Page 1 of 1
Billionaire Eike Batista Has SLR McLaren in Rio Living Room
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:10 am
by Apoptosis
This is nuts... Eike Batista keeps a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren in his living room as a show piece...
Batista isn't shy about telling the media that he owns a $26 million Embraer Legacy 600 business jet, a $19 million Pershing 115 luxury yacht and a $1.7 million speedboat whose engines have to be changed after each race. In the living room of his mansion in Rio's Jardim Botanico neighborhood, Batista has parked a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The latest model lists for about $500,000.
Flaunting his wealth might be fun for now. It may seem less sporting, though, should complaints from federal prosecutors and fearful Indians gain traction--or demand for Brazil's abundant resources take a fall.
Source
Re: Billionaire Eike Batista Has SLR McLaren in Rio Living Room
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:55 am
by vicaphit
Makes me sick to think of people having that much money and just wasting it by parking a car like this in a living room.
Atleast it wasn't a Bugatti or something. I really don't like the look of the SLR McLaren.
Re: Billionaire Eike Batista Has SLR McLaren in Rio Living Room
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:59 am
by skier
vicaphit wrote:
Atleast it wasn't a Bugatti or something. I really don't like the look of the SLR McLaren.
agreed, if you ask me, it's nothing compared McLaren F1, or Mercedes CLK-GTR, THOSE are supercars
Re: Billionaire Eike Batista Has SLR McLaren in Rio Living Room
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:34 am
by unfaithfulsfan
An honest-to-God case of more dollars than sense.
Re: Billionaire Eike Batista Has SLR McLaren in Rio Living Room
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:05 pm
by vbironchef
I wonder if he does folding@home. He is going to die just like the rest of us. Wish people like that could spend their money more wisely.
Re: Billionaire Eike Batista Has SLR McLaren in Rio Living Room
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:20 am
by dgood
Did you guys ever stop to think there is a good reason for this?
Maybe the guy really just wants the feeling of a good climate controlled drive in movie?
Ok but seriously I would use it like a drive in movie if it was there. However, I'd never put it there in the first place.
Re: Billionaire Eike Batista Has SLR McLaren in Rio Living Room
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:50 am
by Tim Burton
vbironchef wrote:I wonder if he does folding@home. He is going to die just like the rest of us. Wish people like that could spend their money more wisely.
So it wasn't wise to continue to help many people stay employed by building a car? How many jobs did that car create, when you consider the materials, labor, design and so forth? He helped people by buying that car, who am I to fault him for it.
Re: Billionaire Eike Batista Has SLR McLaren in Rio Living Room
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:57 am
by vicaphit
Wait, I just re-read the original post... Forget the McLaren... why does this guy have a Pershing?
Re: Billionaire Eike Batista Has SLR McLaren in Rio Living Room
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:22 pm
by Tim Burton
vicaphit wrote:Wait, I just re-read the original post... Forget the McLaren... why does this guy have a Pershing?
It isn't the tank, it is a yacht.
Re: Billionaire Eike Batista Has SLR McLaren in Rio Living Room
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:00 am
by vicaphit
Oh, ok, that makes more sense...