If you’re looking for a highly luxurious, highly personalized bespoke car, you’re normally looking at luxury car manufacturers to provide you with the goods. That often requires you being rich-rich, though, which sadly isn’t most of us.Sometimes, though, more affordable cars get a bespoke treatment, putting them into a price bracket well beyond the original intention of the model. Although rare, it’s a common enough occurrence to make it an interesting rabbit hole to go down. We'll have a look at a few that make the list... Mini.01 Mini John Cooper Works Convertible Mini Mini already offers a pretty extensive list of customization options to its customers. Plenty of interior choices, paintwork options and visual packages. The brand has been known to churn out special edition after special edition, too.But what if you’re the ultimate Mini enthusiast? Well, it turns out the German-owned, British-based brand will produce bespoke models if you ask them nicely enough and have the money to do it.That led to the Mini.01, a one-of-one production model based on the John Cooper Works Convertible and built at the request of an American customer.This custom model wears a unique two-tone paint scheme with metallic green and midnight black. 18-inch JCW Rallye Spoke wheels are fitted, along with a "Mini Super Special 001" decal on the front fenders. When the soft top is fitted, it reveals a Union Jack marking.Inside, a dark blue and black leather upholstery features green contrast stitching along with some trim finished to mimic the exterior paintwork. Plenty of Mini.01 badges are scattered around, too.Mini hasn’t published the price of the Mini.01, but we can assume a pretty significant rise on the $50,775 asking price of a fully equipped JCW Convertible. Fiat 500e Armani, Bulgari, and Kartell 2025 Fiat 500e Giorgio ArmaniAhead of the Fiat 500e going on sale in North America in 2024, the Italian manufacturer introduced three bespoke versions of the electric hatchback with input from some of the world’s biggest fashion designers, and put them to auction.The "cheapest" of the three was the Fiat 500e by Giorgio Armani. This model wore a grey and green silk-effect paint finish, covered by a transparent top coat that would reduce bacteria production when UV light hit it… for some reason.Extra touches include a brass pinstripe, bespoke alloy wheels, and full-grain leather upholstery with the Armani logo embossed into the headrests. This one sold at the 2023 Art Basel Miami auction for $150,000.A version made in collaboration with Bulgari attracted a higher bid of $175,000. This succinctly-named Fiat 500e “Mai Troppo” Launch Edition by Bulgari had a dramatic orange paint finish with gold accents for its badging, sourced from Bulgari’s excess material from jewelry production. Inside, peacock print came to the dashboard and edge of the seats, along with plenty of gold accenting and an embossed seat pattern.Most expensive of all, though, was the Kartell edition. Perhaps odd, given the design house is best known for furniture, but it certainly had a standout approach to its 500e. This one wore a shade of blue matched by standout monoblock hubcaps, along with a partial cloth interior and Katyell logo etched into the backrests of the seats. It sold for $275,000, comfortably beating out the other two. That’s quite a rise from the Fiat 500e’s launch MSRP of $32,500. Aston Martin Cygnet 2012 Aston Martin Cygnet front, three-quarterAn OEM making a luxury version of a normal car is one thing, but it’s a whole other level of bonkers when a luxury OEM takes another’s normal economy car and converts it to a seriously premium offering.There was method to the madness. The Cygnet’s low CO2 output helped Aston Martin bring its fleet emissions down, allowing it to continue producing V12 and V8 GT cars without downsizing. Rather than being marketed as a standalone model to bring in new buyers, though, it was firmly positioned as an accessory to its existing customers, giving them a runabout daily with the same level of quality as their weekend car.Along with its Aston-styled front and rear, plus the comical hood vents, the Cygnet received an overhauled interior laced with full-grain leather. It retained the base car’s 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine, though, with a mere 97hp. This was no performance car.Although planned for the US market, the Aston Martin Cygnet never made its way across the Atlantic, remaining a Europe-exclusive offering. In the UK, it cost the equivalent of around $42,000 at its launch in 2011. That was more than twice the price of the Scion iQ.Bonus mention: One Cygnet owner sent the city car back to Aston Martin a decade later to have it fitted with a V8 engine. We’re not kidding: This one-of-one model was even road legal and has since traded hands. Nissan Juke-R 2015 Juke-R 2.0 Black Front Angled View Track DrivingRemember the Nissan Juke? A compact crossover with zero enthusiast credentials, and otherwise outclassed in trunk space, ride comfort and general appeal compared with many other alternatives on the market.What if we told you that you could have it with the powertrain from an R35 Nissan GT-R? We’re being serious, you could. That is, if you had plenty of money and a very good relationship with Nissan.First introduced in 2012, the Nissan Juke-R took the 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 from the GT-R along with its all-wheel drive system, and packaged it into the body of the crossover. Some changes needed to be made to accommodate it, including wider fenders for the GT-R’s wheels and tires plus a stripped-back interior with a roll cage.It was bonkers fast, though. 485 hp meant 0-60 mph could be done in 3.5 seconds, in a Juke, with a 160 mph top speed. Just five examples were made, each costing north of $590,000.The story didn’t end there, either. A "2.0" (pictured) came in 2015 with styling to mimic the updated R35 and, more incredibly, a peak of 600 hp. Exact production figures are unknown, but it’s thought to be fewer than 10. Mini Inspired By Goodwood Mini Inspired by Goodwood, frontWith Rolls-Royce and Mini owned by the BMW Group, it doesn’t come as a shock to learn the two brands have collaborated on a limited-production model.Introduced for the 2012 model year, the Mini Inspired By Goodwood paid tribute to Rolls-Royce, with designers from the Goodwood-based luxury manufacturer offering input on the upgraded interior of the Mini hatchback. Its leather seats, dashboard, carpets and several interior pieces used the Rolls-Royce "Cornsilk" shade of beige, while its wood trim inserts were pieced together by the luxury manufacturer before being shipped to Mini’s assembly plant in Oxford.Exterior changes were more subtle, but the standard color option was Rolls-Royce Diamond Black Metallic, while every example wore a set of multi-spoke 17-inch alloy wheels.A thousand examples were produced globally, and 140 made the trip to the States, costing a remarkable $52,000. That was a steep rise over even the most expensive of "regular" Mini models, with a JCW costing $30,500 at the time. Brabus 92R Brabus 92R, sideWhen a Brabus model drops any whiff of Mercedes branding, you know it’s going to be something special. Big power, plenty of luxury and a huge price tag to match.Apply that to a Smart model, though, and the chasm isn’t quite as wide. Although it is one that has been done on a few occasions.Which brings us to the Brabus 92R, based on the Smart EQ ForTwo electric city car. It did get extra power from the 82 hp in that car, cranked up to… 92 hp. Not exactly stomach-shredding performance, allowing for 0–60mph in 10.8 seconds and an 81 mph top speed.Fair to say it looked cool though, wearing a new Brabus bodykit and staggered-sized Monoblock IX alloy wheels measuring 16 inches at the front, and 17 inches at the rear. It even had adjustable coilover suspension, for some reason.Although it wasn’t sold in the US, the 92R could be had for the equivalent of around $54,000 to buyers in Europe, which is to say a little over double what the base EQ ForTwo would cost US buyers.Sources: Mini, Stellantis, Aston Martin, Nissan, Brabus