“Someone at German car-tuning firm Carlsson must have been listening to Trinidad James while working on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class CS50 Versailles, because this car is the embodiment of “all gold everything.”
That’s right, the souped-up CS50 Versailles is covered in real gold, both inside and out. Carlsson, which specializes in customizing Mercedes-Benz vehicles, used more than 1,000 sheets of gold leaf to adorn the car’s exterior. In addition, almost $16,500 worth of the shiny stuff coats the CS50 Versailles’ interior, adorning various buttons, knobs and air vents.
Carlsson plans to make available only 25 of these swanky models, and former customers have already claimed “more than 10” of those, according to the company.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/gold-car-mercedes-benz-s-class-cs50-versailles_n_4906299.html