Ferrari, Maserati, Bugatti, SSC Ultimate Aero and a Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe Convertible.

No, that’s not the guest list on tomorrow night’s BBC installment of Top Gear, but rather a partial lineup of the kind of things you’ll get to see at the OC Auto Show, widely regarded as the “start” of show season.

Knowing that it’s fighting an uphill battle with consumers in rapid retrenching mode and corporations cutting back in a grim death march to bankruptcy, the show’s got to pull out a few stops in order to get anywhere.  Included in this year’s plans?  A special appearance by Absolute Poker pro Matt Vengrin, a live mixed martial arts cage battle, and not one, but THREE bikini contests, including the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Model Search.

If I’ve got your attention, and chances are something on that list did, you’ll be happy to know that getting into the show might be the cheapest thing you do all day:  adults get in for $10; senior citizens (62 and older) shell out $6,  students with ID pay just $5 and kids under 12 are admitted for free.

The show starts today and runs through Sunday.

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Bugatti has recently come forth to announce an additional special edition of their extremely fast Veyron super car entitled the Grand Sport Sang Bleu.

This particular model’s body will be almost entirely made of a combination of tinted carbon fiber and aluminum as you can see in the above picture. Additionally, the Sang Bleu will feature updated rear aisrscoops and special edition rims.

There’s no word if the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Sang Bleu will ever enter production but if/when it does, it’ll most likely be a bit higher than most of us are willing to spend on a car.

via Autoblog

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First the Oscary Meyer wienermobile gets smashed up and now this — It seems that during, what looks to be, a supercar rally that took place in Moscow, Russia a driver behind the wheel of a Bugatti EB110 lost control resulting in the car being completely demolished, as you can see above.

Sure, it’s not a Veyron but the Bugatti EB110 is a classic peice of machinery with it’s quad-turbocharged 3.5-liter V12 engine capable of 543HP. Couple that with the car’s AWD and you have a top speed of 214MPH and a 0-62MPH sprint of just 3.4 seconds.

View of the destruction included after the break.

via Jalopnik

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Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang

Recently is was reported that a third Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang, the world’s most expensive production car with only five produced, had been listed for sale on the global online luxury marketplace JamesList. It seems a fourth Pur Sang has showed up for sale at Florida’s exotic auto dealer Forza Collezione.

The car for is said to be the first of the five Pur Sang’s assembled and apparently the pricetag is $3.8 million. This means only one of the remaining five Pur Sang’s stays in private hands. This special edition supercar with exposed carbon fiber and aluminum bodywork sold out within 24 hours of its first announcement.

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Veyron Grand Sport 16.4

As lucky customers begin taking their first test drives of the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, Bugatti decided to share a few photos of its topless model with us. It features a removable top and necessary structural upgrades, the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport keeps the standard model’s 1,001-horsepower 16-cylinder mid-mounted engine that allows this supercar to reach a top speed of 253mph, while speeds of up to 224mph are attainable with the roof off.

Bugatti will produce a total of 150 units of the Grand Sport, each priced at about €1.4 million (without taxes and transportation), which is approximately $2 million US.

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Bugatti Veyron

With its seven-figure price tag, most of us will never get anywhere near a Bugatti Veyron, but for $25,000 we might be able to get a bit closer. In order to do this you can turn to Holders Vehicle Contracts, a rental firm in England. HVC will rent you a Veyron for a mere $25,000 per day, plus a $160,000 deposit.

With those kinds of numbers, it is safe to assume that HVC isn’t likely to be targeting the average joe, but those with the cash to burn, who might not be ready to commit to spending the full million might find themselves in one of these, if just for a day

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Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang

Bugatti revealed the limited-edition Pur Sang edition of its Veyron at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show and European customers grabbed all five before any American buyers could get a chance. This resulted in Bugatti making the Sang Noir the following year and offer U.S. customers a shot at the limited run of fifteen. However, for those who really had their hearts set on the original polished-aluminum and bare-carbon-fiber Pur Sang edition, you may get that chance as one appears to have come up for sale.

