Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport
Price:- $2.5 million (the tires alone cost $38,000)
Claim to fame: With a top speed of 268 mph, this is the world’s fastest production car (62 mph arriving in 2.5 seconds; 124 mph in 7.3 seconds). It has 1,200 horsepower and has a lateral acceleration of 1.4Gs. That’s all on a 16-cylindar engine. The skin is made entirely of carbon-fiber composites; it’s also available in 100% clear-lacquered exposed carbon upon request. Most distinctive are its two NACA air ducts set into the roof, rather than from scoops above the engine. Only 30 will be built.
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The most expensive diamond – “Wittelsbach”
Blue Diamond 17th century, entitled “Wittelsbach” was sold at jewelry auction at Christie’s for
$ 24.3 million Weight of a diamond is 35.56 carats. The stone came from the Indian diamond mines of Golconda. Once upon a time they owned the Spanish King Philip II, then he kept the Austrian rulers, and then moved to the Bavarian crown. His new owner was the London jeweler Laurence Earl.
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