I Drive Britain's Most Famous Lamborghini: The 296,000 Mile "EVO" Murcielago

[@brianiswrong]

Owning it from new is a flex. The mileage is a flex Owning it from new and keeping it with almost 300'000 miles (and the bills that come with that) is the sign of a true car enthusiast.👍

[@jp3630]

This is my dream. Buy a supercar from new and keep it perfect forever!

[@curtisducati]

I bet 200k on maintenance

[@davidcannon1144]

@@curtisducati new engines gearboxes panels. Not much left of the original car I would imagine

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

Having money to own one is a flex.

[@albanana683]

​@@davidcannon1144Trigger's broom.

[@DriversKeepers]

It was a pleasure to meet you when we bought the Murcielago down for you to drive and what a great video you made as a result. 😃 Let's hope for better weather next time!

[@AdminAbuse]

Brought

[@timcasey5835]

I like to see how long it takes for James to mention he owns three Ferrari(s) - usually takes about 3 minutes.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

One minute per Ferrari own

[@timcasey5835]

@@JayEmmOnCars touche :)

[@davidcannon1144]

Don't forget the Aston's. Do you own a car that normal people drive?

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Probably not - I don't think a Citroen BX is a normal person's car anymore. Or an MG

[@RobertRedford77]

Cock​@@JayEmmOnCars

[@AdamLeask]

This car feels like an old friend, it's been a pleasure following Simon and the ownership of this car over the years.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

I remember it well from Evo days, to even get to see it is a treat - and driving it was amazing!

[@markwalton8644]

I too remember The Orange Lam from EVO days. I remember sweating at the Running costs, Simon was spending ( and I wasn't paying). Then it was crashed and I thought thought that's it but fair play he had it rebuilt and still looks after it, even with All the Big Bills👏👏👏

[@dearou3]

Wow, mileage has to be appreciated - this car has been driven!

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Even the brief summary of its history makes it sound like the Ship of Theseus version of a Murce...

[@MrT70chris]

Triggers broom!

[@RandyRodgirth]

I’m one of the 8,000 who have driven this very car at a sixth gear experience day. At the time it was one of the most exciting days of my whole life, even after suffering the embarrassment of crunching the gears on the way out.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

IF it makes you feel better I did the same!

[@RandyRodgirth]

@@JayEmmOnCars The fact it could happen to a professional such as yourself, does make me feel a bit better, thank you. Keep up the great work, love your content.

[@jaguar8408]

@@RandyRodgirth you are partially responsible for this car needing a new gearbox 😂 you contributed to the legendary status of this car is what I'm saying lol

[@graygamingps4503]

The best Lamborghini ever in my opinion. My grandad got me a model of a yellow SV when I was a kid and I'll never forget it, I still have the model

[@nikpapado9785]

Best in performance, driving experience, looks, sound or all of the above?

[@graygamingps4503]

@nikpapado9785 Looks, sound and character for me. The Aventador is too high pitched for my taste, it will obviosuly be a better performing car and easier to drive but doesn't quite scratch the same itch for me

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

It’s a masterpiece of art in industrial design. It has what it needs to convey exactly what it is, no more no less. Everything after it is a mess of random shapes and lines that go nowhere.

[@anandmorris]

You are absolutely correct.

[@johnparky4269]

Listening to that v12 sing high up the revs is something to behold. Absolutely gorgeous sound track

[@jamesmedina2062]

Agree❤

[@paulm114]

That engine noise behind you as you stab the loud pedal never gets old.

[@R15-HWD]

This really is “Driven not Hidden” ! 👍

[@jp3630]

This is inspirational. I was feeling a little bit anxious about my car hitting 100,000k mile and being an apprehensive about the resale, market fit, blah, blah, blah. At the end of the day, cars are not (usually) assets, they are there to be used and have fun with, so just enjoy it for what it is and be happy.

[@jeffreysalzman1497]

I absolutely love to see cars like this with high miles. It's so great to see them being used properly. It warms the cockles of my cold cold heart.

