Carlsson Gives S-Class the Midas Touch

By Marcus Slater - March 7, 2014

Nothing says luxury like an S-Class Mercedes, and nothing says opulence like gold. Carlsson has bound those two things into an extraordinary display of wealth with their Versaille Edition CS50. Not only will you riding in style, but onlookers will likely need to restrain themselves from tearing the paint off your car. If you want attention, this is definitely the way to do it.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, these gold C50 s are headed to China. Carlsson will only build 25 of them. Considering how much work (and wealth) is going into each car, it’s impressive they’re building that many.

Each car required over 200 man-hours to build. More than 1,000 sheets of gold leaf where adhered to the body panels. Gilding the interior pieces took at least a hundred man hours to assemble.

Carlsson is offering three different models, the least expensive of which goes for $370,100. The price tops out at $545,500. I suppose that makes it an irrational purchase for anyone that isn’t a multi-millionaire, but hey, that’s the cost of luxury.

via [Benz-Insider]

Tags: Carlsson, mercedes, S-Class, S50, V12

Carlsson Gives S-Class the Midas Touch

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