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Want to See a $376,000 Lamborghini Burn to the Ground During a Test Drive?

Apr. 15, 2012 11:11pm Erica Ritz

(Photo: Jalopnik)

A black Lamborghini Aventador seems to have spontaneously combusted in the middle of a test drive yesterday in Southern California.

The driver of the vehicle was unharmed, and is now being referred to as the mysterious “Aventador guy” after he calmly posed for a picture near the $376,000 pile of melted metal.

While original speculation dubbed him some sort of “Internet millionaire,” new reports indicate he was simply test driving the car from the dealership when the explosion occurred (though he’s clearly no stranger to fancy cars).

Here’s some video of the wreckage, before the flames were put out (Warning: Strong Language):

Lamborghini is investigating why the explosion occurred.

(H/T: Jalopnik)

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humba-labumbala-seebala-bumbala
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:33pm
“Nation-Wide is on your side!”

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Aleina4u
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:55pm
The guy he would buy it would say “Guys i was ready to buy that piece of junk ! im happy i didn’t ! now i’m gonna buy a wolkswagen polo and forget about Lamborghini ” … Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse.

http://goo.gl/6etWt

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DrFrost
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:51pm
No. I most definitely do NOT wish to watch a Lamborghini burn to the ground. Most people’s houses cost less than that car…

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- db321
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 4:20pm
  Today’s Headlines on the Blaze – We a have Lamborghini burning and a dime being put into a Bottle by a fork lift – is Glenn trying to put the National Enquirer out of business!
  
  What’s next – Michael Jackson spotted walking on the Beach in Cancun!
  
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navyblue
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:29pm
Ah, yes, Sneak preview of the all new Lamborghini Cinder, So Hot, it’s guaranteed to Burn up the Highways. So far, batting a thousand.

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- Oznogs
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:25pm
  NavyBlue, I almost spewed my beer on my computer on that one! Thanks for the laugh today!
  
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KNaggieland
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:04am
Unfortunately this is not uncommon for Mary’s little lambo.

Mary had a little Lambo
its paint was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
the cops, fire and EMS were sure to show.

The last time I watched on of these burn was up close and personal. If you have ever driven one or even walked behind one just after it has been running the heat from the rear engine compartment vents is unbearable at about 2 to 3 feet away.

Maybe Lamborghini should stick to building farm equipment since they seem to do that quite well. I myself am a big fan of John Deere but I would be very hesitant to buy a John Deere supercar.

http://www.lamborghini-tractors.com/UNITEDKINGDOM/en-GB/homeuk.html

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- Sine labore nihil
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:13pm
  Now I want to be a farmer!!!
  
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- Hollywood
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:23pm
  Roast LAMBorghini. Where is the MINT sauce?
  
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BeingThere
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:36am
Anyone dumb enough to spend that much money on a car deserves to watch it burn. I only hope it was uninsured!!!!

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- KILLACOMMIE4MOMMY
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:16am
  Back to your OWS chants!
  Typical attitude about wealth and success.
  What is YOUR problem with people spending money the way THEY want to?
  Stay poor and let your envy eat you up.
  
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- Jeff
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:23am
  BeingThere,
  
  You sound jealous. See, in America, we have the FREEDOM to buy whatever we want, provided we can afford it. (At least for now. If Obama gets re-elected, I can see the govt telling all of us what kind of car we will be mandated to buy.) Just because YOU would never buy a car like that doesn’t mean that someone else wouldn’t. That doesn’t make them dumb, that makes you a jealous fool.
  
  It’s all relative. If you only make $50,000 a year, you couldn never fathom spending $375,000 on a car. But if you made $50,000,000 a year, what’s the big deal? Get over yourself.
  
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- father_of_10
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:52am
  What a tool you are. Anyone who begrudges the success of others is a fool. Go away.
  
  I hated communists even before they started call ing themselves libeals.
  http://fatherof10.com
  
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- HUSSAR
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:03pm
  Your comment makes me wonder if that Is you in your profile pic??
  
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- RinkyDink34
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:09pm
  @BEINGTHERE = Seminar Poster
  
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- Patriot Rider
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:40pm
  Dude, if you had READ the article, you would realize that it was a TEST DRIVE, meaning the car is OWNED by the dealership, and I will guarantee it WAS IN FACT INSURED!!!!
  
