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Have you ever imagined Bugatti to become an important name on the... toy market? Neither did we, but thanks to the carmaker itself, but also two companies called The Little Car Company and CMC, that's exactly what we get.
Back in 1926 Ettore Bugatti built something called the Type 35 for one of his sons. I'm not talking about the full-size car that made history back then on the racetracks of Europe, but about a half-scale model designed to satisfy a child's dream.
Because of what the Bugatti company ended up meaning for our world, everything and anything related to it can be transformed into money. So back in 2019, The Little Car Company announced the introduction of the Bugatti Baby II, a replica of the scale car Ettore made almost a century ago.
Created as a ride-on replica at 75 percent scale of the original, it works thanks to battery power, and can go as far as 30 km (18 miles) on a single charge. Despite being a scale model, the thing is not exactly small: it measures 2.8 meters long and 1.0 meter wide (and weighs 230 kg/500 pounds).
The price of the Baby II is right up there in the Bugatti universe. There are three versions of the thing currently available, the most expensive being the Pur Sang. That one will have customers reach deep into their pockets and pay 62,500 euros. That's close to $66,000 at today's exchange rates.
I know, that's a number on a screen, so it may not mean all that much. Well, consider for around $66,000 you could get yourself a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Or an Acura MDX. Or an over-specced Toyota Supra. Or no less than four (that's 4) Mitsubishi Mirage.
So, expensive, even if we all know this thing is not meant for everybody. But perhaps even the rich folk of the world need a bit of incentive to press that buy button. And of this week, that incentive comes as a scale model.
That's right, a scale model of a scale model of a real car. Quite the Matryoshka dolls thing going on here…
The tiny Type is made by a company called CMC, and it has been designed and hand-crafted to be offered as a gift to whoever dares to buy one of the Baby IIs.
Just like the larger version, this tiny replica is made with great attention to detail, and comes together only after 930 different parts have been put properly assembled.
The gift is not meant for everyone, just like the Baby II is not for everyone. The Little Car Company will only offer it to Baby II buyers from the following countries: Germany, France, USA, Belgium, Netherlands and Monaco.
Because of what the Bugatti company ended up meaning for our world, everything and anything related to it can be transformed into money. So back in 2019, The Little Car Company announced the introduction of the Bugatti Baby II, a replica of the scale car Ettore made almost a century ago.
Created as a ride-on replica at 75 percent scale of the original, it works thanks to battery power, and can go as far as 30 km (18 miles) on a single charge. Despite being a scale model, the thing is not exactly small: it measures 2.8 meters long and 1.0 meter wide (and weighs 230 kg/500 pounds).
The price of the Baby II is right up there in the Bugatti universe. There are three versions of the thing currently available, the most expensive being the Pur Sang. That one will have customers reach deep into their pockets and pay 62,500 euros. That's close to $66,000 at today's exchange rates.
I know, that's a number on a screen, so it may not mean all that much. Well, consider for around $66,000 you could get yourself a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Or an Acura MDX. Or an over-specced Toyota Supra. Or no less than four (that's 4) Mitsubishi Mirage.
So, expensive, even if we all know this thing is not meant for everybody. But perhaps even the rich folk of the world need a bit of incentive to press that buy button. And of this week, that incentive comes as a scale model.
That's right, a scale model of a scale model of a real car. Quite the Matryoshka dolls thing going on here…
The tiny Type is made by a company called CMC, and it has been designed and hand-crafted to be offered as a gift to whoever dares to buy one of the Baby IIs.
Just like the larger version, this tiny replica is made with great attention to detail, and comes together only after 930 different parts have been put properly assembled.
The gift is not meant for everyone, just like the Baby II is not for everyone. The Little Car Company will only offer it to Baby II buyers from the following countries: Germany, France, USA, Belgium, Netherlands and Monaco.
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