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For all the extravagance and limitless spending depicted by Martin Scorsese in his most important hit, The Wolf of Wall Street, we car lovers get to see surprisingly few luxury cars making the rounds. In fact, if you really think about it, there's only one in there that's worth mentioning: a 1989 Lamborghini Countach.
The car gets perhaps the longest screen time in the movie. It is seen, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, for a total of 3 minutes and 11 seconds. After that, DiCaprio's character, Jordan Belfort, crashes it.
We're talking about it because it was just announced the Lambo will be selling during an auction in the United Arab Emirates. And the seller hopes to fetch as much as $2 million for it, despite the car being in the same crashed condition it was when shooting wrapped up.
The car is one of two Lambos used to shoot the scenes in the movie, and it is documented to be the one and only hero car. That means it is the one used to shoot the stunts, meaning the moments when the car hits other vehicles and roadside objects.
The car was stored after shooting ended in undisclosed hands, and was kept in the exact condition it exited the set. This is the first time, we're told, the vehicle makes it out in the open.
The car itself is a 1989 Lamborghini Countach of the 25th Anniversary variant. That means it came with modified bodywork (in this case the work of Bertone), but essentially the same incredible performance levels, including an acceleration time to 60 mph of 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 183 mph (295 kph). Only 658 of these babies were ever made.
Aside from being a car featured in one of the important films of our generation, the Lambo also sells with all the required documentation to make it an even more desirable piece of engineering.
On top of that, the Bianco Polo example will get in the hands of its new owner complete with a Jordan Belfort costume. It's one of four used in the movie, comes complete with shoes, and can be seen in the scene where DiCaprio's character gets inside the Lamborghini.
To top it all off, the seller throws in two crew hoodies and two DVDs of the movie. Topping them all off, and perhaps of immense future value, are a director's chair and a clapboard, both of them wearing the signatures of Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie.
The car's sale is being handled by auction house Bonhams, which warns the Lamborghini is presently under customs in the UAE. The bidding for the car is restricted, meaning bidders might be subjected to additional verification checks. And that probably also means we'll never get to know how much the car actually went for.
We're talking about it because it was just announced the Lambo will be selling during an auction in the United Arab Emirates. And the seller hopes to fetch as much as $2 million for it, despite the car being in the same crashed condition it was when shooting wrapped up.
The car is one of two Lambos used to shoot the scenes in the movie, and it is documented to be the one and only hero car. That means it is the one used to shoot the stunts, meaning the moments when the car hits other vehicles and roadside objects.
The car was stored after shooting ended in undisclosed hands, and was kept in the exact condition it exited the set. This is the first time, we're told, the vehicle makes it out in the open.
The car itself is a 1989 Lamborghini Countach of the 25th Anniversary variant. That means it came with modified bodywork (in this case the work of Bertone), but essentially the same incredible performance levels, including an acceleration time to 60 mph of 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 183 mph (295 kph). Only 658 of these babies were ever made.
Aside from being a car featured in one of the important films of our generation, the Lambo also sells with all the required documentation to make it an even more desirable piece of engineering.
On top of that, the Bianco Polo example will get in the hands of its new owner complete with a Jordan Belfort costume. It's one of four used in the movie, comes complete with shoes, and can be seen in the scene where DiCaprio's character gets inside the Lamborghini.
To top it all off, the seller throws in two crew hoodies and two DVDs of the movie. Topping them all off, and perhaps of immense future value, are a director's chair and a clapboard, both of them wearing the signatures of Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie.
The car's sale is being handled by auction house Bonhams, which warns the Lamborghini is presently under customs in the UAE. The bidding for the car is restricted, meaning bidders might be subjected to additional verification checks. And that probably also means we'll never get to know how much the car actually went for.
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