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Originally Posted by coraclair
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For the most part, that is because the money isn't there to build this type of car anymore. It is only because Ferdinand Peisch decided to dump hundreds of millions of dollars into the development of the Veyron that it saw the light of day - any smaller company could not have borrowed this kind of R&D money without a profitable product to show for it. VW (or VAG, lol) engineered this car in just about the only economic climate that could justify it - Jeremy Clarkson said it appropriately that we may never see the likes of this kind of car in our lifetimes again. Imagine the reaction if GM were to reveal a 1,100 hp supercharged Cadillac right now - it would be a PR nightmare. People want to see responsibility and accountability in manufacturers, and truly amazing cars like the Veyron are quickly being regarded as dated icons of a past generation.