This Murcielago was listed up for sale from a dealership in Texas having previously spent time in Illinois and California. It has just 2,900 miles on the clock and sold for a figure not far off the starting price of a brand new Lamborghini Aventador S.
Beyond having very few miles under its belt, the value of the mid-engined supercar was no doubt boosted by the fact that it features a six-speed manual transmission, an option that Lamborghini killed off with the Gallardo. Coupled to this stick shift is a 6.2-liter naturally-aspirated V12 that was rated at 571 hp and 480 lb-ft (651 Nm) of torque back in the day. Drive is sent the pavement through an all-wheel drive system.
V12s and manuals were born to go together.
The Lamborghini Murcielago brought about a huge change for the Italian marque. Not only did it introduce all-wheel drive to Lamborghini s flagship V12 line, moving away from a decades-long rear-wheel-drive tradition, but was also the first new model developed under Audi s control. Lamborghini had become part of the Volkswagen Group not long before and it wasted no time instituting change.
Designed by Luc Donckerwolke, now chief creative officer at Genesis, the Murcielago launched in 2001 and remained in production for a decade. Its successor, the Lamborghini Aventador, is now approaching the end of its own lifecycle. All told, Lamborghini built just 4,099 Murcielagos, which pales in comparison to the Aventador. By 2016, Lamborghini built its 5,000th example. But there was one major thing the Murcielago retained from its Diablo predecessor that the Aventador lacks: a six-speed manual transmission.