RE: Diamond-And-Gold Fiat 500C To Cost £420k
Wednesday 19th January 2011
These images are renderings of a 500,000-euro (£420k) Fiat 500C that's been commissioned by a Chinese businessman.
The exterior features 24k gold in the paint and gold thread in the hood. Inside, meanwhile, there is teak on the floor, dashboard and steering wheel, and 24k gold controls and inserts on the dash. Tasteful.
Oh, and if you're wondering who on earth Fenice Milano are, they are also responsible for creating this monstrosity of a Rolls-Royce Ghost, called the Diva.
Diamond-And-Gold Fiat 500C To Cost £420k
'What age of austerity?' say creators of super-extravagant Fiat
The car is set to be called "La Dolce Vita Gold and Diamonds 200hp" and - as you may already have guessed - features heavy use of diamonds and gold, and has been tweaked to give 200hp.
The car is based on a 500C Abarth, but tweaked to 200hp courtesy of a new ECU, more turbo boost and a sporty exhaust. Handling tweaks come in the form of upgraded Brembo brakes and adjustable dampers.
There is one genuinely interesting innovation, however - space on the dash for an integrated iPad. Sadly, that's been diamond-encrusted too. There's no accounting for taste, we suppose...
Discussion
. Hard to react seriously to this.
Perhaps my view has been tempered by seeing too many far, far worse American, Russian and Arab nouveau rich cars but I reckon without all that excessive use of the gold (almost always a terrible colour to use on cars, with the exception of some wheels) it probably wouldn't look too bad. Even the wood interior isn't as bad as I thought and I normally loathe wood interiors, but it kinda works. I mean it's still ridiculous in the grand scheme of things but there is no shortage of far worse examples of bad taste.
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