Man who bought a $4,500 fake Bugatti Veyron made a lot of money from it
- Man who bought a fake Bugatti Veyron made a lot of money from it
- The replica car was worse than he expected
- But the gamble paid off in the end
Published on Jan 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Jan 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
A content creator who bought a $4,500 fake Bugatti Veyron from eBay ended up making a decent chunk of cash from the car.
Florida-based car enthusiast Freddy Tavarish Hernandez decided to take a bit of a gamble on the ‘Buy It Now’ replica vehicle.
The fake Bugatti was built around a 1993 Honda Civic.
And although the car that arrived was worse than Tavarish expected, it seems he may have had the last laugh.
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The fake Bugatti Veyron was ‘worse than expected’
YouTuber Tavarish, who’s best known for ‘buying, modifying, and breaking cars’, said he had a ‘Bugatti-shaped hole’ in his heart for many years.
So, when the opportunity arose to get himself a fake one for $4,500 he decided to take the risk – and not for the first time, having previously bought a fake Lambo online.
However, when the motor arrived he was quick to admit that it was worse than what he’d expected. Ouch.
The Civic had been altered so that it sort of mimicked the Veyron’s wide body, grille, and two-seater design, but let’s be honest it’s a world away from the real deal.
The disappointment continued under the hood, where the replica was kitted out with a 250HP Honda D-series engine – a far cry from the 8.0-liter, quad-turbocharged W16 engine you’d find in a Veyron.
But the gamble wasn’t a total loss for the buyer
While he may not have landed himself a cut-price Bugatti Veyron with his eBay purchase, Tavarish didn’t end up doing too badly in the deal.
Sure, he’s stuck with a Honda Civic he’s unlikely able to sell on, but by sharing the unfortunate tales with his followers on YouTube he was able to wrack up a whopping three million views across three videos.
Considering he already has an impressive following on the video-sharing platform, Tavarish could expect to earn anywhere between $5 to $10 for every 1,000 views.
So although he may have been out of pocket in the short term after forking out $4,500 for the Bugatti Fakeron, he could have made between $150,000 to $300,000 across the trio of videos.
So it turns out the replica wasn’t such a bad purchase after all.
Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Across her career she's covered a wide variety of topics, including celebrity, cryptocurrency, politics, true crime and just about everything in between.
