r/BeAmazed • u/Soloflow786 • Feb 19 '25

Miscellaneous / Others A birthday he'll never forget 🎂🏎️

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u/abfaver Feb 19 '25

The only time I have ever seen them was when I live in California over 20 years ago. I havent seen one on the road ever since (Delaware/Phili area)

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u/dont_trip_ Feb 19 '25

Huh, then they are way more common in Europe. I even see them pretty much monthly in snowy Oslo, Norway during winter. Head to Italy and you see several each hour. Head to Monaco and you see one every street corner lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

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u/GimmeChickenBlasters Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 20 '25

Yes, because they are made in Italy and not in the USA so every Lamborghini must be shipped by boat to the USA which is expensive and there isn't much supply in the USA. Prices in the USA are like 33% higher at least.

So do a lot of European brands, even ones with significantly higher volume like BMW. They have a plant in South Carolina, but they only manufacture some of the SUV's. Every 5, 6, 7 and 8 series BMW in the US was built in Europe, as well as the M trims of the 3/4 series and all the M SUV's.

Also, anecdotally, I think American culture probably views Lamborghinis as overly ostentatious whereas I bet Italians look at Lamborghinis as a source of pride since they're Italian made. There are certainly cultural factors.

Lamborghini sold over 7x as many cars in the US than it did Italy last year (3000 vs 409). Normalizing the volume for population Italy only buys ~3% more (340m / 3000 vs 59m / 409)

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u/CocktailPerson Feb 20 '25

I would argue that a nation's GDP is a better normalization factor than its population, when regarding luxury goods.

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u/GimmeChickenBlasters Feb 20 '25 edited Feb 20 '25

I would argue that's irrelevant because the discussion was around cultural interests, not affordability. There are far more than 3000 people in the US and 409 people in Italy who can afford to buy a new Lamborghini, but only that many from each wanted them enough to do it and that's what I was responding to.

Also, anecdotally, I think American culture probably views Lamborghinis as overly ostentatious whereas I bet Italians look at Lamborghinis as a source of pride since they're Italian made. There are certainly cultural factors.

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u/CocktailPerson Feb 21 '25

You can't ignore affordability as a factor. Sales numbers only tell you the cultural interest among those able to purchase, which is a smaller percentage of the total population in Italy than in the US. Not accounting for relative wealth is dishonest.

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u/Tagedieb Feb 20 '25

American culture probably views Lamborghinis as overly ostentatious

Sure they are, but aren't most expensive American cars as well?