More is better (sometimes)
In the recent events or happenings - what ever you want to call them - I have spotted that even a "normal" super car isn't enough anymore for the filthy rich.
It has been a trend for a while now where tuning companies have taken an unbelievably expensive and powerful car and then fiddled around with it. Giving it even more power and a higher price tag. I don't understand this kind of tuning. I thought that just by buying a high performance car like an M-powered BMW or a Porsche was enough. But apparently I stand corrected. The filthy rich are actually buying these tuned super cars to make an impression on they're "average super car buying" friends. It seems a little tacky. I don't mean a little tacky do I, I mean a lot tacky.The cars are so vulgar, flashy and loud that I'd hate to be in the same room with the owner of the car. But the cars are also very impressive to look at. Even though I don't like what they represent.
I'll give you an example. A Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG has 570 horsepower goes well over and beyond
300 kph and from 0-100 kph in 3.8 seconds. When it was new in 2010 the price was around 170 000€ (200 000$) without taxes. So not exactly a normal car if you'd say so. But obviously a tuning company said; 'Yes, very good. But we need something more.' So FAB Design - a Swiss tuning company - took hold of the SLS and created a bigger, louder, more powerful and a more expensive version of a car that already is big, loud, powerful and expensive.
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| Here is the normal Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. Guess what car the driver is taking a photo of. |
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| Yes, this. The Mercede-Benz SLS AMG FAB Design. That's a lot of capital letters. |
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| FAB Design designing them air vents. |
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| This - I guess - Mansory tuned beast made its appearance at the Gumball 3000 |
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| As well as this Porsche Panamera. I'm not sure from which tuning house. Maybe you fine people could tell me. |
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