[@AntoniusTyas]

Oooooh the Murcielago. This and Diablo were the V12 Lamborghinis of my formative years, and they are rare here in Indonesia. So seeing one is always a special occasion. My dream Murc has got to be a manual LP640 in Giallo Orion or Verde Draco (like the e-Gear unit Jeremy drove in TopGear back in 2007). Would not kick an early 6.2 out of the bed, though... Also, that Murcielago 40th Anniversary Edition was all finished in a turquoise-blue-green shade called Verde Artemis. It's stunning to look at.

[@hadgkiss]

Bagus!

[@davidm-1965tb]

Used to see a couple in Jakarta when I worked there, and when in Singapore the Sunday morning gathering of exotic cars outside Hilton on orchard. Happy days.

[@naturalborndylla]

Verde Draco is my all time favourite Lamborghini colours

[@Mladjasmilic]

I paid for the whole odometer, I would use the whole odometer.

[@ouishi9447]

The murcielago has such a beautiful, clean, and cool look. Really great design on the body of it. I dont care about speed, gears or engines, but that’s a car i’d want purley for the sick exterior.

[@oggie1967]

Oh my, when you opened the taps a bit on that V12, the only thing that came to mind was the opening scene of The Cannonball Run! Nice one James!👍👏👏👏❤️

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Iconic sound an opening that

[@Mike-rk8px]

Don’t forget the opening scene from the 1969 movie “The Italian Job” when a stunning Miura is revved. My grandfather owned a 1972 Miura SV and the sound of that magnificent engine and exhaust is something I will remember forever.

[@ouch9326]

eagle hunters engine simulator flat 12 sound on youtube

[@BionicRusty]

@@Mike-rk8pxThat is so cool 👌

[@jdtseventyfour]

what an amazing sound. I love the fact the car has done so many miles. Its lived the best life ever and has been driven as it was designed to be. So many cars are cosseted for their value and I get that but this is a true survivor. Thanks for sharing James. Loved every minute

[@tyler9703]

This car is a prime example of why shying away from adding miles is so stupid. Pretty much any car will last you hundereds upon hundreds of thousands of miles with proper maintenance.

[@albanana683]

By "proper" maintenance, I think you mean very expensive. Sure, any car will last hundreds of thousands of miles.

[@tyler9703]

@@albanana683 I never said it was gonna be cheap. People have this weird misconception that cars have a shelf life, usually at a certain mileage, when that just isn't true.

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Except when it’s German then it’s comparable to plugging a aquarium with tape

[@daltonsikhosana8275]

@@tyler9703think that defeats the point. If it wasn’t for the money a lot of people wouldn’t shy away from doing such a thing

[@lolickypeepee23xdd6]

​@@albanana683 dude the people that buy them new can easily afford it lol, a car is a car

[@mcgherkinstudios]

This is pinnacle Lamborghini - an early Murcielago. Sadly it’s lost its original tail lights, but still. I’m glad James feels the same about the early ones being the best. Absolutely beautiful with perfect flowing lines and not too many pointy edges. Losing a point here for having the ‘wings’ up which spoil the lines. The sound of the Murcielago is the best of any road car, ever. The race car sounds even better.

[@huwprice881]

On a far more humble scale, I can relate to the joy of a high mileage car that's yours and not worth selling because no one would buy it. My 220,000 E39 is tidy and fun to drive, I love it and hope I never have to sell it - for peanuts. Thanks for the video too, what a fabulous analogue beast the manual Murcielago is.

[@ChristiaanNdoro]

I'm so glad that that cars with story exist, where people actually love cars for what they are - thank you for the effort, and yes - Ed has definitely increased the price of Murcos

[@anandmorris]

One of your best videos! Wow. Its an absolute hero car for me. It was released just as i began my university degree in automotive design at Huddersfield Uni. Everyone on the course was obsessed with it and each of us walking around with *that* evo magazine edition. We were also introduced to Alias Wavefront, and i think just about everyone of us did a Murcielago, and had the 1:18 model in orange on out desks.

