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Want a $400,000 Lamborghini? Get On Line – for 18 Months
CNBC.com | June 29, 2012 | 11:35 AM EDT

Here is a tale of two car markets. First, there is the mass market, where auto giants like Ford and GM are hurting and the average age of the car in the U.S. is now a record 10.8 years.

And then there is the super-car market for the super-rich. The Lamborghini Aventador , a $400,000 power monster that looks like the next-generation Batmobile, is now sold out. If you want a new one, the waiting list has now stretched to 18 months.

Demand is so overwhelming for the Aventador that Lamboghini is racing to expand its manufacturing capacity – for the third time. It currently has capacity to make 800 a year.

The company says it is investing in new capacity and hopes soon to be able to shrink the waiting time to 12 months. I think most CEO’s would put this into the “good problem to have” category. But remember, this car has already been out for nearly a year and demand is still far outstripping supply.

Some of this, of course, is owed to the Aventador itself. To put it in high-net-worth terms, the Aventador is, well, very cool. It replaces Lambo’s former V-12 flagship, the Murciélago. The Aventador’s 6.5 liter, 700-horsepower engine pushes the car to a top speed of 217 m.p.h. and a zero-to-60 time of 2.9 seconds.

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