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Lamborghini Veneno Up for Sale with 112 Miles, It's a Money-Making Hypercar

Lamborghinis are supposed to be the ultimate driving machines. OK, that's BMW's tagline, but don't you agree it should apply to Lambos as well? They might be 50 percent about showing off, but that still leaves plenty for actually driving the car.
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Well, it would appear the regular models - your ordinary Huracans and Aventadors, that is - are indeed destined to roam the streets, but the more elusive of the Sant'Agata creations are to be kept under a glass dome, carefully preserved until their original price triples.

Back in 2013 when it caused the first in many jaws to drop, the Lamborghini Veneno was a hefty $3.9 million. In the world of exclusive exotic supercars, you could hardly find a rarer one. With only three ever built, the Veneno was by far the most special contemporary Lamborghini that money could buy.

The company followed the model with a Roadster version, sporting the same mad exterior design minus the roof. The open-top Veneno, though, was built in nine units, but that didn't make it any less of a collector's item, nor did it lower the acquisition price. In fact, you might say that Lambo grew more confident after the initial Veneno's success and decided to cash in on its successor.

And despite the impressive square-footage of carbon fiber used on the super-limited edition hypercar, rest assured that Lamborghini was making plenty of money with it since it was, essentially, nothing more than an Aventador underneath.

But whatever profit Lambo was making, it's nothing compared to what the current owners can get. Two of the three have been on sale so far, and so we know that one had 512 miles on its clock, while this one listed right now has even fewer: 112. That makes it almost brand-new.

So a car that was $3.9 million four years ago has an asking price of $9.5 million. That's a $5.6 million profit over four years, which equates to $1.4 million profit per year. Not a bad investment, particularly since you also got the chance to look at this beauty any time you felt like it, albeit through a glass dome.

However impressive this may sound business-wise, we can't help feel a bit sorry for the Veneno. Just look at it: this car didn't want to be a trophy, it wanted to win trophies. It wanted to go out on the track and eat tarmac until its gaskets blew. Instead, it's going to sit somewhere in a sparkling clean garage waiting for its next buyer. There's no justice in this world. Free Veneno!
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"Boy meets car, boy loves car, boy gets journalism degree and starts job writing and editing at a car magazine" - 5/5. (Vlad Mitrache if he was a movie)
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