[@iandavidson99]

Trigger's Vroom - 10/10 !! 😀

[@ecrxft]

It’s probably the nostalgia talking, but this might be my favourite car design ever. It’s just completely mental like a big Lamborghini should be

[@MRVSKIN]

This video brought back soooooo many memories of getting Evo magazine and reading the story the gorgeous orange Murcie. Before everything else. Thank you

[@Spenny909]

I enjoyed how much you enjoyed this car, James. Great video.

[@Matthew-ll9ke]

So £60-£80k have been spent just on clutches. Love it

[@TheD4VR0S]

The styling is so outrageous, but enough about Jay's shirt

[@perarduaadastra873]

James has a wonderful presentation manner, so easy to listen.

[@jongmans38]

It's all about the smiles in life, nothing else matters!

[@hughstultz7849]

19:45 you slowed down for a cyclist. Excellent.

[@stefanschuchardt5734]

That's what Saddam Hussein used to say

[@richardmori1389]

Awesome. This is how all supercars/classics need to be enjoyed. At the point where major parts are being renewed and replaced and when maintenance is kept up, the question of miles is irrelevant.

[@Kyuzeth]

Having been born in the mid- to late 90s, I've always held Murciélago in the highest regard among Lamborghinis. It was my 'formative' Lambo, and by this point, I can appreciate it all the more as a wedge of sorts in Lamborghini's history: it pioneers this styling language and is the final V12 Lambo with a manual, while also being the last bastion of the Bizzarrini V12. The SV has to be my favorite incarnation; specifically, with the ducktail spoiler. I love this model in its entirety, though, even the Roadster with its hilariously silly softtop.

[@machohogan]

Oh crap! I’ve driven that car. Didn’t even realise until you mention 6th gear. Drove it at Elvington. It was in the outlet at York. Drove the Gallardo too. 26 year old me presumed it was some mega millionaire who bought all the cars, had no idea it was a gamble, makes me respect him even more. I went there later and drove a 458, had a passenger lap in a Radical that was apparently the owners race car. If it’s the same driver he’s fantastic.

[@jamesbrett6518]

Elvington? Ellington is near Ripon (I've driven Land Rovers there)

[@machohogan]

@@jamesbrett6518apologies, yes Elvington near York (just edited it). The place where Hammond crashed.

[@Bmontepeque11]

Cars that are actually used are the best thing ever, and also, cars that you are not afraid of putting miles on are THE BEST. 🔥

[@rybackracing8075]

Seem to recall paying £40 or so for a lap in this car at Bruntingthorp. That’s some mileage!

[@longtailgt]

Even when not going crazy fast, the sheer noise this car makes is so, so intoxicating! You can almost feel it vibrating though your body, which I know it does do in reality. Absolutely stunning car and a very cool story with this one. I'm not sure if I'm alone but I actually think the original Murciélago was the best, and the best looking, Murciélago.

[@tesznye6992]

The mid to late 00's were my formative years, and I really love cars from that era. It was the era of V10 M5s and RS6s, W12 VWs, E63 AMGs, and a time when the manual supercar wasn't a near extinct species. I also love how cars from that era look, from things like the Ford Fiesta and VW Polo, all the way to the Enzo Ferrari, or this car. It's definetely my favourite "modern" (if I can even call it that lol) Lambo, although I prefer them in yellow, or that light green color. Unfortunately, I'm not in the market for one, right now as a fresh uni graduate, I'm more in the market for a Mondeo, or Passat of the era lol.

[@stichupman]

Late 90's and 2000's were peak of the combustion engine in my opinion still drivers cars and also all the comforts and driveabilitie you need.

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Simplify Brilliant!!! I Love Sixties Lamborghinis Especially The 350GT, But This Murcielago is Powerfully Charming!!!!

