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You might be expecting the Bugatti Veyron, which has tipped the scales this year at a whopping $2 million. And what exactly does $2 million buy today. Well, you get the top of the line luxurious interior, seats, safety harness, steering wheel, smooth suspension, chrome wheels, jet fighter precision engineering, a 1001 bhp V-16 quad turbo charged engine, and the capability to knocking a tick off your shoulder without even touching it.

The Bugatti Veyron is said to shoot off faster than Simon Cowell’s mouth with its claimed 0-62 in just 2.6 seconds. But as fast as the Veyron can spool up, it is still no match for emptying the wallet of any B-list sitcom television star as the Maybach Exelero.

The three year old Maybach Exelero was recently boosted to $7.8 million status earlier last month. While its 700 horsepower bi-turbo V-12 would hardly seem to do its price tag justice, you must realize you are not paying for the ultimate horsepower that has been put into the engine, but rather the number of bashed fingers coupled by choice four letter words ($#*!) that went into wrenching it together.

Yes, the Maybach Exelero is 100% hand assembled, from its plush leather seating to its beautiful HVAC control knobs. Every sexy curve has practically been hand carved out of its carbon fiber body panels. Not one robot arm has touched these vehicles in any way. Each car is an original Rembrandt masterpiece of sorts, and that is what each of those nearly eight million smackeroos is going towards.

With all that hand shaped bodywork, the Maybach Exelero is not quite as aerodynamic as one might think that kind of money should buy. With its 0.28 aerodynamics coefficient, both the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight beat it with their a 0.25, and the aged 1990 GM Impact (a.k.a. EV1) slaughters it with its 0.195.

But when your making 700 horsepower, pulling three tons, and punching holes throughout the atmosphere with its 2.4 mpg, it shouldn’t much matter.

Why are we being so hard on such a beautiful, well built, and executed car?

Well, because it costs $7.8 million dollars… and we want to make sure should we ever win the lotto, that we’d be getting our moneys worth!

Maybach Exelero Specifications:

• Length 19.3 feet
• Width 7.0 feet
• Weight 5864 lbs (yeah, you’re going to need 700 horsepower alright)
• Engine Bi-Turbo V12 (700 horsepower, 737 lb-ft of torque)
• Top speed 218 mph
• 0-62 mph 4.4 seconds
• Tires 315/25 ZR 23 Fulda Exelero
• Preferred Fuel for top speed 110 octane
• Cost $7,800,000 USD (and a free t-shirt that says ‘I Spent $8 Million Dollars and all I got was a Lousy 700 horsepower’)