PREPOSTEROUS LUXURY CAR FACTS

BILL GATES HAD A PORSCHE 959 SUPERCAR

IMPORTED BEFORE THEY WERE LEGAL IN THE US.

IT WAS IMPOUNDED FOR OVER A DECADE

BEFORE THE LAW CHANGED

IN SKYFALL, THE ASTON MARTIN WAS ACTUALLY

A 3D PRINTED MODEL BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T

WANT TO MESS UP THE ORIGINAL

GERALD MELLIN, A BRITISH BUSINESSMAN, KILLED

HIMSELF BY TYING A ROPE BETWEEN HIS NECK

AND A TREE. HE THEN DROVE AWAY AT TOP

SPEED IN HIS ASTON MARTIN

THE FERRARI FXX COSTS 2 MILLION EUROS BUT

YOU DON'T EVEN GET TO KEEP THE CAR. FERRARI

WILL BRING IT TO A SPECIAL TRACK FOR YOU TO

USE AND WHEN YOU ARE DONE THEY WILL PACK

IT UP UNTIL THE NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO USE IT

FERRARI ENGINES ARE DESIGNED TO SOUND GOOD

BY USING 3RD AND 6TH HARMONICS ON THE

INTAKE (LIKE AN ORGAN OR A FLUTE)

IN 1955 A CRASH BETWEEN A MERCEDES AND A

JAGUAR DURING THE LE MANS RACE LEFT 84

PEOPLE DEAD. THE ENDURANCE RACE CONTINUED

AND MERCEDES WITHDREW FROM THE RACE.

THEY ASKED JAGUAR TO DO THE SAME. JAGUAR

REFUSED AND THEIR DRIVER (WHO CAUSED

THE CRASH) WENT ON TO WIN THE RACE

THE ALFA ROMEO LOGO HAS A SNAKE EATING A HUMAN

IN 2008 A LAMBORGHINI WAS DONATED TO THE

ITALIAN STATE POLICE. A GALLARDO LP560-4, IT

WAS THE WORLD'S FASTEST POLICE CAR. IT WAS

FULLY LOADED AND EVEN CAME WITH AN ORGAN

TRANSPLANT COOLER. IT WAS CRASHED LESS

THAN A YEAR LATER