Lambo in the House!

2005 Lamborghini Gallardo was either keyed or maybe scratched by a dog that was as excited as we were to see this gorgeous exotic. We smoothed out the scratch marks and repainted the door.

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Herd of Miuras

Herd of Lamborghini Miuras by Steven Haas
Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance 2016

Steven Haas sent us this amazing photo from this year's Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in Florida. He says, "It's like a bag of M&Ms spilled into the grass." I doubt the Lamborghini factory could have had this many completed Miuras at one time when production was in full swing (early 1970s.) At roughly $2,000,000 each, this photo contains $12+ Million worth of Lamborghini Miuras plus a little more for rounding error in the form of a blue Aventador in the background.

I had the pleasure of attending the Pebble Beach Concours with Steve a few years ago. This gentleman knows cars and seemingly every living soul in the auto business: executives from major auto manufacturers, the writers and editors of all the car magazines, the people who restore & insure classic cars. He is currently Director, Financial Services at Hagerty Classic Cars so look him up to protect your valuable classic.

24 Heures du Mans (24 Hours of Le Mans)

The greatest auto race in the world starts tomorrow, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It's our favorite because since 1923, people have been racing whatever they could bring for a whole day without stopping. There have been cars taken straight off showroom floors: Porsches, Corvettes, Aston Martins, Jaguars, Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Lotuses, Cobras. And then there are the prototypes--the no holds barred version of racing that exists nowhere else. These are the fastest vehicles on the planet with bleeding edge technology that defines where automobiles will be decades in the future. Or not. Some of the ideas are downright weird and fail miserably. Racing doesn't get any better.

Join us for live coverage at: http://en.lemanslive.com/
http://www.24h-lemans.com/live/en/

Start: Saturday, June 13, 2015, 3:00 PM in Europe, 6:00 AM in San Francisco

Video of Lamborghini Aventador Crash

We wonder what the Mazda driver's insurance rates were after this crash. Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a special edition Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 called the "Nero Nemesis." Amazingly, it was all caught on video. Lots of debate on internet over who was at fault--was the Lambo going too fast? Or was the Mazda driver just oblivious? (We fall into the camp of the Mazda driver needed to yield to traffic.) Either way, no one was seriously injured. DuPont Registry lists a Lamborghini Aventador Nero Namesis at $450,000. The crash happened on Sloane St. in London, England.

Thanks, as always, to our friends at WreckedExotics.com for e-mailing us with the photos and video.

Video of 3 Lamborghinis on Fire!

We approach this with some guilty glee. You know we love reporting burning super cars. Today's Wreck of the Day is a trifecta. A group of 5 Lamborghinis were travelling in convoy from the city-state of Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The middle car lost traction and crashed into the center divide. The car behind it (not sure if it was the ugly BMW or one of the other Lamborghinis) crashed into an additional 2 cars then a bus hit the lot of them. Somehow 3 of the Lamborghinis, an Aventador and 2 Gallardos, ended-up on top of each other. Being Lamborghinis, they, of course, burst into flames. And there's video! Director Norazam of the local fire and rescue reported that drivers & passengers escaped without injury.

Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for sending us the links, Ilmu Pendoman Hidup for the back story and additional photos, sriganesh2005 and The Malay Mail Online for even more video and details!

Lamborghini hits 250 MPH. . . then Bursts Into Flames (of course)

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is yet another Lamborghini. If you know us at all, you know we can't pass up an exotic supercar flambé-ing itself. This time there's a somewhat reasonable excuse. This particular Lamborghini, called the "LP570-4 Underground Racing R2/Altechno," has 2005 HP and set an all time speed record at the Moscow Unlimited 500+ drag races. It is traveling 402 kph (250 mph) at the finish line. . . then it blows up. Great video.

Video of One-of-a-Kind Lamborghini Crash

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a one-of-a-kind Lamborghini concept supercar called the Giugiaro Parcour. This past weekend at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) the Giugiaro Parcour was participating in the Supercar Run and spun off the race track into a hay bale wall. The damage is certainly repairable but the video is still hard to watch.

Goodwood Estate where the Festival of Speed is held every year

As is so often the case, our buddies across the Bay at WreckedExotics.com alerted us to this automotive tragedy.

Betting Against Large Trucks

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. Now if the contest is pure speed we'll take the Lambo over the truck every time. But when the game is "chicken". . . 

Truck wins, again.

Even when we are 90% sure that we'll squeeze through before the truck, we try to be gracious and allow the truck to go first on the chance that the truck could squash us like a bug and not even notice it.

We have been hunting for some better photos of this crash but so far, no luck. If you find some, send them our way. These came from our buddies over at WreckedExotics.com. 

