2009 Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Herm??s
To the array of mind-boggling figures associated with the Bugatti Veyron??”$1.5 million price, 253-mph top speed, 2.6-second 0-to-60 time??”add a brain-busting abbreviation: Fbg. It doesn??™t mean ???Fat boy goes??? or even ???Frickin??™ brilliant, guv.??? Rather, it is short for ???Faubourg,??? as in ???Rue du Faubourg Saint Honor?©,??? the street on which the historic headquarters of Parisian design house Herm??s sit.
Never heard of Herm??s? In addition to fine fashion accessories and home goods, Herm??s is a maker of fine leather goods for people whose daddies don??™t have to work for a living. Saddles, luggage, assorted detritus of the good life; in other words, Herm??s is the perfect partner to create a bespoke interior for Bugatti??™s low-orbit dreamship, shown at the 2008 Geneva auto show.
Not much is changed externally aside from the wheels and the coloring. What looks trendy tooling around town might translate into a deadly aerodynamic defect at 253 mph, and Bugatti owner Volkswagen??™s Veyron development dollars have all been spent. New, eight-spoke wheels and the tan on brown paint are the most obvious changes; less obvious is the new mesh in the grille and air intakes, which now sport interlocking Hs paying homage to Herm??s??™s signature pattern.
More Leather Than a Whole Montana Ranch
Bugatti company founder Ettore Bugatti and ?‰mile Herm??s, Ettore??™s original channel to the design house, ???aspired to achieve a synthesis of tradition and modernity, united in this, as in all else, by their love for leather.??? Fellow lovers of leather will find sanctuary inside the Veyron Fbg par Herm??s, where nearly everything one can touch or see, including the complete dash and rear bulkhead, is covered in bull calfskin.
It is, as is everything associated with the Veyron, gorgeous, nearly incomprehensible to the average human. Existing words don??™t do it justice. It is scrumtrulescent. In the leather-lined trunk you??™ll find custom-made luggage from Herm??s that will make your neighbor??™s best suitcase look like a Glad trash bag.
The Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Herm??s goes on sale late in 2008, and the company says it will make one a month for the rest of the Veyron??™s production run. This special edition surpasses even the naked Veyron Pur Sang??™s roughly $2 million price and settles at ?‚¬1.55 million, or approximately $2.4 million. As if you needed further proof that the brains of the absurdly wealthy function wholly differently from yours, there are now two ways to spend $600,000 or so on your Bugatti??™s paint job: One is no paint at all, and the other is brown.
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