Virginia YouTuber who bought $5M Bugatti for $30K from Alibaba tried lifting the car and found out what it's made of
Published on Aug 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM (UTC+4)
by Henry Kelsall
Last updated on Aug 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
A Virginia YouTuber bought a $5 million Bugatti supercar for just $30k from Alibaba, and tried to lift it up to find out what it was made of.
American Carter Sharer showcased the car in August 2025. It was quite clearly not a genuine Bugatti, which would normally cost millions of dollars
There’s no denying that the budget ‘supercar’ was hidden very well in its shipping container. When the covers came off, it did look somewhat like a Bugatti.
But it was quite clearly not a real Bugatti Veyron, Chiron, or anything else. In fact, it wasn’t even a car you could drive!
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Where did the $30,000 Bugatti fake come from?
Carter bought the car from Alibaba, and incredibly, the images showed an actual Bugatti Veyron for just $30,0000.
The images showed what looked like a real supercar, and for just $30,000, it was clearly not going to be a legitimate deal, but the YouTuber went ahead and bought it anyway.
Stuck to the side of the shipping crate was a photograph of a Bugatti Veyron, although there were red flags.
First of all, the colors of the car in the photos did not line up with those of what was on the side of the crate.
Another red flag was how, under the engine section, the delivery details said “N/A”, suggesting that the engine was ‘not applicable.’
Weirdly, despite saying this, the Bugatti’s delivery documents still said it had over 1,000hp under the hood.
This was clearly not a real supercar
Upon revealing the car, it was obvious this wasn’t a real supercar.
But it was also clear it wasn’t even a real car.
There was no way of getting into it, and there clearly wasn’t an engine under the hood.
The front of the car was one of the weirdest parts of the entire ‘replica’, if we can even call it that.
The grille was wrong, and it had a fake badge slapped in the middle to suggest it was a genuine Veyron.
What was the car made of? Well, it would appear that the whole car was made of foam, and it’s so light it can be picked up.
The moral of the story is, don’t buy a Bugatti from Alibaba!
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Henry is a content writer with nearly ten years experience, having written for various publications since 2017. Qualifying with a Sports Journalism degree from Staffordshire University, Henry loves all things automotive but has a particular soft spot for classic Japanese cars and anything Lancia. He also has a curious passion for steam locomotives.
