Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini: Named for "2006 Best Exotic Car"

3 out of 7 models named for the "2006 Best Exotic Car" at the duPont Registry Exotic Car Buyer's Guide are from the Audi and Volkswagen brand group!
Nominees are:
Bentley Continental GT MDS, Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron and Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder.

You wouldn't call them Volkswagens, of course, nor will you find them at Volkswagen dealerships. But the Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder and Bentley Continental GT MDS are all made by subsidiaries of the company that makes the Golf, Jetta and New Beetle.

While the Corvette is the cheapest car on the list, the Bugatti Veyron is the most expensive by a similarly wide margin. It costs $1.2 million. For that, buyers will get a 1,001 horsepower car with a potential zero-to-60 time of 2.4 seconds. The transmission is a version of the two-clutched automatic transmission used in the Audi TT.

The Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder "looks cooler than its coupe sibling," the magazine said. It costs about $180,000 and has a top speed of 195 miles per hour.

The Bentley Continental GT MDS offers 23-inch wheels and a two-tone quilted leather interior for $173,490. Among the car's famous owners is Paris Hilton, something the magazine notes as a downside.

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Source: CNN Money via Jalopnik

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