A luxury car dealership in Abu Dhabi has posted an ad of the Pur Sang for sale on its website. No word on price, or even confirmation that this is, indeed, a Pur Sang, but the website does allow you to place the order immediately. Don’t let this one get away!

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duPont Registry

The duPont Registry has chosen the Mansory Vincero Bugatti Veyron for the cover of its prestigious March Issue. Mansory wanted to create a vehicle even more rare and special than an ‘ordinary’ Bugatti Veyron (which retails for a mere $1,800,000), so they souped up the ‘base’ model with $700,000 worth of enhancements, leaving the final creation with an approximate value of $2,500,000. “When you take an existing work of art, infuse even more artistic and performance characteristics, this is what you end up with,” said publisher, Thomas L. duPont. “The Uber-genius designers and engineers at Mansory are masters of this. The culmination of which we are privileged to immortalize on one of our covers.”

Enhancements added by Mansory include optimized air intakes and exhaust system, forged turbine wheels, a new aerodynamic carbon-fiber kit exterior, and upgraded interior luxuries like embossed leather, a new ambient lighting system, and new gear shift paddles. Designer Kourosh Mansory remarked, “We started with a flawless super-car, then added unique and compelling design and performance enhancements that will be appreciated and cherished by a few lucky owners… how exciting is this?” Mansoury Corp GMBH is headquartered in Germany.

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1937 Type 57S Bugatti

Newcastle doctor Harold Carr drove his 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante for a little while and then stashed it in his garage, where it sat waiting for 50 years alone and unused before being put on a Paris auction block after Dr. Carr’s recent death. Only 17 of the rare automobiles were ever made, making it one of the hottest and most valuable collectible cars in existence. The Bugatti was discovered by Dr. Carr’s relatives who put it up for auction, where it sold for $6.5 million this week.

Harold Carr drove the rare Bugatti for about five years before parking it in his garage and forgetting about it, and he drove it lightly even when it was in use. The odometer on the vehicle at auction was still at only 26,284. Coveted greatly by collectors, the Bugatti 57S is a prize possession – at least four out of the seventeen similar cars are believed to be the property of the Musee Nationale de L’Automobile in Mulhouse, France.

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No1 Most Expensive

The most expensive car in the world, the 1931 Bugatti Royale Kellner Coupe was sold in 1987 for $8,700,000. What do you do today though, if you have more money than any human being really needs and are in the market for a new car? Happily, there are still lots of choices. What follows are the top ten most expensive street legal cars for 2008-2009. (Hint: If you have to finance, you can’t afford any of them.)  1) The Bugattyi Veyron with an MSRP of $1,192,057 and a top speed of 253+ MPH. 2) The Pagani Zonda C1 F with an MSRP of $667,321, the 8th fastest car on the planet. 3) The SSC Ultimate Aero, MSRP $654,400. 4) the LeBlanc Mirabeau, with an MSRP $654,000 and race car styling. 5) The Saleen S7 Twin Turbo, which sounds expensive even before you know it costs $555,000. 6) The Koenigsegg CCX at $545,568, manufactured in Sweden. 7) The Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren at $457,250. The Porsche Carrera GT at $440,000. 9) The Maybach 62 at $387,250. And last but not least 10) The Mayback 57 at $367,000. Happy test driving!

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Bugatti is getting ready for yet another Veyron version. I am talking about the Veyron Grand Sport “Sang Noir”. The Black Blood (Sang Noir in French) is a version pf the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport targa. Only 15 Sang Noir models are going to be be created in the coupe form. I guess lots of billionaires are going to get lined up to get one. Looking forward for auction news and pricing details.

via carmagazine

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You remember how we told you about the all new Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport which features a removable hard top earlier this week, right? Ok, good.

Well, it seems the Autoblog has gotten word that the very first one was auctioned off for $3.19 million dollars as opposed to the original $2.1 million price tag.

The very lucky winner not only gets the car, oh no, he also gets to work with Bugatti to build the mean machine to his exact specifications. For $3.19 million it better have some gold plated rims on it as well.

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