Something About this $125,000 Veyron Isn’t Quite Right

The world is a strange place full of strange people doing strange things. Exhibit A: this Veyron replica on ebay.com right now.

The fake Veyron—which I shall call the Fauxgatti for reasons of expediency—is apparently registered as a 2005 Pontiac GTO, which is interesting, because I thought all kit cars were based on the Fiero. And people say the world doesn’t improve.

As a result of being based on a Pontiac, the Fauxgatti comes with a GM V8 in—God I hope—the middle. The good news is, you probably won’t be dusted by a Fiero at the lights. The bad news is, it’s only halfway there in terms of Veyronity.

However, if you’re really dedicated to the superiority of the manual transmission, you can make a bold statement by buying this manually transmissioned car.

All criticisms aside, as crass and pale an imitation of the genuine article as this is, the Fauxgatti is a surprisingly good effort as far as these things go. Whereas most kit cars look like really terrible celebrity fan art, the Fauxgatti is like a portrait that was drawn by a teenager, but, like, a pretty talented teenager. If your kid brought home the Fauxgatti, you’d put it on the fridge.

If it does sell, I’m sure the makers’ parents will be very proud, because the “Buy it Now” price is a pretty hefty $125,000.

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