The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport is an amazing car(the fastest road legal car ever) but I don't think any car is worth $2.1 million.For that price you could get 18 Porsche 911 GT3's or 10 Aston Martin DB9's.You could even buy my house 5 times over for that price.If my house dosn't please you then you could but a private island off the coast of Fiji twice over.
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http://www.globalautosports.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=search_cars&f_make...
http://www.porsche.com/usa/
http://www.privateislandsonline.com/sale-price-1M-2M.htm

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Every vehicle decreases in value every year. As other supercar companies like Aston Martin and and Lamborghini compete against ferrari, Pagoni Zonda, Porsche etc to produce better and faster car, the value of each car model is decreased because buyers have options to choose from, for example a wealthy car collector could have dreamed of a Buggatti Veyron for the longest time, but may have heard of the recent news of the 2010 Aston Martin one-77 and Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 Supervolce. In this case, he probably has enough money to afford either of these three vehicles which promise to be equally fast and lightweight like the veyron. Valuating a car is probably based on personal preference in relative to specs, and looks. Personally I don't need a car that can go 253 mph because I don't think I will ever need to go that fast on a street, however I love the look of the veyron, but i wouldn't pay the price for it (most speed lovers who can afford the price would though). One supercar I love though is the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish S. I think 190 mph is good enough and almost 300K is good money for it.

The "super" class of these vehicles are what make them art. I'm sure you know that some of these super cars are not even street legal, so one possible reason for a buyer to own them would be to keep them as exotic and beautiful art rather than a transportation medium. If I can't drive my car to work, school, or the mall everyday, then it's not a car it's a picasso on wheels. The Veyron is art! when an engineer can design a $2.1million car, they probably have skills close to van gough or picasso (personal opinion).
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http://www.automobilemag.com/new_and_future_cars/2010/0903_2010_lamborghini...
http://www.caranddriver.com/news/auto_shows/2009_geneva_auto_show_auto_show...
http://www.astonmartin.com/

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I believe they're still selling them at a loss compared to production cost, so in a way you can't complain. If you measure it that way, it's actually worth around $5 million.
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