From pirate booty to Run DMC chains and Flava Flav’s teeth, gold has been coveted all the way back to ancient Egypt. Apparently, it’s what you need following a nuclear meltdown and you’ll probably find it on some of your electronics at home.
Where you don’t expect to find it, however, is on a car. Hold that thought — we’ve seen a few gold-plated accessories for cars, and we should have said it’s where you don’t want to find it.
That said, we had to admire this ’06 BMW M3 CSL from Sydney, Australia. The flagrant use of 23-carat gold doesn’t appear to follow any function on this turbocharged dragster, but the Ibrahim brothers from Queen Street Customs were simply intent on making a statement.
It’s a statement that has cost them almost $1,000,000 so we hope they’re pleased with how it turned out. “We’ve been building nice cars for a while,” said Mohammed Ibrahim, “but were looking to do something bigger and better.” It looks as if they can check that box!
Nobody could accuse the brothers of cutting corners, from its carbon fiber body panels to the custom chromoly tube frame or the high-horsepower turbocharged motor.
As we know, it’s not uncommon to hear somebody explain how they built their car for both show and go, yet it’s rather uncommon for them to actually deliver on that promise. Well, the Ibrahims can literally claim to be the fastest and cleanest car at any given time or place without fear of contradiction.
Providing the go is a 26B four-rotor Wankel engine with a Garrett GT60 turbo. The rare Mazda rotary was chosen for its racing pedigree and the vast array of tuning parts. And while BMW purists might taste a little vomit at the prospect, you can’t argue with the recent dyno figure of 1664hp and 1158 lb-ft.
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