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Fast cars. Now that I have your attention, what is one of the most iconic figures associated with speed and the automobile? Mario Andretti? Dale Earnhardt, perhaps? There’s always the heroic paring of the bat mobile and the masked avenger.
Me, I’m partial to James Bond. There was just something about those winding European roads, the flirtatious chases with a mysterious woman (that you know is no good) and the Aston Martin complete with a champagne dispenser in the glove box and rocket launcher in the tail pipe.
There is something that Q missed however: a car that really means speed. I mean really hooks. The James Bond Aston Martin is laughably slow when compared to the Bugatti Veyron. This tight piece of machinery is currently the fastest, and not coincidentally, most expensive car in the world.
Boasting a land speed capability of 267 mph, this car really lays down tracks. And with the blazing ability to arrive from a stand still to 60 miles per hour in 2.05 seconds it can achieve top speed before .007 could ask for anything to be shaken, not stirred.
The Bugatti Veyron is not the only car that outmatches the efforts of Q or now his replacement, R. The list of the top 10 fastest and most expensive cars on the planet is conspicuously devoid of the Bond Aston Martin – with or without aquatic capabilities.
Perhaps, being the top super agent of the super secret, super spy organization of such a small country makes certain tools out of reach, even for Bond. These super cars cost about as much as M uses to fund the entire working of the MIS. Starting from the top the Bugatti Veyron costs over a million dollars new. The bottom of the barrel, the Porsche Carrera GT, which is laughably out matched by the Bugatti, would still leave James smirking in its rear view mirror with a retail cost of a mere $440,000.00. To see which cars round out the top 10 most expensive cars list, click the graphic.
Maybe there are other factors at play. Super cars aren’t only super fast and super expensive; they have super high upkeep costs as well. Even James Bond needs to refuel every now and then. Super cars cost about $10,000 annually for fuel. This compares to other, less super vehicles that cost about $2,700 each year to run 20,000 miles.
The difference is the fuel economy. Super fast cars are not planet friendly green machines that only sip at the gas tank. NO, these engines are built to SWALLOW gallons whole, generating speed, not savings.
Other costs are likewise high: insurance, maintenance and licensing fees. I don’t know about you, but I think I’d rather see Bond sticking with the Aston Martin and able to spend his money in other ways like drinking, gambling, and on impeccable clothing.
For the rest of us, there’s still the dream: super spy and the bigger better super car.
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