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Actually, I think this conversion—brought to us by the good people at Ricedexotics.com— took some real balls. The Veylet or Bentron is an automotive middle finger to all those people who view automotive heritage as anything worth noting, protecting or projecting. The question here is . . . who? Nouveau riche, of course. But after that, what? They like the Veyron’s nose but can’t afford the real thing, so figured why not stick it on something “exotic”? And then there’s the question of copyright infringement. VW (Bugatti) and BMW (Bentley) must have scouts roaming the Far East looking for branded knocks offs, so why haven’t they— oh wait. Never mind.
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Amusing. Reminds me of many Chrysler 300 Owners where I live who changed their grilles to resemble the Bentley grille! LOL…Same thing.
The silliest of all time must be that VW bug with the Rolls grille…
BMW =/= Bentley
BMW == RR
VW == Bentley
pete +1
It’s like putting an Audi badge on a VW.
The contributing website is a misnomer.
The donar car is a (of all things) Bentley Continental GT .
Which just makes this whole WWWTP just that much more (pick one):
A. Rediculous
B. Pathetic
C. Laughable
D. All of the above
)btw: nice parting shot, Robert – still waiting for the last bomb to be tossed at GM)
At least it’s not gold plated (I mean the whole car) like oil rich middle eastern countries do it.
http://www.funtim.com/check-out-the-amazing-gold-cated-car-mercedes-c63-amg.html
Dubai. That’s all you need to know, is just “Dubai”.
I saw Edsel Ford running into the house with Elvis.
carguy :It’s like putting an Audi badge on a VW.
Back in the day (Audi 90 and, later, an early A4), when I popped the hoods, some of the parts said VW/Audi. They were interchangeable, I guess. I haven’t looked closely at my current Passat, but inside my erstwhile Jetta anything labeled with an “Audi” was MIA. It doesn’t matter, forget the four rings, with Piech it’s simply “one ring to rule them all.”
No, it’s not like putting an Audi badge on a VW.
It’s like putting an RR grille and “Spirit of Ecstasy” on a VW…But that’s already been done!
So, this is unoriginal shyte on a VW, then.
Wait! Who the heck owns Bug?
what’s wrong is that the didn’t fix the SUV ride height of the donor Bentley
If you think the streets are a mess with Chrysler 300’s, wait till they release the Rolls Royce Ghost and some ricer makes a conversion kit for the 300C.
I think the Bugatti concept SUCKS. The back of it looks ridiculous and its obvious that thing will never see Veyron speeds.
Will Bugatti sue these folks? Or laugh themselves silly?
Also brings back memories of the Civics in S. Calif sporting 3′ high body-wide wings and 1″ ground clearance. They were a riot to watch going over speed bumps, curves, etc. :-)
mpresley, The 1984 Vanagon that I owned, and the 87 Vanagon that my father still has both have VW and Audi logos all over everything, if that means anything to you. I never understood the logic behind it. Is it a Volkswagen part, or an Audi one?
Even the wasserboxer engine which was ONLY ever used in the Vanagon had Audi logos alongside the VW ones on the cylinder heads
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserboxer
powerpeecee : The 1984 Vanagon that I owned, and the 87 Vanagon that my father still has both have VW and Audi logos all over everything, if that means anything to you. I never understood the logic behind it. Is it a Volkswagen part, or an Audi …
As the late Brit humorist Viv Stanshall used to say: “that family’s got so much incest in it, even the dog’s got a club foot.” Not sure of it, but there were probably people driving around in beetles thinking, “you know, I’m not really all that removed from a 911.” And, even Jetta drivers can imagine their 2.5 is only one off (or is it half off) from a Lambo. This may seem preposterous to some, but many consider the 2.5 liter 5 cyl to be rather agricultural in refinement, and the Italian company is, after all, well known for their tractors…
I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it just looks obscene. And yes, I do mean in an NSFW sort of way.
Bugatti should build a car that looks as good as the Continental GT, versus giving exotics (and now four-doors) the Superfly treatment.
FreedMike, Bugatti should build a car in the spirit of the original Bugattis, or even better, just leave that time-honoured name alone and build their techno-monstrosities under a more suitable name. But since VAG owns these brands, they could put a Skoda badge on a Bentley, or a Bugatti badge on a SEAT, and there is nothing we can do about it!
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September 20th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
FreedMike, Bugatti should build a car in the spirit of the original Bugattis, or even better, just leave that time-honoured name alone and build their techno-monstrosities under a more suitable name.
OK, keep in mind this is coming from someone who is by no means a Bugatti-phile, but didn’t they make a lot of super-high end cars back in the ’30s?
That grille looks like a toilet seat.