HARARE – A $2 million Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès edition landed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare on Friday – the second inside two months.
The supercar, whose owner is as yet unknown, arrived shortly after 3.30PM aboard a KLM cargo flight from the Netherlands.
Bugatti says on its website that this particular Bugatti, first released in 2008, is “highly exclusive”. Just 40 were manufactured.
In August, a Bugatti Veyron by Mansory Vivere Diamond Edition was delivered to Harare – then said to be the only one in Southern Africa.
The $3,5 million car, owned by Zunaid Moti, the controversial chrome miner and associate of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, was registered in Zimbabwe before being flown to South Africa.
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The delivery drew condemnation from Zimbabweans who accused the businessman, currently in jail in Germany awaiting extradition to Russia on fraud charges, of flaunting obscene wealth in a sea of poverty.
Zimbabweans will be urgently seeking the identity of the owner of the latest Bugatti to land in Harare, a city currently in the grips of a cholera outbreak and a developing economic crisis marked by rising prices and foreign currency shortages.
The Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès edition is the product of a collaboration with the renowned Parisian luxury brand Hermès.
It was designed by German automotive futurist and Hollywood consultant Daniel Simon when he worked as a designer for the French carmaker, alongside Gabriele Pezzini for Hermes
Capable of delivering 1001 horsepower from its monster 8-litre engine, the Hermes edition can reach top speeds of 407 km/h. The car can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in a mere 2.5 seconds.-Zimlive
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