Photos of 6 Exotic Cars Going Up In Flames

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is not one wreck but 6! A car carrier in Bangkok, Thailand was transporting a Ferrari, Lamborghini, 2 Bentleys, Mercedes and a BMW. One of the exotics caught fire while on the transporter (we're guessing the Lamborghini because they seem to spontaneously combust fairly frequently.) The fire spread to other cars while the truck was moving!

Thanks as always the the guys at WreckedExotics.com for our weekly dose of automotive mayhem!

Lamborghini's 50th Anniversary

Almost Everything Auto Body Repair & Paint celebrates the 50th anniversary of the October 30, 1963 founding of Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. We've collected photos of some of our favorite Lamborghinis. Some have been gorgeous cars. . . and some we would be hard pressed to call beautiful but were none-the-less brutally fast and always fascinating.

Progression of Lamborghinis, Photos by en:Wikipedia user Nrbelex

1964 Lamborghini 350 GT photo by  Simon Davison

Lamborghini Miura 400S, photo by Alfvan Beem

Lamborghini Espada, photo by Mobius

Lamborghini Aventador on the 50° Anniversario ‘Grande Giro’

Lamborghini Aventador on the 50° Anniversario ‘Grande Giro’

Ferruccio Lamborghini didn't make his fortune by selling exotic sports cars. He made it selling these. . . 

1951 Lamborghini--really!

. . . and the sports cars came later!

Lamborghini Aventador, I see what you did there...

Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 Wreck

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550. The story goes like this. . . an out of control truck was barreling down on the poor supercar and in an heroic attempt to avoid an accident, the driver swerved and crashed into the median. Yeah, we're a little dubious about the story too. This Lamborghini disaster is from Si Chuan, China.

Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for the photos and alerting us, as always, to the destruction of another exotic car.

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Lamborghini 4 Wheel Drive Torque Steer?

We saw this brilliantly executed turn in a Lamborghini Gallardo first on Yahoo this past weekend and again on WreckedExotics.com today. It has over 12M views on YouTube but it is really too good not to post here too.

Video of 2012 Lamborghini Aventador Burning to the Ground

You can just hear someone in the background say that his first Lamborghini burned to the ground too!

Thanks to our buddies at CarDomain.com for sending us the links.

Lamborghini Murcielago Flips Several Times

Today's featured supercar destruction is a Lamborghini Murcielago that had barely 1200 miles when it was flipped to its ruin. This happened in Houston, Texas. Thanks, as always, to WreckedExotics.com for their amazing ability to find so many of these type things every single week! Check them out for more pictures of this wreck and many more.

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Join Almost Everything at Laguna Seca Sept. 17-18, 2011!

Friends, join Almost Everything Sept. 17-18, 2011 to see Almost Everything Autobody's Goodyear Formula Car Challenge leading Mazda driven by Lloyd Read. We will be racing next during the American LeMans weekend at Laguna Seca.

If you see one race in California per year, this is the one to see! The LeMans race features the fastest cars in the world mixed with lesser Porsches, BMWs, Ferraris, Corvettes, Aston Martins, Lamborghinis and Lotuses.

The Goodyear/Star Mazda race features the drivers that will be racing in LeMans, Indy and/or Formula One in the next year or two (like our Lloyd Read!)

Lloyd Read & Almost Everything Pro Formula Mazda

Dates: Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 17-18, 2011

Times: Events all day both days
Saturday 1:30 - 7:30 PM American LeMans Race
Sunday 10:40 - 11:25 AM Goodyear Star Mazda Race

Place: Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca, California

Lloyd Read (center) on Winner's Podium

More info:
http://www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=schedule|event
http://www.formulacarchallenge.com/index.htm
http://www.starmazda.com/

Lamborghini "Turned Turtle"

Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster flipped on its head in Cape Town, South Africa. With a center of gravity about 4" off the ground one has to wonder just how crazily this person was driving to manage to flip the car. No word or injuries (usually a good thing) but since it is (was) a convertible, the end of the drive could not have been pleasant.

Thanks to our buddies at WreckedExotics.com for these photos. Visit them for lots more very expensive destruction.

Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4

From AutoBlog, the Lamborghini
Aventador LP700-4 (say that 5 times fast)

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Lamborghini Estoque Wagon Concept

Lamborghini Estoque Wagon concept by DieselStation

Someone who goes by the tag "Diesel Station" (see http://www.dieselstation.com/) has photoshopped the Lamborghini Estoque concept to create a wagon. We like! This would be the real successor to the 1968-1978 Lamborghini Espada that I have lusted after for 40 years. Lamborghini, build it!

Quirky, beautiful & brilliant Lamborghini Espada

Lamborghini Espada made from 1968 to 1978

Lamborghini Espada--the supercar that can haul groceries. . . very quickly