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Want to See a $376,000 Lamborghini Burn to the Ground During a Test Drive?
- Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:11pm by
Erica Ritz
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(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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Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:33pm“Nation-Wide is on your side!”
Report Post »Aleina4u
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:55pmThe 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
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:51pmNo. I most definitely do NOT wish to watch a Lamborghini burn to the ground. Most people’s houses cost less than that car…
Report Post »db321
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 4:20pmToday’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!
Report Post »navyblue
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:29pmAh, yes, Sneak preview of the all new Lamborghini Cinder, So Hot, it’s guaranteed to Burn up the Highways. So far, batting a thousand.
Report Post »Oznogs
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:25pmNavyBlue, I almost spewed my beer on my computer on that one! Thanks for the laugh today!
Report Post »KNaggieland
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:04amUnfortunately 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
Report Post »Sine labore nihil
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:13pmNow I want to be a farmer!!!
Report Post »Hollywood
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:23pmRoast LAMBorghini. Where is the MINT sauce?
Report Post »BeingThere
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:36amAnyone dumb enough to spend that much money on a car deserves to watch it burn. I only hope it was uninsured!!!!
Report Post »KILLACOMMIE4MOMMY
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:16amBack to your OWS chants!
Report Post »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.
Jeff
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:23amBeingThere,
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.
Report Post »father_of_10
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:52amWhat 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.
Report Post »http://fatherof10.com
HUSSAR
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:03pmYour comment makes me wonder if that Is you in your profile pic??
Report Post »RinkyDink34
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:09pm@BEINGTHERE = Seminar Poster
Report Post »Patriot Rider
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:40pmDude, 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!!!!
Report Post »Leader1776
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:14amThat’s a lot to go through just to see how a Aventador would look in charcoal gray.
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:43amROFL!!! That’s awesome. Made my day, thanks for the laugh!!!
Report Post »Operaman
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:09amI once had a Ford Pinto that did the same thing…but nobody cared.
Report Post »harley3
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:19amBAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Good one.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:41amHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHA I just laughed so hard.. well, you know! hhahhahhaahhaaaa
Report Post »flsnipe
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:00amWho cares? It’s insured.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:45amNo, but I bet the occupier-sickos would.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:24amUmmm…..I don‘t think I’ll take this car. Do you have another you can show me?
Report Post »80mesh
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:22amthats no Lambo ….. its a working scale model of our countries economy under flappy ears and the dimwits
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:52amI 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.
Report Post »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.
lukerw
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:00amYup… Magic… not Cause & Effect!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:37amSpontaneous Combustion? ROFL :) Can I attend the Funeral? Will there be a CSI investigation?
Report Post »Fishmanone
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 4:49amIt was Bush’s fault!!!
Report Post »TalonsPoint
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 2:53amWhen did GM start building the Lamborghini? Of course it costs about the same to build as the Volt.
Report Post »antiprogressive
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:24amok – 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.
Report Post »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.
Couple Hundy
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 3:24amAsk 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.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:50amI’d rather see BHO fail during the 2012 elections. Screw the Lambro and the Obama O.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:45amAnother car wreck, seen one seen all.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:11amno
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:52pmThis is not an oddity.
Report Post »mharry860
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:44pmCarbon 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.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:29pmWas it a green car by chance?
Report Post »BostonHarold
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:23pmDefective lithium ion batteries from GM? Was this a GT hybrid?
Report Post »13th Generation American
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:01amLamborghini 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
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 12:37am@13TH
bootleg battery
Report Post »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!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »13th Generation American
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:26amWOODYB
is Government Motors any relation to Government Sachs, AIG overnment, City Government, JPM Government
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 1:56am@13TH you bet
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