The Bugatti Veyron is one of the fastest cars in the world and definitely the rarest car in India. The very few (single digit) Veyrons that have been sold in India make it a sighting as probable as Elvis. Now an Indian car designer (SF Carz) has taken a Maruti Suzuki Esteem (second generation Swift) and turned it into a Veyron. The result hasn’t turned out too bad. Although the smaller dimensions of the Esteem are immediately visible, the effort is certainly a good one.
While the Bugatti Veyron has all of 16-cylinders pumping 1001 PS of power, the Veyron replica makes do with just 85 horses, from its 1.3-liter, 4-cylinder engine. Top speed of the Esteem is 165 km/hr but with all these modifications, expect it to drop slightly. At least the designer has thought of a fake engine cover to replicate the mid-engined Veyron. We are not sure about the cost of this job, but we suspect it would be less than $20,000/- (including the value of the donor car).
Faisal Ali Khan is the editor of MotorBeam.com, a website covering the automobile industry of India.
Kill it with FIRE!!!
I say we take off and nuke it from orbit.
Seriously – why is it people with the ability to make custom bodywork don’t just design their very own car design???
I’d love to make a more aggressive “Reventon-like” style out of a CTS-V, but I’d never try to label it a Lamborghini.
Isn’t that how the Fisker got started?
Seriously?! If you’re going to the effort to do this, why a Suzuki Esteem?
Crtfour, Esteem is one of the cheapest sedans to buy used.
I think this is funny. It seems better built than all the fake Ferraris that are made on Fiero chassis. I’d even dare to say it’s kind of cute. I think if you took off the silly Veyron details like the horseshoe grille(which looks silly on the Veyron, frankly), and the wing, it would be a credible fun little car.
Agreed. My first thought on seeing this was that I want to pet it – kind of like one of those Westminster-winning toy dogs that clearly think they’re deer hounds.
“Who’s a good little affenpinschuziki?? Is it you?? Is it???”
That looks like some really nice ‘glass work. Too bad about the spoiler. Only $20K? That looks like $19K worth of parts.
I’m far more impressed by this than I should be.
LOL! Need a video – I’d love to hear the massive exhaust tone of this boy-racer.
Mud, what sound you expect from a 1.3-litre 85 BHP engine?
If you record an actual Veyron and put speakers under the hood…
Not like most people there will know it’s a fake anyway.
A lot of them would be jealous of a Suzuki Esteem owner.
That is hilarious. Saved them to my images folder.
What is under the spoiler? A W16?
No… my clothing.
Probably the spare tyre.
Kawaii!
Reminds me of first seeing the baby-Vette Opel GT.
Dude who knows very little about cars: “I saw a Veyron on the road yesterday.”
Friend: “Oh, yeah? Cool!”
Dude: “Yeah, it was smaller than I would have expected, and I was kind of surprised to see drum brakes in the rear!”
Somehow this works. The proportions give it a look similar to the kei sports cars. If only the performance matched the looks.
Meh…about as good as that Aston Martin Toyota iQ Cygnet
If lovin’ this thing is wrong, then I don’t wanna be right. :)
Doesn’t look any worse than the original.
A sense of humor is definitely required to own this. But I think in general whoever built it got the proportions right, so yeah I like it.
All he needs is glass headlight covers, strakes for the underside and better looking wheels: 10-spoke.
All he really needs is a W16 engine!
LS-X anyone?! (Sajeev?!) ;-)
I take it there is a version based on the Fiero as well.
If only Suzuki had known in time! I wonder how a Kizashi would look as a Bentley Continental?
Lorenzo, Kizashi hardly sells, so its anyways as rare as the BCGT.
Don’t worry nobody bought the Kizashi in the US either.