Must say, it offers a great power for a quad. The highly visible car wheels enable quad attain a prominent street look along with a variety of custom preferences detailing innovative paint jobs, elective side storage sheet, and BMW steering systems.

The framework on the GG Quad is made from garrison aluminum and weighs 880 lbs. But like I always say luxury never comes cheap, so following this this deluxe quad also demands $49,500.

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If you have a fad for wheels and aspire to have a gold touch in every accessory you own then free feel to ink a neat deal here with Mike Dunlap. No, he is not engaged into the production of real-time models of coupe’ or heavy forms of jewelry but for past 25 years specializes in designing intelligent sculptures that offers a blend of both. Developed only for deep pockets, these gold automobile sculptures are real masterpieces as they elegantly replicate the ready-to-burn roads sedans or bikes. Mike maintains a standard proportion of 1:12 scale and is handcrafted with a 24 karat gold finishing. Besides offering a best way to invest your overflowing wealth, other reasons that work as excuse for installing it include welcoming invitation at museums displays and as trophies to honor special automotive racing events.

The retailing of the models varies as per project, which is commissioned as per the needs of the clients. Giving you just a fair idea, the Indy cars exhibited on the website lately got sold off for $60,000 while NASCAR models managed to generate $70,000. Ask Mike Dunlap about his current project and you will get an instant smiling response: $180,000 yacht for a Dubai-based potential client.

Whist you are expected to wait for couple of months more to fly in the terrafugia transition flying car, here comes another innovation that may calm your revolutionary spirits. Touted as inflatable electric cars, this offering by XP Vehicles powered by batteries or fuel cells is all set to be produced for masses. Priced under $10,000, XP’s Whisper car is developed using NASA-grade inflatable material (was used in production of NASAs airbags for the Mars rovers’ landings) and hence proves its jagged form.

Born electric and lightweight, the inflatable coupe can travel up to 300 miles on a single charge and can go beyond 2,500 if charged via hi-tech technology. It requires only two-hours of construction time and can reach you in two boxes. It offers a gamut of shades to choose from detailing unique decals, stereo systems, iPod compatibility and alarms.

Bottom line: the inflatable coupe can even float during crisis situation like flood.

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I just go crazy with the thought of riding a two-stroke carbon-spewer on rough woods, slashing up the lawn and terrifying the natural world but wonder if there is any meticulous way to travel. Whilst electric ATVs are a great step towards this trend, here comes a second option of pedal power, worth a try. Called the “Trailcart,” it is a human-powered four-wheeler with enduring four-wheel drive. True it doesn’t have that much of torque as an ATV powered by an engine but for sure it would be a wise oprion with obvious benefit: the manufacturers are working out ways to maintain its weight under 50 kilograms, making it comfortable enough to lift over impediments that it might not otherwise clear.

For now the Trailcart isn’t available for sale but you can clean your hands over “Rail Runner” by paying off just $2,000. The pedal-driven rail runner is capable of traveling along abandoned railway lines.

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You hunt for something sporty may end here if you have enough dough to spill over or rather invest. The opportunity is to ink a neat deal with the Porsche driven by Steve McQueen in the Hollywood flick Le Mans. It would be up for auction at Bonhams & Butterfield in the US as a part of its Exceptional Motorcars and Automobili sale. The anticipated price that this coupe may fetch is $2 million.

For that amount, you would own the 1969-70 Porsche 908/2 Spyder that is a 350bhp, 3.0-litre flat-eight air-cooled speedster with a fiberglass body, tubular aluminum space frame and a car capable of hitting 200mph+. Besides driving it in Le Mans, McQueen also took a ride over it in the 1970 Sebring 12 Hours race. If you are making up your mind to possess it then auction is still 2.5 months away, so you can start saving now.

Auction date: 15 August

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Sounding like a Bat Mobile with an appeal that of a legendary car, Flatmobile is all set to enter the Guinness record for owning the world’s flattest sedan ever. Measuring 19 inches high, this revolutionary coupe is arguably the world’s lowest vehicle and powered by a jet engine, it can ride with a speed up to 100 mph. The highlighting feature of coupe is its number plate that is bordered by two missile tips. Also, there is a word of vigilance for those who covet the owner as his position is in corporeal danger with semis surrounding all over the place.

Designed, developed and tweaked by 46-year-old Perry Watkins, it won’t only turn heads but is successful in breaking few.

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If you analyze deeply, then we are on the verge of a new commuting age where coupe seems to be too bulky and incompetent considering the traffic-clogged cities and motorcycles too perilous and inflexible to become a big question against your survival. Then what next possible solution can be mediate? Possibly, their hybrid nature can be your savior. How about an automobile with a car appeal running on four-wheels, something that is not much wider or heavier than a bike with a feature to tilt for stability around the corners.

If asked Australian inventor Phillip James, then you would be offered with a revolutionary product that respects all your needs. The internal combustion version of his “TVA Gazelle” tilting 4-wheeler will make well over 100mpg due to the intrinsic USPs of the vehicle design and to your much surprise its steering wheel is absolutely isolated from the front wheels due to the Gazelle’s radical new steering and handling system.

James is reaching the concerned manufacturers in India and China to develop a functional product out of this vehicle concept and it is anticipated that the production version would cost less than $10,000. It seems to be a great solution with eco-friendly touch for coming years of revolution.

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World’s fall short to describe this elegant beauty once owned by U.S. actor James Coburn. Yes, am pointing towards a Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder that fetched $11 million at an auction in the luxury sports carmaker’s hometown of Maranello. And the proud owner to ink this pricey deal is a radio DJ, presenter by profession and a British national celebrity Chris Evans. This distinct 1961 model invited attention and rotated eyelids of the pool of visitors attending auction.

This atypical black translatable was one of 33 cars and scores of Ferrari memorabilia sold at the auction.

Other vintage model was a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM that generated sales of 4.5 million euros, an exciting opportunity for collectors to update their kitty. Besides this an autographed 2007 race suit owned by Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen fetched 11,500 euros.

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