And you thought $400,000 was expensive

This is the worlds fastest production car, and the most expensive, at $2.6 million. It's a Bugatti Veyron and has a top speed of 267 mph. And, it's street legal to drive.

So in an adjacent blog post, I wrote about the $400,000 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet, and it was designed for a specific purpose (which by the way it succeeded in taking the 2009 January drag championships). I don't know what the Bugatti was designed for, other than to separate a fool from his money. Who needs 1,000 horses, from sixteen cylinders, and a total of ten radiators. Oh, yes, the car gets 8 miles to the gallon under normal driving conditions.

At 140 mph, hydraulics lower the car to 3.5 inches of ground clearance, simultaneously deploying the wing and spoiler to create down force and keep this behemoth glued to the road. Then, if the driver really has a death wish, he can toggle another switch in the cockpit and he's off to 253 mph at 2.6 inches off the ground.

Meanwhile, the Chevrolet ZR1 costs only $114,000, generates 638 horses (bhp) out of only 8 cylinders, and can get Joe Sixpack up over 200 mph for 1/25th the cost of the Bugatti. So, you tell me - what makes more sense, and costs far fewer dollars. I'm sticking with my Chevy - let the Eurotrash have their supercars and champagne.