Bugatti, the French luxury automaker whose supercars fetch seven figures, said on Monday it has printed the industry’s first fully-functioning brake caliper. The caliper is also the world’s ...

Buddy, your caliper condoms retail for $180 and only fit the Model 3 and Y. I could get $20 worth of spray paint and sandpaper and do a better job in any color I want.

The new caliper, constructed of 2,213 layers of titanium powder, is ultra light, weighing in at just 6.3 pounds. An equivalent, conventionally made aluminum caliper weighs 10.8 pounds.

Bugatti turned to 3D-printing to make stronger, lighter brake calipers out of titanium. The 3D-printed caliper is still at the prototype stage, and it's being torture-tested ahead of its official ...