The ultimate Christmas present for car lovers

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You don't need the budget of Ferrari or Red Bull Racing to bring Formula One scorching into your kitchen or office.

The V8 and V12 half-scale F1 engine coffee machines are the creation of Espresso Veloce, built to order and costing between £8,699 and £8,999.

They feature more than 90 machined components, manufactured using solid billets of aerospace alloys, similar to those used in contemporary Grand Prix engines. The complete coffee machine weighs about 23kg.

The exhaust pipes, which dispense your coffee of choice, are fashioned from aviation-grade titanium alloy and handcrafted using tungsten and argon welding techniques. You can even specify espresso cups that look like racing pistons or the air intake trumpets of a competition engine.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/caraccessories/10507729/The-ultimate-Christmas-present-for-car-lovers.html

Think I'll stick with my caffetieres and my 14 year espresso machine.