Weirdest trade ever: Bugatti Veyron for a Corvette ZR1

vagu · 25th February 2010, 12:06

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Imagine you’re an auto dealer, bored like hell in a day with no customers. And suddenly there’s this guy entering your dealership and telling you this: "I will give you my Bugatti Veyron if you give me in exchange a Corvette ZR1!" What will you do?
And this is no fairy tail, it happened for real to All American Chevrolet of Midland, Texas. They gave a $107,000 ZR1 for a 2008 Bugatti Veyron with just 20,307 miles. You have to known that a used Veyron can go from $1.4 to $3.6 million depending on condition.
There are no details on this trade, but we are very curious about what really happened in there. So, if you have details on this let us know!

Weirdest trade ever: Bugatti Veyron for a Corvette ZR1 - Top Speed

u can never underestimate the level the stupidity!!

stanjohn123 · 25th February 2010, 12:37

Is this what they call " The American Dream" !!!

SamtheLeo · 25th February 2010, 12:53

I believe there is something more then meets the eye here, It can be a stolen car, something wrong, an accidental refurbished, anything like an engine issue.

I mean how can anybody be so outrightly stupid.

zavegur · 25th February 2010, 13:03

this is what happens when a loser meets a winner!!
insane business!

preetam_KORG · 25th February 2010, 15:27

This is the craziest piece of news in a long time. If the car is clean, with papers et all, then the dealer has just made a fortune

shuvc · 25th February 2010, 18:05

Wonder why we needed to trade it in at all? A Veyron owner should have the moolah to buy himself a Corvette, right? Or maybe he ran out of garage space?

NOS Power · 25th February 2010, 18:20

I am

Another probable (read wierd) permutation could be a kit car with a rebuilt or a copy of a Veyron engine.

rjalihal · 25th February 2010, 20:33

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Originally Posted by NOS Power

I am

Another probable (read wierd) permutation could be a kit car with a rebuilt or a copy of a Veyron engine.

I concur with this statement. The Veyron may be a replica car built on another car with similar dimensions.
Off topic: I was browsing the internet for 2nd hand Ferraris in UK (to figure the price, not to buy one!), and i came across a F430 for 18k pounds. I was zapped, and only after going through it, i read it was a replica built on another car platform (Toyota MR2 I think).
So this may be a similar case.

Jayabusa · 25th February 2010, 23:06

Either there is more than meets the eye or this news is as weird as the foreign trips for toys news in today's paper. Yeah toys are being sent on a holiday!!

Mayavi · 25th February 2010, 23:38

ummm... read the article fella's. The owner is a Texas Oil Baron who counts Lambo, McLaren etc among his collection. He did not do a straight trade for Veyron, it was *CASH* + a ZR1. I am guessing, lots of cash. The dealer who sold the ZR1 lined up a buyer for Veyron before he did the trade for ZR1.

Nitin · 25th February 2010, 23:42

As mentioned in one of the comments, it could be the 'In the lake' Veyron. I remember reading that the owner of that Veyron bought himself another Veyron, and was looking to get some work done on the car that went into the lake (so he could sell it later).
This is America for you!

Dante · 28th February 2010, 16:31

May be he must be tired of refuelling the veyron again and again!
Or he must be drunk at that point of time.

goingout · 28th February 2010, 17:27

Can anybody give me his address? I only want to visit him to buy any used car he's wanting to get rid of.
Imagine this guy selling a 2 year old Lambo for $20k or something

LOL by the way!

sujaylahiri · 2nd March 2010, 06:29

I would do that in a heartbeat. Why buy a Veyron when you can buy 10 Corvette ZR1's for that price?

...... and now the flaming starts.

manishasrani · 2nd March 2010, 07:34

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Originally Posted by rjalihal

I concur with this statement. The Veyron may be a replica car built on another car with similar dimensions.
Off topic: I was browsing the internet for 2nd hand Ferraris in UK (to figure the price, not to buy one!), and i came across a F430 for 18k pounds. I was zapped, and only after going through it, i read it was a replica built on another car platform (Toyota MR2 I think).
So this may be a similar case.

Here's the F430 Replica .

Team-BHP Classifieds - FERRARI 430 REPLICA COUPE - 290BHP - Powered by PhotoPost Classifieds

25th February 2010, 12:37	#2
stanjohn123 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: TN 75 Posts: 1,345 Thanked: 1,800 Times View My Garage	OMG !!! I wish if i was that dealer Is this what they call " The American Dream" !!!
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25th February 2010, 12:53	#3
SamtheLeo BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 451 Thanked: 26 Times	I believe there is something more then meets the eye here, It can be a stolen car, something wrong, an accidental refurbished, anything like an engine issue. I mean how can anybody be so outrightly stupid.
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25th February 2010, 13:03	#4
zavegur BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bangalore Posts: 94 Thanked: 124 Times	this is what happens when a loser meets a winner!! insane business!
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25th February 2010, 15:27	#5
preetam_KORG BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 700 Thanked: 385 Times View My Garage	This is the craziest piece of news in a long time. If the car is clean, with papers et all, then the dealer has just made a fortune
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25th February 2010, 18:05	#6
shuvc Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kolkata Posts: 2,913 Thanked: 354 Times View My Garage	Wonder why we needed to trade it in at all? A Veyron owner should have the moolah to buy himself a Corvette, right? Or maybe he ran out of garage space?
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25th February 2010, 18:20	#7
NOS Power BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kolkata Posts: 404 Thanked: 79 Times View My Garage	I am Another probable (read wierd) permutation could be a kit car with a rebuilt or a copy of a Veyron engine.
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25th February 2010, 23:06	#9
Jayabusa Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,448 Thanked: 69 Times	Either there is more than meets the eye or this news is as weird as the foreign trips for toys news in today's paper. Yeah toys are being sent on a holiday!!
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25th February 2010, 23:38	#10
Mayavi BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scottsdale Posts: 683 Thanked: 9 Times View My Garage	ummm... read the article fella's. The owner is a Texas Oil Baron who counts Lambo, McLaren etc among his collection. He did not do a straight trade for Veyron, it was CASH + a ZR1. I am guessing, lots of cash. The dealer who sold the ZR1 lined up a buyer for Veyron before he did the trade for ZR1.
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25th February 2010, 23:42	#11
Nitin Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 3,294 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	As mentioned in one of the comments, it could be the 'In the lake' Veyron. I remember reading that the owner of that Veyron bought himself another Veyron, and was looking to get some work done on the car that went into the lake (so he could sell it later). This is America for you!
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28th February 2010, 16:31	#12
Dante BHPian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nasik Posts: 393 Thanked: 86 Times	May be he must be tired of refuelling the veyron again and again! Or he must be drunk at that point of time.
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28th February 2010, 17:27	#13
goingout BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 236 Thanked: 275 Times	Can anybody give me his address? I only want to visit him to buy any used car he's wanting to get rid of. Imagine this guy selling a 2 year old Lambo for $20k or something LOL by the way!
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2nd March 2010, 06:29	#14
sujaylahiri BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North America Posts: 960 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	I would do that in a heartbeat. Why buy a Veyron when you can buy 10 Corvette ZR1's for that price? ...... and now the flaming starts.
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