Man builds his own Bugatti supercar by hand

[jbracy7]

Mike Duff, an ambitious 25-year-old from Florida who decided to build his very own Bugatti with his bare hands.Starting with a complete 2002 Mercury Cougar coupe


Unfortunately, while that price will buy you the looks of a barely-legal race car, it doesn't buy you the performance. Under its gorgeous exterior, the "Cougatti" is still distinctly pedestrian, and remains equipped with its original 2.5-liter V6 engine that produces roughly 170 horsepower.Duff currently has the vehicle up for sale with a price of $89,000

[Razi]

I applaud the effort, but I think that was a waste of time and money.

[themadscientist]

It's the new Fierontach.

[ADDirishboy]

You know, I'm gonna have to give this guy a hand. Is this car useless? Yes. Will you be laughed at when a scooter beats you off the line? Yes. But damn, that is some impressive work.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Just think, he can launch hard, spin just the front wheels, and claim the AWD system is broken so he can't drive it too hard.

[alms24sebring]

I applaud the effort, but I think that was a waste of time and money.

[simmode1]

$89,000? Well, I was thinking about a GTR... but this is a Bugatti!

[jbracy7]

its fiberglass and carbon fibre over a steel tube frame, but a stock engine come on,n2o,turbo,cams, some kind of go fast bits, 89k this dude is beyond crazy,i used to build kit cars myself but they were not slow or fwd. i bet its a auto too, he has a future in body work thats for sure,dude has skills

[Warped161]

hes better off using the car as a reference to get a good job in a body shop. but at that price hes nuts.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Cougars are ugly. Not looking like a Cougar is good.

Unfortunately Veyrons are ugly too.

Also, the Veyron is neither barely-legal nor a race car.

[dasoupdude]

i think the cougar r8 looks better

[VigorousZX]

Original build story is here
http://www.madmechanics.com/build-diari ... -asked-for
http://www.madmechanics.com/general-kit ... icseen#new

Someone estimated 40-50 for it.

[spec-u-later]

Someone give this man a job and a legit platform to start with.

[spec-u-later]

its fiberglass and carbon fibre over a steel tube frame, but a stock engine come on,n2o,turbo,cams, some kind of go fast bits, 89k this dude is beyond crazy,i used to build kit cars myself but they were not slow or fwd. i bet its a auto too, he has a future in body work thats for sure,dude has skills

The Veyron is an auto. Im just sayin.

[themadscientist]

It's like Sandra Bernhard got plastic surgery to look like Renee Zelwegger. You respect the amount of work, but question the motivation.

[audtatious]

It's the new Fierontach.

Not quite. Fiero was at least RWD. Cougar isn't.

[King Ranzo]

It's the new Fierontach.

At least the Fierontach is RWD and can be swapped. This is FWD and failsauce.

[jbracy7]

nico body shop guy lets do a r390 over a z 32--- naw been there done that, how about a our own bugatti copy whith a vh 4.1