The World's Most Expensive Car- Bugatti Veyron 16.4

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is the most expensive street legal car so far..^^..Nothing can beat this "Beast" today^^..Its not only expensive..its also the fastest accelearting and decelerating car in the world^^..accelerate from 0-100 and then decelerate from 100-0 just in 8.6 second..totally cool!! amazing!!^^..





[Background]

(taken from wikipedia)
a mid-engine grand touring car produced by Volkswagen Group subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS and was introduced in 2005 as the fastest production car in the world.

It is currently one of the fastest accelerating and decelerating production cars in the world, with a 0 -100- 0 time of 8.6 seconds and, at 1.1 million Euro (1.5 million USD), it is also one of the most expensive cars in the world.

Powered by a 736-kilowatt (1,001 PS; 987 hp) W16 engine it can reach 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph). The car reached full production in September 2005, and is handcrafted in a factory Volkswagen built near the former Bugatti headquarters in Château St Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France).

It is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti company.

[Specifications]
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Brakes & Tires:
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Brakes F/R: ABS, vented disc/vented disc
Driveline: All Wheel Drive
Tires F-R: 265-680 ZR500A - 365-710 R540A (PAX System)

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Engine:
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Displacement cu in (cc): 488 (7993)
Power bhp (kW) at RPM: 1001(736) / 6000
Redline at RPM: 6500
Torque lb-ft (Nm) at RPM: 923(1250) / 2200-5500
Type: Quad-Turbocharged W16

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Exterior Dimensions & Weight :
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Length × Width × Height in: 174.2 × 77.9 × 47
Weight lb (kg): 4162 (1888)
Performance Acceleration 0-62 mph s: 2.5
Fuel Economy EPA city/highway mpg (l/100 km): n.a. (24.1)
Top Speed mph (km/h): 253 (407)

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Base Price:
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Approx. $1,700,000 (last update: 1/19/2007)



[Special Editions]

1. Pur Sang(Pure Blood)

2. Fbg par Hermès(remind me of Desha Otoko..lol)

3. Sang Noir(literally, "black blood")

4. Grand Sport

5. Bleu Cenetaire

The World's Most Expensive Chocolate

Since my last post about the world's most expensive coffee, as a chocolate fan..im really curious about the world's most expensive chocolate^^..So here we are..

This article is taken from extremechocolate.com:

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And the winner is...
As extreme as they are, none of the above items can compare with the magnum opus unveiled at New York's Serendipity 3 restaurant in New York in November 2007. At a jaw-dropping $25,000, the Frrozen Haute Chocolate sundae has been certified by Guinness as the most expensive chocolate dessert in the world.
Actually, it's the most expensive dessert in the world, period. Check out these specs: not only does it contain a blend of 28 chocolates, 14 of which are the rarest in the world, it's infused and dusted with five grams of edible 23-carat gold. You get a Knipschildt La Madelaine au Truffle on the side as a bonus.
On top of that, it comes in a crystal goblet and is eaten with a diamond-encrusted gold spoon, which of course you can take home with you. It's what's at the bottom of the goblet that makes it the most expensive chocolate treat ever... an 18-karat gold bracelet studded with one carat's worth of white diamonds.

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I really can't believe its reallyyy that expensive...=='...$25,000...lol I can buy alot of stuff with that^^..

The Most Expensive Coffee in the World

I stumble upon this article on blogcatalog discussion..check it out^^


(Written by: tom Filed Under: Food, Luxury, World on December 22nd, 2005 )

The most expensive coffee in the world does not hail from Jamaica or Hawaii, but instead from Indonesia. Kopi Luwak the most expensive coffee in the world does exist, and those who drink the expensive coffee insist that it is made from coffee beans eaten, partly digested and then excreted by the Common palm civet, a weasel-like animal.

“Kopi” the Indonesian word for coffee along with “luwak” is local name of this animal which eats the raw red coffee beans. The civet digests the soft outer part of the coffee cherry, but does not digest the inner beans and excretes them.

Apparently the internal digestion ends up adds a unique flavor to the beans, removing the bitter flavor, and then beans are then picked up by locals and sold. The most expensive coffee beans can cost up to $600 a pound, and up to $50 per cup, if you can get over the fact that you are drinking such a strange brew.

You would know if you drank the most expensive coffee in the world, because the quantities of it are tiny amounts.

The coffee

So..this is luwak ne? kawaiii(cute)

Luwak's pooh

Checkout Luwak Coffee in Youtube:

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[Link 2]