Nissan unveils beastly supercar dubbed ‘Godzilla’ covered in 24-carat gold for staggering $1million
Flashy set of wheels with its 3.8 litre V6 twin turbo 545 hp engine was lovingly hand carved for weeks by master engraver
THIS is the ultimate accessory for bling lovers – a $1million supercar covered in gold plating.
The intricately hand-carved sports car with its 3.8 litre V6 twin turbo 545 hp engine is a billionaire’s dream come true.
Japanese designers dressed the Nissan R35 GT-R in fibre glass body kit panels and covered them with a layer of 24 carat gold spray.
And master engraver Takahiko Izawa spent weeks carving intricate oriental patterns into the shiny new surface on the 820 horsepower beast.
The flash supercar was dubbed ''Godzilla'' because of its monster $1million price tag.
The blingy R35 GT-R was tactically unveiled in car-mad city Dubai with the aim of showing it off to its intended target market.
But so far the luxury set of wheels has failed to attract a buyer.
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Owners Kuhl Racing and Artis are now hoping it sells when it goes on display at the SEMA show in Las Vegas in November.
Shigeo Fukuchi, from Kuhl Racing – the company behind the gold car – said: '”We used a special gold sheen paint that we developed ourselves.
“It's stronger than normal paint and allows us to paint the car parts in almost the same way as the usual painting process.
“And the most significant characteristic of this paint is that the paint produces very beautiful metal shining without colour-off and the colour-fade-out.
“The engraving process was complicate and involved many patient steps.
“The gold plating was sprayed onto the body kit which had been custom designed with Far East style patterns over several complicated steps.”
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