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A Swiss designer has turned a Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR 999 into a gold plated and jewel encrusted monument to eccentric taste.

Called the "Red Gold Dream," the paintjob alone has 11 pounds of gold worked into it – guess that's why it took 25 applications to lather it all on. The asking price is a jaw dropping $11-million.

If that's not shocking enough for you, then take a peek inside.

Hundreds of rubies have been worked into the gold leather-covered cabin. Oh yes, lest we forget, rubies can also be found on the Red Gold's wheel bolts, the illuminated front badge, and alongside the 24-karat gold-covered LED front indicators.

The man behind this machine, Ueli Anliker, apparently plans to bump the output of the supercharged V-8 engine to roughly 1000-hp.

A GPS tracking device is also included, should car thieves attempt to make off with the Red Gold Dream.

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