Now This Is Gold Plating

[fotoman]

plating

http://www.gizmag.com/go/6007/

the Gold-plated Porsche

August 15, 2006 The town of Pforzheim in south-west Germany is famous for its jewellery and watch-making industry and accordingly is known as “the City of Gold.” The city is also the home of the first Gold-plated Porsche. Visualis, which is situated in Pforzheim, commissioned an artist to gild a Porsche Boxster in 22 carat beaten gold last year and now comes the news that the Gold Boxter will be followed by a limited edition model and nine further Porsches will be plated. All the major components, from the control elements such as the steering wheel and door [censored]s to the car body and alloy rims, are all gold plated, making the two seater extraordinarily expensive, and a price that Visualis has not yet disclosed. Nine further Porsche Models will undergo the same, unique refinement process to continue the creative project. Visualis’ Petra Koehler reports that “curious people are already anxious to know who are going to be the owners of these magnificent automobiles.” If you fancy owning such an exquisite object, perhaps start by emailing Petra.

[KB]

Well ..umm..

Ken

[neuhoover]

A little over the top, donchya think?

[yodaddynukka]

thats definitely not plated. its triple wrapped.

[linkukbora]

Well......that's hilarious

[dcrooz]

How much weight would that add to the car? Any ideas? Wondering how performance would be affected, although you probably wouldn't want to go too fast in that thing anyway, best kept in a garage, out of view, partly because it would be targeted immediately but also because it's hideous!!

[jfreeman420]

How about a diamond bezel?

[Chronus]

Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....

[Bravo]

Paul (Wo-mart) says that his version is SOLID gold (5k first layer - 14k second layer)