# Latte, in French, means "You paid too much for that coffee!" What does Bugatti's La Voiture Noire mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887 "2019-03-06T02:14:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/1 "2019-03-06T02:14:41Z")
It is supposed to mean _“the black car”_ in French, but what do you think? (I only drink home brewed black coffee.) [https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/03/05/bugatti-reveal](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/03/05/bugatti-reveal) _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/2 "2019-03-06T02:32:21Z")
It means The Black Car alright. Seems a bit simplistic of a name… for the French, of course. For the non-French speaking public is sounds positively cultured! The reported new owner, however speaks German, English and probably French as well. Still, what if he wanted a blue one? La Voiture Bleu?? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/3 "2019-03-06T02:33:40Z")
i think that phrase literally means just what you say, “Black Car”. So it is like a Model T, you can have it in any color you like, as long as it is black. Do you ever take your home brew w/you in a thermos and later find you are drinking it at a coffee shop? Je fais mon café à la maison et le bois au café!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/4 "2019-03-06T02:38:09Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Do you ever take your home brew w/you in a thermos and later find you are drinking it at a coffee shop? I don’t go to coffee shops or restaurants. Food and beverage is strictly DYI for me. I bank the savings and health benefits. _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/5 "2019-03-06T02:44:04Z")
One time I told a judge if he imposed a $100 fine for a traffic ticket my response would be to eat at home rather than take a friend to dine in a restaurant the next weekend, and use the difference to pay the fine. So the fine wouldn’t penalize me, I’d still eat the same as if I went to the restaurant. The fine instead would take $100 out of the pocket of the restaurant owner, the wait-staff, and $10 from the state of Calif. There’s no sales tax on food purchased in grocery stores but there is a 10% sales tax on restaurant purchases. I thought this a pretty good argument. The judge looks at me, up one side and down the other, and proclaims: You don’t look like much of a chef. Your penalty is you’ll have to eat your own cooking!! Pay on the way out. … lol ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/6 "2019-03-06T06:24:33Z")
A one off built for a customer that was inspired by the Type 57 SC Atlantic. Almost makes the price of a Chiron look reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/7 "2019-03-06T13:44:03Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > It means The Black Car alright. Seems a bit simplistic of a name… for the French, of course. For the non-French speaking public is sounds positively cultured! Similarly, the Maserati _Quattroporte_’s name simply means “Four Door”. To language-challenged Americans, it sounds… I guess… elegant or exotic. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/8 "2019-03-06T14:48:25Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Similarly, the Maserati _Quattroporte_ ’s name simply means “Four Door”. > To language-challenged Americans, it sounds… I guess… elegant or exotic. Sort of like **Ricardo Montalban** extolling the virtues of a **Chrysler** _ **Cordoba** _ and its _ **rich Corinthian leather.** _ _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/9 "2019-03-06T15:03:50Z")
> [@common\_sense\_answer](#): > > Sort of like **Ricardo Montalban** extolling the virtues of a **Chrysler** _ **Cordoba** _ and its _ **rich Corinthian leather.** _ Yes, but the late Mr. Montalban’s spiel was really ridiculous. Let’s see… … a Mexican actor extolling the virtues of an American-made car that is labeled with the name of a heavily-Moorish city in Spain, and which was **supposedly** upholstered with leather imported from Greece. Truly, truly ludicrous. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/10 "2019-03-06T17:18:48Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > For the non-French speaking public is sounds positively cultured! It’s all about the sound of it, like klactoveedsedstene. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/11 "2019-03-06T18:54:52Z")
> [@circuitsmith](#): > > klactoveedsedstene THAT I had to look up! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/latte-in-french-means-you-paid-too-much-for-that-coffee-what-does-bugattis-la-voiture-noire-mean/135887/12 "2019-03-06T22:28:15Z")
It is not A black car, it is THE black car. There are no others now. Or so Bugatti might want you to think. I’ll take two, and call me in the morning.