Why buy a Bugatti Centodieci when you can have this F-16 Fighter Jet for less?
$ 8,878,800 ( plus tax!) Bugatti Centodieci's list price makes you think. The fact that there is a market for such a pretentious toy is a pretty clear indicator that some people are too rich. Then again – why would you park among farmers in one of these when I could pair you with an F-16 jet for less?
But actually – I trawled Facebook and thought of Bugatti's only moments ago when I saw this listing for a 1980 F-16 jet for sale in Palm Beach, Florida with a asking price of $ 8,500,000. (Call Russ if you want, but I bet he knows what he has.)
"One is from the future and looks like it is from the 80s," observed my colleague Raphael Orlove. And "the other one is from the 80s and looks like the future." Centodieci is actually a tribute to the Bugatti EB110, which borrows some of its design elements and seems to be just as epic.
The flight ad is funny vague, but I guess you have to know what you're looking at regardless of the fighter market. As to whether or not it's good, the US government is trying to get $ 1,670,000,000 from the Bulgarian government for eight F-16s, so $ 208,750,000 apiece. Yes, I'm going to guess that it in Flordia needs a little more than an A / C charge.
Be that as it may, there will still be a more baler accessory sitting in your garage than a nearly nine million dollar Bugatti. As long as you have a really big garage. Or, as a theme restaurant to park it in.
Jokes aside, Centodeci's specific claims are as outrageous as asking price. The 16-cylinder engine generates 1,600 horsepower. 1,600 horsepower. Bugatti promises all that energy translates to a 0 to 124 mph sprint in 6.1 seconds. The top speed is at 236 mph, and the only thing keeping it so low is an electronic limiter.
An F-16, well, it's considerably faster, but it's not as user-friendly.
Hat tips for Leo!