Two lifelong Mercedes fans decided to get out of their comfort zone and buy a used Lamborghini Murciélago, the cheapest in the country.
But within hours, they realized exactly why it was the cheapest Lamborghini Murciélago in the country.
Everything was broken.
And as they would learn, fixing it wouldn’t come cheap.
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The reason why this Lamborghini was so cheap
Cameron Davis and Andy Sumner, a duo of YouTubers who run the Mercedes-focused YouTube channel DC MotorWerks (which is also the name of their workshop), decided to do the thing YouTubers sometimes do and drain their bank accounts to buy a cheap supercar.
Their choice was a 2007 Lamborghini Murciélago LP-640 Roadster, one they actually had to the chance to work on a couple of years ago.
They didn’t say how much they paid for it, but they did say it was well below the Lambo’s current market value, which is a bit of a red flag.
And, upon inspection, it was easy to see why it was priced what it was.
A long list of components leaked, including the steering rack and the e-gear pump, the engine was ‘smokey’, and the front bumper was bent.
The average market price for a used Lamborghini Murciélago is $300,000+, so we’re going to assume they paid a lot less than that.
Despite all the issues, the pair were still pretty stoked with their purchase.
“I can’t believe I’m saying this, this is *our* Lamborghini Murciélago,” Cameron said in the video.
That’s a sentence most people don’t get to say.
The two YouTubers said they planned to restore the Murciélago to good condition.
About the Murciélago
The Murciélago was unveiled in the early 2000s as Lamborghini’s halo car, right after the Diablo.
It remained in production for nearly a decade, after which it was replaced by the Aventador, which was in turn replaced, just last year, by the Revuelto.
Apart from the Urus SUV and various limited-edition models, Lamborghini generally only keeps two supercars in its roster at any given moment.
This has been true since the days of the Murciélago and the Gallardo.
These days, you’ve got the smaller, relatively less expensive Temerario, and the much more powerful and more expensive Revuelto.
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