While I appreciate desired designer handbags, my true passion lies in cars. Don’t blame me, I am a dude like any other. just happen to administer a purse blog on the Interweb. about a month ago, I reported on Hermès’ upcoming collaboration with the luxury automobile maker Bugatti. Finally, the beast was revealed at this year’s Genova automobile show – and oh my, it is a stunning specimen. While the exquisite Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès boasts the same 1001 hp quad-turbocharged 16 cylinder engine from the original Veyron, its distinct character manifests in the details.
The new Veyron derives its name from the historic Hermès headquarters on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in the heart of Paris’ eighth arrondissement. It sports eight-spoked wheels in polished aluminum, central butterfly wheel locks branded with the famous letter ‘H’, and air vents around the rims goal to reproduce the characteristic appearance of traidtional Hermès saddle-stitching. The horseshoe radiator grille, and the lateral ventilation grilles flanking it, are made from lightweight alloys with a design of interlocking H’s which evoke the Hermès signature. The inner surfaces of the Veyron Fbg are created and sheathed in bull calfskin at the Hermès workshops in Paris by the same mastered hands that give us purse fetishists the desired Birkin and Kelly bags.
The center console features a special compartment for the Hermès Globetrotter agenda, the leather-lined trunk holds a specially-fitted “Toile H” leather case. With a price identify of 1.55 million Euros (excluding taxes), the Veyron Fbg par Hermès will remain an unattainable subject of lust for a lot of of us. The lucky, selected few will take their deliveries towards the end of this year. What an absolutely astonishing, a lot of amazing and desirable vehicle, for automobile and bag fetishists alike.
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