[@GTFour]

Such an amazing car and the fact that it’s been and still is properly used is perfection to me. I hope it sees 500k, 750k, 1Mil+ miles eventually! Every mile is testimony to fun having been had in a car of this calibre. 👏

[@Pulsonar]

The Murcielago is a lovely car, a real head turner then and now. Not everyones fave colour for car, but burnt orange is a signature Lambo colour IMO and I love it not only for it’s beautiful fiery look, but because it evokes strong childhood memories of early 70 Lambos.

[@tonynegus2390]

OMG i remember reading about this car in EVO they had just got it back on the road when it had that smash....i think i cried myself to sleep that night !!!! Brilliant thanks

[@ihaveacoolhat1]

First Lamborghini I really got interested in. They sound so so so good.

[@TheKeithp]

Great video, as always. Following you from the island of Malta.

[@Mirage8v]

2 great points at 20:27 : A smile on your own face. As well as having others enjoy it to, even by just driving by.

[@powelw]

Great video James. Awesome car! 😎👍

[@quackman]

I like how you kept the side scoops up and out the whole time, always thought they looked cool

[@herfstautumn-ur3nm]

What a car, what a noise, what a colour, wow. Love the click clacking of its manual gearbox . Thank you for sharing it - the Murcielago is an astonishing creation by Lamborghini. If I were lucky enough on EuroMillions lotto it's on the list to own.

[@MM-xr6tz]

Manual V12, that looks and sounds as good as that. Job done!

[@jooei2810]

This Lamborghini has been to the moon, hope it gets back too!

[@PeteAnda]

Noisy and Orange, perfect Lambo. Thanks for this great video. Smiles all round.

[@Penguinracer]

This is a car with a world-class story...it has lived a life...and is all the better for it!

[@stevenicholas709]

Like you, when I received my subscription EVO magazine, the first thing I looked for was if this car featured 🙂 I particularly remember reading the article about its running costs, and that was at a significantly lower mileage, but also weeped when it was last crashed, and then rejoiced that Simon was going to rebuild it! I look forward to your future video detailing the latest running costs 👍 I suspect the total will need a good deal of man-maths to justify 😂

[@deaks25]

Listening to James talking about the zero-warning snappiness of the Murcielago makes me think of my favourite Clarksonism; sitting the pub with an axe murderer; everything seems fine but you're always aware that any moment they might stand up and stick an axe in your head.

[@Microfishingstory]

The drive-by into opening theme transition was flawless.

[@paultucker1272]

Spooky! I was recently trying to wrack my brain to remember the company that I did a driving experience in a black Aston Martin DBS about 13 years ago with (it was a 40th birthday gift). Then, this morning, I was reading an old copy of Vantage (the brilliant Aston Martin magazine) and there, hey presto, was an article on that very car and input from Simon George. For some reason, despite reading Evo back in the day and following the exploits of this Lambo, I never put Simon and 6th Gear together! And now you bring us a video of the Lambo! I'd love to know if the DBS is still with him, or what happened to it. Somewhere I've got the photos of me driving it, but as an Aston Martin lover, that was a day I'll never forget!

[@russellcopp6968]

That appears to be the 'Trigger's Broom' of super cars 😏

[@jameshunterford4099]

That car is like Triggers broom on only fools and horses. Everything’s been replaced but it’s still considered 296k miles

[@porschepaul6829]

Fantastic video. I still remember one pulling up to me at the lights in around 2006. The only time Ive seen one apart from car shows more recently. I still remember the burble of the engine, but mostly the noise from its cooling fans...and that was in a Manchester climate. Id love one, apart from the running costs.

[@Gorbyrev]

What a machine and fond memories of the Evo diaries, rhe angry neighbours and the repeated crunch of door mirrors. Proper hero car and what a way to burn through 20,000 gallons of dino juice!

[@traviswalker8933]

Thats how it was made to be. Glad this was realized and it was driven instead of being stored in a garage to "appreciate" in value.

[@Edward135i]

4:52 the gas pedal is literally polished from so many heal and toe's in its life time.

