$25,000 Cupcake Car For Sale in Neiman Marcus Christmas Book
The annual Neiman Marcus Christmas Book sells fantasy items that about a fraction of a fraction of people could ever afford—$20 million submarine, $1.76 million space charter on the Virgin Galactic spaceship. But the most expensive item this year is relatively cheap: the $25,000 Cupcake Car.
"Slip under the muffin top of your Cupcake Car, and let the world figure itself out for awhile," advertises the catalog. Maxing out at seven mph, the ride is tricked out with sprinkles and swirly frosting accessories. California-based artist Lisa Pongrace, who first launched the design at Burning Man, will even customize your topping.
This marks Neiman Marcus's attempt to cut back on the $1 million-plus super-ridiculous gifts and settle for the semi-ridiculous things. After the jump, watch video footage of some Bay Area folks (aka the luckiest people ever) scooting around in these.
Riding the Cupcake Car
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8 Comments:
Please don't put articles like this up anymore
Timothyrows at 10:02AM on 10/07/09
are you kidding me? this was hilarious! i want one!
ignore timothy-put up ten more like this a day!
gastronomeg at 10:34AM on 10/07/09
@Timonthyrows -- why not?
I think those are hilarious.
juliebugsmama at 10:37AM on 10/07/09
Cute they are. But the most expensive item in this year's catalog they are not. At the very least, there is a special edition supercharged 2010 Jaguar XJL that comes with a set of luggage... for a paltry $105,000.
http://jalopnik.com/5375470/2010-jaguar-xjl-supercharges-into-neiman-marcus-christmas-catalog
dbrackst at 10:51AM on 10/07/09
ha! what the fugg!
_greenbean at 11:05AM on 10/07/09
Semi-ridiculous? What qualifies as fully ridiculous? Is that thing road worthy?
I want to ride in one, haha!
erinlovestoeat at 12:05PM on 10/07/09
The cupcake car was developed by some people in Berkeley, CA for Burning Man a couple of years ago. I hope they're getting some of the profit.
sarahj at 2:08PM on 10/07/09
This is WAY more ridiculous than the submarine or space ride... If I had the money, it would be much more satisfying to spend it on a trip to space or my own personal sub than this. "Millionaire buys cupcake car", or "millionaire goes to the moon"? Yeah. This is laughable...
SaucyTomato at 4:16PM on 10/07/09