The superhuman Bugatti Veyron costs $1.7 million.  Henceforth it shall be referred to as The Beast and all monetary calculations will be in the currency of Civics.  In other words, the Beast costs 100 Civics.  If you think the cost ends there, keep on reading.  Ever wonder how much its radiator costs?  Probably not.  I did some research and dug up some numbers for fun about the Beast to go with the ubiquitous one point seven mil /100 Civics figure.

- Heard of twin turbos? The Bugatti has Four turbochargers.  It has 16 cylinders – twice the size of your obnoxious neighbor’s Corvette.

-1000 HP and almost a 1000 lb. foot of torque.
Story Time – Mercedes’ SL65 (twin turbo v12) originally had 900 lbs of torque.  Result? the transmission ripped out from underneath the car during beta testing on tracks in pre production models.  YAHTZEE!

-Concerned with MPG? Probably not but here it is anyway – 8MPG city, 13 MPG highway.

-Rims alone cost over 7 Civics.

Enough of the basics, here are some truly frightening statistics.

-A respectable amount of braking force is .5 G.  Actually, that is only true if you drive a Nissan Z with upgraded NISMO brakes.  For ‘average cars’ a la Accord/Corolla/Prius, the number is lower (closer to .3 G).  The Beast’s wing ALONE applies .7 G of braking force within .4 seconds of applying the brakes.  Remember, this does not include the braking force provided by its giant brakes, just aerodynamic braking provided by the wing/spoiler.

-Speaking of brakes, the front rotors are over 16 inches in diameter.  The average rims on cars are the size of the Beast’s brakes.

-Perhaps the most popular statistic is the top speed clicked at approximately 250 MPH.  Here is a lesser known fact; at top speed, the Beast breathes 47k liters of air every 60 ticks.  You breathe around 11k liters a day.  It would take you almost an entire work week to breathe the same amount of air as the Beast does IN A MINUTE.

-At top speed, the Beast drinks 1.4 gallons of 93 octane juice PER MINUTE.  That comes out to 3 MPG.  OPEC rejoice!

-If you don’t know what a radiator is, it is a heat exchanger.  And the beast has 10 of ‘em.  The engine alone requires 4 radiators, four times that of the everyday Corolla.

-A set of Bugatti Tires alone cost 1 Civic.

-There is a whole PROCESS behind replacing the Beast’s tires.  The process is priced at over 4.10 Civics.  They actually have to ship them to France, the only location in the world where the tires can be taken off the rim.  A set of tires will cost you a Civic.

-At top speed, you will go through the expensive tires in under 15 minutes.  The gas tank will go from completely full to empty a skoch over 10 minutes.

-If you were to lift your foot off the accelerator at top speed (without touching the brakes), you will experience .7 G of braking force.  Compare that to earlier stated braking force of everyday cars around .3 G.

-What if you got a bit overzealous and blew out the transmission (and lived to tell about it), replacement cost is 7 Civics.

Hypothetical Situation- Lets say you hit top speed and wouldn’t/couldn’t stop.  In fact, you fried the tires, banged the rims and killed the transmission before coming to a halt.  The total cost of such a fiasco including the cost of the car – 120 Civics.