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Slideshow: Massive Motorcars on Parade

Is it a yacht? Is it an armored tank? No, it's one of the super-luxury automobiles on display at the New York Auto Show. These behemoths snub their long noses at the recession, and hark back to the golden era of decadent car design. Noah Shachtman reports from New York.
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The 6.2-meter-long, custom-built, $360,000 Mercedes Maybach 62, set to enter the garages of the mega-rich in late June.Mercedes-Benz

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The opulent interior of the Cadillac Sixteen features hand-stitched Tuscany leather seats, hand-woven silk carpets, reclining rear seats with foot and leg rests, Bose sound system, DVD entertainment system and more.

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The $110,000 Bufori MKIII La Joya roadster comes with bullet-resistant options.

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Each Maybach comes with first-class-aircraft-style seats able to fit a pair of reclining 6-footers in the back; magnetic clamps, specifically designed for champagne flutes; a refrigerator to hold the bubbly; a set of sterling silver tumblers; and a 600-watt audio-visual system with 21 separate speakers. With a 543-horsepower V12 twin-turbocharger engine that can take you from zero to 60 in 5.4 seconds, the Maybach 62 is a pleasure to drive as well as ride in.

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Bufori's latest rococo, Hoover Era-styled two-seaters are being introduced to the American market at the New York Auto Show.

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Even before the MKIII La Joya's launch, 226 orders have already been placed for the automobile.

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The mammoth Cadillac Sixteen is generating the most drool at the auto show. Looking like a low, elongated Batmobile from Cadillac's 1930s golden age, the hawk-nosed Sixteen carries a gigantic 1000-horsepower V-16 engine.

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