- Gold-plated Lamborghini Aventador parked by Plaza Athenee palace hotel on the luxury Avenue Montaigne
- The luxury car appears to be from Saudi Arabia and sports a distinctive 666 number plate
- Last year solid gold model Lamborghini Aventador went on display in Dubai with a pricetag of $7.5 million
As far as supercars go this might be the one to beat.
Labelled
as quite possibly the most expensive car in the world, the gold
Lamborghini Aventador has been spotted cruising the streets of Paris.
As
fashion week starts today, the car - which is valued at around £4
million and appears to be from Saudi Arabia - was parked outside the
Plaza Athenee palace hotel on the luxury Avenue Montaigne.
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Labelled as quite possibly the most
expensive car in the world, the gold Lamborghini Aventador has been
spotted cruising the streets of the French capital
The car - which is valued at around £4
million and appears to be from Saudi Arabia - was parked outside the
Plaza Athenee palace hotel on the luxury Avenue Montaigne
Sporting
a distinctive 666 number plate, the gold-plated supercar appears to be
the same one which has been turning heads in the French capital over the
past few days.
Car
enthusiasts have filmed the gold plated vehicle, which features a
6.5-litre V12 engine delivering 692 hp, driving through some of Paris's
most exclusive streets.
The most impressive supercars, popular with wealthy playboys and mega-rich Arabs, are usually housed in the Middle East.
But
they are often spotted on the streets of European cities over the
summer months, when rich Qataris, Saudis, Emiratis and Kuwaitis move
away to escape the Middle East's baking mid-summer temperatures.
Sporting a distinctive 666 number
plate, the gold-plated supercar appears to be the same one which has
been turning heads in the French capital over the past few days
Car enthusiasts have filmed the gold
plated vehicle, which features a 6.5-litre V12 engine delivering 692 hp,
driving through some of Paris's most exclusive streets
Even the brake callipers on the distinctive supercar seen in Paris over the past few days are gold coated
The
vehicles - which act as a magnet for curious tourists and car
enthusiasts - are tailor-made versions of famous models from car
manufacturers such as Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bugattis and Bentley.
This
summer a striking gold Ferrari sitting on Sloane Street in London drew a
few admiring glances. Among the other supercars spotted were a £2.5
million premium LaFerrari, £2 million Bugatti Veyron and £700,000
McLarent.
But the gold Lamborghini parked up outside the Plaza Athenee suggests that the supercar summer is not quite over yet.
Last
year, a model gold Lamborghini Aventador went on display at a showroom
in Dubai to celebrate the manufacturer's 50th birthday.
The gold vehicle had a pricetag of $7.5 million, making it the world's most expensive model car.
Carved
out of a 500-kilogram block of solid gold, the finished model contained
25 kilograms of the precious metal. The model was designed by German
mechanical engineer Robert Gülpen and sculpted from the same carbon
fibre used to make Formula One cars.
This summer a striking gold Ferrari sitting on Sloane Street in London drew a few admiring glances
Supercars are often spotted on the
streets of European cities over the summer months, when their mega-rich
owners escape the Middle East's baking temperatures
Mr Gülpen said: 'I wanted to do what no-one else has done before, to build a model car that is an "icon within an icon".
'I wanted to create a tribute to the legend of the automobile.'
The
1:8 scale replica of the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 was just a
prototype - for an even more extravagant model that will be cast from a
block of solid gold.
A model gold Lamborghini Aventador
went on display at a showroom in Dubai to celebrate the manufacturer's
50th birthday.The gold vehicle had a price tag of $7.5 million, making
it the world's most expensive model car
The 1:8 scale replica of the
Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 was just a prototype - for an even more
extravagant model that will be cast from a block of solid gold
