I was reading about the McLaren F1 (developed by Gordon Murray). This car can reach nearly 240 mph (with some minor modifications) and cost around £8.5 million to get the first car out of the door - including building the factory it was made in.

In comparison, the Bugatti Veyron can travel 10 mph faster. The other difference is that the Veyron cost around £250 million to develop - which is expensive if you only sell 300 cars. The problem with the Veyron is that the boss Ferdinand Piech set up a BFHG (big fat hairy goal) of 250 mph (okay it was 400 km/h) and 1000 brake horsepower. Unfortunately this goal came with a big fat hairy pricetag.   more »