[@jhop43]

Always a good vid. I’ve noticed how much more accentuated and animated your voice and hand gestures have become over the years James. Not a criticism.

[@Conservator.]

0:10 Ooooh, that glorious sound!

[@davekennedy6315]

What an incredible car! I literally thought that such high mileage would be physically impossible in a Lamborghini? I thought that would be very much akin to Triggers Broom (its the same Lambo but its just had new bumpers and an exhaust and suspension and wheels n tyres and a new gearbox and engine and front wings and rear wings and windscreen n roof and chassis and....and....etc) and be as far from its origins as its possible to get. Id still have this stunning car in a hearbeat! The owner is literally the ULTIMATE Lambo owner, there can't be another owner in the WORLD thats put as many miles on their car as this LEGEND!!!

[@Unknown_Tranquility]

Original EVO reader checking in. Wow this is a very special beast. Love that it's seen proper miles. Immediate sub to their channel.

[@NoName-qz7xf]

So good to have a update on this amazing car, like you use to read about it in evo and I even saw it on the driving experience day, did not drive it as I was in a atom

[@RogerAdshead]

Love hearing you talk about putting miles on the 550...it's now about running-costs-only, depreciation-proof driving. And it's only done one third of the mileage of the Murcielago, and the 550 was actually built to do continental mileages.

[@Tom_Hadler]

When I read that mileage I instantly assumed track experience car. I drove a Murcielago myself some years ago. It was not as handsome, being flat yellow rather than this lovely orange. Was a nice few laps anyway

[@vindevhunta4905]

Gated manual .. V12 naturally.. Cars should be driven Oh nice shirt sir..!!

[@Neilda]

I had a yellow manual when they first came out - but it was a bit too wide for country lanes. I'd spend much of the time jiggling along over the cat's eyes. A beautiful, almost other-worldly, looking car.

[@davidnimmo5115]

Another excellent episode.I still think it looks quite futuristic the car sound amazing🤩

[@faunastation5147]

the design is so timeless wow what a beautiful Bull

[@Will_M600]

This and the diablo are my dream supercars, weirdly for me as im more of a track car guy. A black diablo drove past me the other day, reminded me how much i love them. The perfect supercar for the road! Hopefully i'll get to drive one some day

[@malcholden5357]

I recall being at Oulton Park in either October 04 or 05. Simon had taken a friend out in it and when he returned he’d got out and left the keys in the ignition with the engine running. It locked itself. We all kept warm stood by that enormous V12 waiting for the AA to turn up.

[@herman.8533]

So far away from anything I am remotely interested in yet I still watch and enjoy . Ta muchly.

[@Argiers]

I recognised the number plate from EVO as soon as I saw it! I drove 6th Gear's white LP640 on a track day experience. It was the e-gear as I recall, but remains the best supercar I have ever driven. What a machine.

[@davidsherrick898]

I thought my 1988 Alfa Romeo Milano.. or for the other parts of the world '75' with just over 200K was a lot for an Italian car! Great video as always!

[@gaycha6589]

Everything about that car is excessive. Love it❤❤❤

[@ChrisFEJackson]

Never thought I would have seen a Lambo with that mileage in my lifetime! kudos to the owner, plus really like the worn scuffed accelerator pedal!

[@danielheathcote5625]

Aaaahhh, triggers new broom! It still features occasionally in the magazine, always really love knowing it’s still doing the rounds! Lasy update I’d seen, it’d just had a bit more TLC.

[@Finkjam]

Smiled all the way through that, what a car. Buy one.

[@sputumtube]

Two different engines, countless replacement parts - it should be nicknamed 'Triggers Broom'..!!!!

