How much will that new Lamborghini actually cost you?
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Nobody buys a bare-bones Lamborghini unless they're planning on racing it or want to pretend they are. With the Superleggera discontinued and the new lightweight Gallardo yet to rear its head, most buyers of the new LP560-4 will be spec'ing out their Lambos with all the kit. The car retails for $280,000. Big sticker price, then, but tick the boxes for all those must-have options and a quarter-million will look like a bargain as the price inches closer to a third.
For example, most Lambo buyers opt for the sequential paddle-shift transmission, which Sant'Agata calls e-gear, and which adds another $12k to the price. Carbon ceramic brakes? You're going to want that stopping power to keep your six-figure supercar out of the trees, won't you? Another $19k. Throw in sat-nav and up-rated rolling stock and the new Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 is pushing $322,000. And that's if you can actually get your hands on one without finder's speculation or premiums, not to mention the cost of gas, insurance and the racks of tires you're bound to go through. Better talk to the kids about the benefits of going to college in-state.
Gallery: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
zamafir 6:44PM (5/22/2008)
$16,000 savings when ordered with the car? Awesome. I was going to fit Carbon ceramic brakes myself as a weekend project, but It's hard to argue with those numbers.
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Flashpoint 11:55PM (5/22/2008)
The Mercedes Benz S550 is about $95,000 not including tax. The average S-class buyer opts for $10,000 in options according to MB.
Is it any wonder that a $280,000 car will cost upwards of $20,000 in options?
Most people DON'T buy the Lamborghinis new. They buy em used or lease em. Florida and Cali dealerships are full of em.
The exception being - the Reventon.
Derek 6:45PM (5/22/2008)
And that's just the price to bring her home!
I know it's a Ferrari in this story, but this is just frightening: http://www.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/939
Makes the cost of gas for these Italian beauties seem trivial!
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Mobius_1 8:06AM (5/23/2008)
That article was seriously scary... Guess I'll take a Porsche instead... (if I had the money :)
Quattroporte 6:52PM (5/22/2008)
I priced an LP560-4 for $244,040 w/carbon ceramic brakes, e-gear, sport suspension w/nose lift, alcantara this, and special colored that.
http://www.lamborghinimiami.com/research/index.htm
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pd 7:22PM (5/22/2008)
Base price is 198,000 for 6-speed manual. NOT 280,000!
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Homeboy 6:56AM (5/23/2008)
Exactly. Where the well did they get 280k from? That's how much the LP640 cost. Geez, is it really that hard to do a little 5 minute research?
Dax 7:33PM (5/22/2008)
Worth it
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yacoub 8:04PM (5/22/2008)
Yeah, unlike the Lexus '350Z' that's to be stickered over $200k, the Lambo actually looks like $300k worth of car. =P
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iSpec 8:30PM (5/22/2008)
Cost ME????!!! Yeah, right!
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Dol 8:49PM (5/22/2008)
Not the same as a Countach, but still worth every penny!
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Raiden 8:55PM (5/22/2008)
why not get a murcielago if you're willing to throw down a quarter mil?
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RG 8:57PM (5/22/2008)
Where on earth did you get $280k from? That's gotta be a typo right?
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montoym 10:03PM (5/22/2008)
Dubious figures notwithstanding, why is this even a "news story"??
While the numbers are larger, the percentages aren't spectacular. Using the figures in the story, $322K is only 15% higher than $280K. It's not hard to spec out any normal car far beyond that.
Take a Honda Civic for example. Base price for the sedan is $15,010. With all the options, it's pushing $30K. I tried to add everything, but there are really a lot more than I expected. But, with my attempt, I ended up with a $29,523 Civic Sedan that wasn't even an Si. That's a whopping 96.7% higher than the base price. Many other cars are similar.
Color me unimpressed with this post entry.
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tekdemon 10:27PM (5/22/2008)
I somehow don't think the target audience for these cars really cares...they probably have several million in the bank, so an extra 50K here and there probably hardly bothers them, lol.
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james F 12:31AM (5/23/2008)
How much for cup holders?
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almost Dr. G.. 1:14AM (5/23/2008)
god damn that was a waste of my time. ban this guy.
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rouse42 1:22AM (5/23/2008)
damn movie stars driving the price of all these cars up.
remember when you could get an fully optioned exotic for under a 1/4 mil.
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Pouya 2:18AM (5/23/2008)
This is not news. This is a personal opinion based on false facts trying to prove an irrelevant point.
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hoss 10:51PM (5/30/2008)
We should be able to vote Articles up or down the same way we can comments.
This was a horrible article. I'd vote it down.
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