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Leader1776
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:14am
That’s a lot to go through just to see how a Aventador would look in charcoal gray.

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- Delta D-5-3
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:43am
  ROFL!!! That’s awesome. Made my day, thanks for the laugh!!!
  
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Operaman
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:09am
I once had a Ford Pinto that did the same thing…but nobody cared.

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- harley3
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:19am
  BAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Good one.
  
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- EqualJustice
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:41am
  HAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHA I just laughed so hard.. well, you know! hhahhahhaahhaaaa
  
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flsnipe
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:00am
Who cares? It’s insured.

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kickagrandma
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:45am
No, but I bet the occupier-sickos would.

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blanco5
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:24am
Ummm…..I don’t think I’ll take this car. Do you have another you can show me?

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80mesh
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:22am
thats no Lambo ….. its a working scale model of our countries economy under flappy ears and the dimwits

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sbenard
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:52am
I once witnessed a similar event on the interstate highway nearby the Bonneville Salt Flats near the Utah/Nevada border. It was a motor home. I could hardly believe my eyes. There was literally nothing left but the axles of the wheels and a small amount of black smouldering rubble, and it was right in the middle of the freeway.
I learned in the news the following day that an elderly couple was incinerated in that motor home. Very tragic. Apparently, such things happen more frequently than we would like to think.

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- lukerw
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:00am
  Yup… Magic… not Cause & Effect!
  
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lukerw
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:37am
Spontaneous Combustion? ROFL :) Can I attend the Funeral? Will there be a CSI investigation?

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Fishmanone
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 4:49am
It was Bush’s fault!!!

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TalonsPoint
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 2:53am
When did GM start building the Lamborghini? Of course it costs about the same to build as the Volt.

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antiprogressive
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:24am
ok – we have to video of someting burning.
Can’t tell what it is but I figure – yes- it is a Lamborghini.

Funny but the whole time I’m just thinking
a – who cares? Just another car burning on the highway. We’ve all passed them.
b – where did all these people come from – the little rubber neckers with the litttle cellphones – did they really STOP while driving by just to record this? Don’t they have something to do?
and c – my LAST one? – some comment made by one of the onlookers… Are we are talking about a bunch of rich daddy”s boys here running around in a gang or California movie star kids? You know – from some MTV reality show. Either way – I pretty much can’t relate to anyone who would stop to record this mundane event.
Are their lives really that boring?

Hmmm.
OK.
My bad. Maybe I’m just a hater because I worked for years for my money and don’t give 2 squirts about a Lambo, while they nonchalanty talk about their LAST Lambos.
Not the type of people I would ever want to hang out with or much less BE.

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- Couple Hundy
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:24am
  Ask yourself what is more boring…
  Watching a “supercar” burn to the ground
  OR
  commenting about a youtube video…
  
  These vehicles are engineering masterpieces. I understand that cars may not interest you however to your dismissal of the fact that many people are interested in them, fanatical even, seems silly. Especially since you took the time to log in and comment about how you don’t care.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:50am
I’d rather see BHO fail during the 2012 elections. Screw the Lambro and the Obama O.

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macpappy
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:45am
Another car wreck, seen one seen all.

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Cat
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:11am
no

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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:52pm
This is not an oddity.

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mharry860
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:44pm
Carbon fire burns real good, if it had been aluminum like most Lambo’s, it would have been easier to put out. If this is a double post, it’s The Blaze’s fault. I post something and it says I’m not logged in, when I am.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:29pm
Was it a green car by chance?

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BostonHarold
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:23pm
Defective lithium ion batteries from GM? Was this a GT hybrid?

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- 13th Generation American
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:01am
  Lamborghini is owned by Audi AG the luxury car division of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and the stock Battery is made Johnson Controls, Inc. Optima Batteries
  
  So I ask you, what in the world does GM have to do with this story
  
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- marine249
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:37am
  @13TH
  
  bootleg battery
  
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- woodyb
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:42am
  @ 13th –
  
  Don’t let your shorts get all knotted up!!!!!!!
  
  I think someone was just trying to show a bit of sarcasm/satire in mentioning Government Motors!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- 13th Generation American
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:26am
  WOODYB
  
  is Government Motors any relation to Government Sachs, AIG overnment, City Government, JPM Government
  
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- marine249
  Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:56am
  @13TH you bet
  
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