The "why" is easy: because they can. It comes down to that. To us working stiffs, a car is a box we use to travel from A to B.
There's a smaller segment of us workers that also see the car as more than it, but there's only so much we can afford. Some people buy these ultra expensive exotics because they are collectors, some do it because they are fun to drive, while others simply buy them to show off.
Bugatti Veyron 16.4, costs approximately $1.5 million U.S. Statistics available in the link below, crazy fast but crazy expensive. If I had more money than I possibly knew what to do with (as in absurdly rich) I might buy one and take it out on the Autobahn. After looking at some pricey cars, I suggest you then look at the other site linked below, you may whimper, you may laugh, you may cry.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.