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The $5 million Lamborghini Aventador

Something (besides the price) doesn't seem quite right.

By Joshua Condon Dec 9, 2011 4:04PM
If you thought the $387,000 Lamborghini Aventador is expensive, check out this $5 million version built by Robert Gülpen Engineering. It has an interior made of a gold-and-platinum mixture. The wheels are made from the same, and the body, doors and trunk are constructed from carbon with a 1/1,000-millimeter-t​hick gold thread wrapped around the fibers. The seats are inlaid with 1,400 precious stones. The headlights? Clear diamonds. The taillights are constructed from precious stones.

Also, it's one-eighth the size of a regular Aventador, and you can't drive it.

Yep, this $5 million piece is the new record-holder for the world's most expensive model car. The, um, artwork -- worth about 13 actual, drivable Aventadors -- goes up for auction this month at houses in NYC, Beijing, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The winning bidder also gets a piece of wall stone from Lambo's building in Italy, a first-design drawing of the car and engine, a piece of the engine prototype and a raging bull badge made entirely of precious stones.

In case you think this is utterly ridiculous, I should note that I forgot to mention that the doors and trunk open, and the wheels turn. The doors open! Worth every penny if you ask me.
Image by Robert Gülpen Engineering.
[Source: Top Gear.]

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xquzit98
Dec 13, 2011 6:37AM
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$5 Million huh, where are you going to drive this thing where some pebble won't put a $100k chip in the paint. This is ridiculous.

What is even more rediculous is your comment, seeing as it is a model and can't be driven anywhere unless you are a G.I. Joe...

TXMX-5EE
Dec 12, 2011 1:24PM
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That $5,000,000 model car is totally worth the money.

I understand in full what you are trying to say, but I disagree.  Call me archaic, but there is something about buying, painting, and assembling a kit yourself.  If I have a model on the shelf, I want it to say what I can and can't do as a craftsman instead of how much money I can spend.

GSX
Dec 12, 2011 12:51PM
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$5 Million huh, where are you going to drive this thing where some pebble won't put a $100k chip in the paint. This is ridiculous.
chirpy
Dec 10, 2011 11:11PM
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Add another million and i will make it driveable(r/c), lmao
xquzit98
Dec 10, 2011 10:49AM
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I have no doubt some shiek in Dubai will whip out his checkbook and give it to his son for Christmas to play with.

Joshua Condon
Dec 9, 2011 10:34PM
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@Klaus:

Perhaps my sentiment didn't translate well enough. Let's try this again:

That $5,000,000 model car is totally worth the money. [SARCASM.]

Klaus Vonterinealis
Dec 9, 2011 7:23PM
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Josh, you should stick to drinking bottled water.
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