All that glitters? Understated elegance a bargain at £7m

I. Want. His. Shoes. You can keep the Merc. After all, that gold upholstery and the hundreds of LEDs in the dash would give me a headache and I’m not sure how long the 600 rubies which encrust the Anliker McLaren SLR 999 Red Gold Dream would last down Leith way.

Seen here with his lady, ahem, friend, Swiss businessman Ueli Anliker spends much of his time and considerable fortune creating outrageous modified vehicles, all in his favourite colour scheme – red. This one is plastered with 25 layers of red paint mixed with 5kg of gold dust. The wheels, headlights and door sills are plated in 24 carat gold, while the engine has been tuned and tweaked ad infinitum. Anliker has put a price tag of around £7 million on his creation.

See his website www.anliker-ueli.ch for more blingtastic outpourings from his fevered imagination and capacious wallet, plus some equally tasteful portraits of a few of his many lady friends. Warning: website may contain nuts.