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What kind of person would order an million Maybach? The same sort who’d take another Maybach and hack it up with a saw and blowtorch. That’s right, a hip-hop mega star.

Long before Jay-Z and Kanye West shot the music video for “Otis”, Bryan “Birdman” Williams had placed his order for his very own Maybach Exelero. The price tag: a whopping million. Pocket change for a guy worth over 0 million with a Veyron and a Landaulet in the garage. But now he seems to be running into some trouble.

Apparently, Birdman still owes money on his other seven-figure rides, and has yet to fork over the eight mil to the Exelero’s current owner Arnaud Massartic. Until he does, it remains the European entrepreneur’s property, though Birdman very well might find a way to work it into his next video just the same.

Birdman can’t pay for his new million Maybach Exelero originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Back in 2008, we reported that the Maybach Exelero was available for custom order for chump change just under million. The original prototype was developed by Daimler‘s ultra-high-end division as a high-speed test vehicle for Fulda Tires, and packed a 700-horsepower version of Maybach‘s twin-turbo V12 to drive it to speeds in excess of 350 km/h (217 miles per hour). But who on earth has that kind of cash to blow, and the motivation to do so?

According to the latest reports, Birdman does. The rapper, otherwise known as Bryan Williams, already has a garage packed with million-dollar rides like the Maybach Landaulet and the Bugatti Veyron, and now he’s reportedly ordered himself an Exelero to go with them. Birdman is rated as the fourth richest hip-hop recording artist in the world, coming in just under Sean “Puffy” Combs, Jay-Z and Dr. Dre with a fortune estimated at around 0 million. And with that many Benjamins to his name, an million ride seems like little more than a drop in the bucket.

Of course, Williams could have went the (relatively) more cost-effective route with a Viper-based replica or a Xenatec coupe, but as the saying goes, if you’ve got it, flaunt it. For a man whose latest album is titled PRICELE$$, that certainly holds some sway.

[Source: autoevolution via World Car Fans]

Bryan “Birdman” Williams buys Maybach Exelero for million originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 02 May 2011 10:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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