When you're a kid, you would do anything to own a supercar. People don't decide they want one as they grow old and start having the money it takes - no, the decision had already been made years ago, the first time that person ever set eyes on one of these exotic beauties.
This is partly why most supercars are so flamboyant - they have to appeal to kids. This very demanding segment of the market is completely ignored by the rest of the industry who choose to focus on their parents, forgetting they will someday grow up and become the new customers.
Besides, it's best to get them while they're young, right? That's when they're the most easily impressed, so hit the iron while it's hot. They don't need brochures, or at least not very complex ones - just make sure you have a big number for horsepower and maximum speed, and an itsy-bitsy one for the 0-60 mph acceleration time.
These kids from Vietnam make no exception, but since they don't really have the option to study harder, get into Yale, and buy one twenty years from now, they decided to build them themselves. Of course, some discrepancies with the originals are to be expected.
These guys deserve an A+ for effort and ingenuity, but if we're being honest, their builds look pretty bad. The first one is definitely a Lamborghini Aventador of sorts. The Bugatti Chiron, on the other hand, is much more easily recognizable, but it's also so much uglier.
The really baffling part is where they show one of the two guys inspecting a 3D model of the Bugatti on his computer as if he actually had the means to turn the digital model into something palpable with any accuracy. They don't use 3D printers, but metal frames and cardboard instead. And scissors and glue and duct tape, we would imagine.
It's really one of those situations where you feel like laughing, but you know you would feel bad about it at the same time. These guys are following their dream using the resources they have at hand. Who's to say they won't go on to build actual cars eventually? You know, the kind you can take out for a spin when it's raining too.
Besides, it's best to get them while they're young, right? That's when they're the most easily impressed, so hit the iron while it's hot. They don't need brochures, or at least not very complex ones - just make sure you have a big number for horsepower and maximum speed, and an itsy-bitsy one for the 0-60 mph acceleration time.
These kids from Vietnam make no exception, but since they don't really have the option to study harder, get into Yale, and buy one twenty years from now, they decided to build them themselves. Of course, some discrepancies with the originals are to be expected.
These guys deserve an A+ for effort and ingenuity, but if we're being honest, their builds look pretty bad. The first one is definitely a Lamborghini Aventador of sorts. The Bugatti Chiron, on the other hand, is much more easily recognizable, but it's also so much uglier.
The really baffling part is where they show one of the two guys inspecting a 3D model of the Bugatti on his computer as if he actually had the means to turn the digital model into something palpable with any accuracy. They don't use 3D printers, but metal frames and cardboard instead. And scissors and glue and duct tape, we would imagine.
It's really one of those situations where you feel like laughing, but you know you would feel bad about it at the same time. These guys are following their dream using the resources they have at hand. Who's to say they won't go on to build actual cars eventually? You know, the kind you can take out for a spin when it's raining too.