[@the5th2000]

I've been following this car since it first appeared in EVO. Great to see it. Fantastic

[@goncalomoura8156]

The man is talking about the ride and the suspension and the Nitron’s and so on… and BIG thunk from a pothole or whatever, and he goes: HWOUuuuuu!… 🤣

[@SlimGamingChannelYT]

I have photo's of this car when Simon took it down to LeMans in 2005, a blast from the past for me :) Simon was even nice enough to let my nephew sit in it at the time. Nice Chap :)

[@garethshaw5165]

My absolute favourite Lambo ever! Great video Jay 👍🏻

[@kavinskysmith4094]

Hey I gotta say if he's having trouble with the thing and its on its second engine rebuild tell him to take it easy and not get on it till the fluids have warmed up, the heads on these things are part aluminum with steel bearings that the camshafts sit in, meaning they have two different heat indexes based on when they expand and contract and to also take a look at the rims and tires, as the very first ones had a problem where they just had too much wheel on the tire and would overload the diff's in the car with the rotational mass of the wheels so some lighter weight rims and tires might not be such a bad resto mod to do to it, provided their speed rated for what the car can do or just take the 4 wheel drive system off and replace it with some larger front rims and tires with a stiffer anti roll bar in the back as the bizzarini V12 was never designed with 4 wheel drive in mind, and the earlier diablos which didnt have it were better for it and culiminated in by far the best lamborghini ever made, the Diablo SV, which is a little dated looking in the front but the horns on that bull are still as sharp as ever, and its made before they started turning everything into melted cheeze which is a look that has never worked for lamborghini also as a matter of facthe might wanna ask tavarish for that set of exhaust pipes he took off his murcie, and replaced with an even louder set of pipes as by accident, he had fitted the perfect exhaust that actually made a murcie, sound just as good as a countach which was just something the murcie was never good at despite having the same engine, it just never sounded right and somehow he found just the right pipes, and then took them off also the Seatle boy is cursed, and just causes all of his problems by the way, like I know you like the murcie, but just watch someone else and the Murcies construction was changed, they went away from the steel tubes to Gurters, its something Harry metcalf's mechanic covered when he went over the thing so some of the design is from the past, and it is what it is, a stretched diablo, but other parts arent and you would think that they would have gotten some of the stability of the diablo prototype, the Cizeta Moroder V16T in this, but I think they overtired the cars as once you reach above a certain weight to width index with the tires, which GM found out to be 275 as a max before they start to hydroplane with the 16 X 8's they had on the C4 its in the book that UK corvette guy wrote, the same one who supplied lotus with spares for the ZR1 Tom Falconer that it might be defeating itself by just being too damn big in the rear

[@SuperLuckyCat7]

Good ol' SG54 LAM! Actually moved seeing it again, EVO reader since -02. And it's live and kickin' ❣️ Hats off to you Simon 🎩

[@sokonechjuan8194]

Personal opinion, but i think many would agree. i nominate thee for Top Gear vs those boring people they have now 🤣 absolutely adore the channel, excellent content!

[@51madmitch]

Worth the money for the sound 🎵🎵the engine makes 😍

[@jasong-y5617]

Thank you so much I very much enjoy ur content and some of the other channels you have recommended

[@TheBTG88]

Glad to see that Jay has visited Stewart The Wig Winder 😊

[@stuartclarke8806]

Trigger's Broom!!😂😂😂

[@andrewciebrant5789]

Awesome grew up following this car!

[@MrDead1975]

the complete opposite of the modern iPhone on 4 wheels, fantastic

[@grahamfrost2480]

What a machine - love the colour too! 😎

[@g.w.customcreations3534]

Lets be honest Jay, if you're going to get a Murci, you need one in Ithaca Verde w/black & lime leather. Needs to be as obnoxiously lurid as possible.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Good colour suggestion.

[@joffy9373]

This with a roadster version straight piped...dream car.

[@kundasemkundatam7461]

Winter, maybe still autumn of 2005 or 2006… I found one parked in a place I was frequently going through. Bad light conditions (evening, yellow street lamps…) but I had to take two shots on CIF (352x240px) camera in Siemens C65 (in which I had Asphalt Urban GT…).

[@lesbehemistes]

Ohhh what a treat ! Sure I remember it from Evo days ! ❤