Comments on: Wilkinson: “Pur Sang” = Pure Scam

By: Ryan Knuckles

Ryan Knuckles — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:59:56 +0000

I have to agree with Virtual Insanity on both comments.

By: Stephan Wilkinson

Stephan Wilkinson — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:25:15 +0000

Slow_Joe_Crow, the Bultaco is cool, but Bugatti did invent the term Pur Sang as applied to vehicles, way back in the 1930s, maybe even the ’20s. Bultaco “borrowed” it…

By: Landcrusher

Landcrusher — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:48:40 +0000

Having sold airplanes to millionaires, you realize that when they decide to buy something a certain way (even when you have advised them against it) you just have to let them.

They are big boys, and it’s their money.

So, if someone wants to pay to have all the CF weaves lined up and matched, then let’s be happy for the guys who likely got paid extra to do it. If it’s too much trouble to strip and cleat coat the car for 50k, is it still too much trouble at 100k? At some point, someone will take the job. They will get paid, wealth will be transferred, taxes collected, and capitalism will once again be verified as the best thing man ever invented.

By: Virtual Insanity

Virtual Insanity — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:19:43 +0000

To each his own. In the case at hand, if you can afford to tac on an additional 500k to a Veyron, I’m fairly sure you could give two shits about what anyone thinks your car looks like, lol. At those prices, you can buy someone who thinks your car looks nice, and will tell you at every chance they can get.

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:24:30 +0000

Sr. Pagani built one of his Zonda’s with unpainted carbon fiber, with all the weave lines perfectly matched.

The man– and any customer compelled to purchase this car– need to see someone about that OCD thing.

By: shortthrowsixspeed

shortthrowsixspeed — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:04:27 +0000

i second BlueBrat.

until you get a car that can make every body panel out of carbon fiber the S2000s of the world with CF hoods and trunks look a lot like 1994 civics with gray primer body kits.

By: BlueBrat

BlueBrat — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:23:44 +0000

Sorry but carbon fiber, painted or unpainted, looks like cheap plastic crap. It’s not glamorous whatsoever and sticks out on every car I’ve seen it on.

By: Virtual Insanity

Virtual Insanity — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:34:04 +0000

Because the world is full of people like me who think that Carbon Fiber is the new chrome. Call me a ricer, but there is just something sexy to me about unpainted carbon fiber.

By: kansei

kansei — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:24:42 +0000

I guess paint is heavy? I know with all the paint on my carbon fiber hood it’s much heavier than my old carbon fiber hood was..

but um we’re talking a Veyron, that thing is built like a tank. It’s not a lightweight sports car, it’s not trying to be a lightweight sports car. Fact is, it’ll take you to 253MPH and has a nice sound system, leather, metal trim, big shiny wheels, and air conditioning.

– so I guess paying that much to show the bare aluminium and carbon fiber is paying a whole lot of money to make your Veyron less classy?

By: hal

hal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:12:24 +0000

The really dumb Billionaires are the ones who don’t go out and splurge on vulgar exotic cars. Everyone who buys a supercar is performing a public service, taking a massive depreciation hit so the rest of us can drool.
And how about labelling anyone who bought a Charger with a Hemi “I’m not Rich but I am Stupid.” when a “Hemi” sticker can be got for $20?

Pur Sang is the French term for “Thoroughbred”.
I doubt Dr Mengele would drive a French car anyway.

By: Slow_Joe_Crow

Slow_Joe_Crow — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:08:18 +0000

The only motor vehicle that deserves the name is the Bultaco Pursang race bike

By: f8

f8 — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:05:00 +0000

What in god’s name is the point of a luxury supercar with an unpainted body

By: Charles T

Charles T — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:32:22 +0000

I’m more worried about the PR consequences of a German company using the term “Pure Blood” on one of its cars. And yet I find myself aflutter over the Reventon; it looks like Megatron on wheels.