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The gasoline gods have taken pity on us in these fiscally uncertain times. Gas prices have plummeted more than a dollar in just a few months, dropping to their lowest level in over a year. So if you ever wanted a chance to buy a super charged, super cool, super expensive super car, but stopped yourself from signing the title the minute you saw the mileage sticker, now may be the time to pick up one of the high-end "personality enhancers" in the gallery below.

Super Sports Cars, Super Terrible MPG

    Bugatti Veyron You'd have a hard time finding a faster, street legal car short of strapping one of the booster tanks from the Space Shuttle on the top of a Pontiac Solstice (the hard top version, of course). Thanks to a 16-cylinder engine with four turbochargers, it has the fastest acceleration rate of any car ever made meaning it can reach 135 mph in just over 10 seconds. Gas wise, it gets eight miles per gallon in the city and 14 on the highway, so it will set you back about $7.33 for every 25 miles at $2.50 gallon.

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    Ferrari 612 Scaglietti The first thing anyone does when they find $2 million in cash is run out and buy a Ferrari. But this two-door fastback coupe isn't your father's Ferrari. It's larger and has four seats, so you can bring home three gold-digging ladies from the club while every one else can only fit one. Despite it being one of two Ferrari models made from aluminum, it only gets a measly nine miles to the gallon.

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    Lamborghini Murciélago If you can afford to throw around $300,000 like it's a string of fake pearls from a Mardi Gras float, you'll probably buy something other than a Lamborgini -- the dream car of choice for 12-year-olds.For that age group (and those with that age group's mentality), gas isn't a big concern. That's a good thing, since the Murciélago gets nine miles on the gallon city and 14 on the highway.

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    Rolls-Royce Phantom Players need three things: a footlocker full of expensive engraved jewelr, a bathtub that can hold at least eight people and this car. Rolls-Royce have been making Phantoms since the mid 1920's and there's a reason they are still around today: perfection. Everything that goes into making one is built with the precision of a Swiss clock. Gas wise, the Phantom will set you back at 11 miles per gallon, but you can't possibly pimp without it.

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    Saleen S7 For $400,000, you can have this rare domestic treat. It borrows parts and ideas from just about every great car out there and tries to make each a little bit sweeter with varying results. It's got the engine of a Ford Mustang, stainless steel exhaust and an all aluminum body. It's also got some clever little gadgets built-in, like a video mounted rear view mirror and a removable steering wheel so you can reenact your favorite Looney Tunes moment while eaching speeds of 200 mph. Also loony -- it only gets 11 miles to the gallon.

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    Maserati Grand Turismo Maserati is the kind of car that stock brokers drive to let the world know just how rich and powerful they are. They are relatively simple for a high-end sports car: 4.2 liter, V-8 engine that can go from 0 to 60 in just over 5 seconds. They also get relatively high gas mileage, 12 miles to the gallon, which is good for Wall Street Titans who recently had to start counting their pennies.

    Martial Trezzini, AP

    Aston Martin DBS This is the car that replaced Aston Martin's DB9. It's James Bond's car of choice since the new V12 model was featured in "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace." It also only gets 11 miles to the gallon in the city and 17 on the highway, which is rumored to be the reason why the green-minded Q refused to work with the environmentally-unfriendly secret agent.

    Joel Ryan, AP

    Audi R8 The R8 is the new kid in the neighborhood having made its first appearance on the car show circuit in 2006. It quickly rose to being the popular guy since the R8 (based on the Lamborghini Gallardo) is able to go from 0 to 100 mph in a speedometer melting four and a half seconds. Its 12 miles to the gallon, however, may keep the girls from going out with it.

    Paul Sancya, AP

    Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren When it comes to building the best gas-guzzlers, nobody does it better than Mercedes-Benz. Sure, Hummer can build a boxy car that tells the world to *$(& off every time it pulls up to the pump. It's only good for sucking down gas with the speed of a frat freshmen shotgunning a Pabst-Blue Ribbon, but this German ride is, conversely, so sleek and sexy that you may forget it only gets 12 miles to the gallon and barely goes 300 miles on a full tank.

    Tony Ding, AP