The ultimate Christmas present for car lovers 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. Like a real internal combustion engine, every component conforms to tolerances within a tenth of a millimetre. The cam covers and other prominent components then undergo a chemical anodising process to release colour into the alloy. Parts such as the engine's intake venturis are hand-polished to create a high lustre finish. The attention to detail also includes heating the tips of the exhaust pipes to create the blue lustre that appears on real engines after full-speed running. Each Espresso Veloce is hand-assembled in South Africa, where it was designed. Once the engine casing is assembled an internal tank is coupled to a high pressure, vibrating pump. This pump feeds an inline heat exchanger passing the boiling water through an array of pipes into the capsule-type group head. Volumetric control by a programmable electronic control unit then delivers the perfect espresso at an optimal 22 bar pressure. Each machine comes with a numbered plaque and a certificate of autenticity signed by its creator. Unlike an F1 engine it's easy to use, according to the manufacturer - just add Nespresso capsules.