Donald Trump's custom Lamborghini Diablo sells at auction for a whopping $1.1million

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A special Lamborghini Diablo custom built for Donald Trump almost 30 years ago has sold at auction for five times the car's 概算の value.

The 限られた／立憲的な 版 1997 Diablo VT Roadster - one of just 132 made for the US market - sold at the 週末 for a staggering $1.1million (£870,000) at a Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale Arizona.

Having Mr Trump, 77, as the first keeper in the owner's 手動式の 誘発する／引き起こすd ferocious bidding, which 結局 saw the 大打撃を与える 減少（する） at a price 井戸／弁護士席 above what 専門家s say the car would be 価値（がある） without the former 大統領，／社長's 指名する associated to it.?

Donald Trump's 1997 Diablo sold at auction for $1.1million. That's a lot more than the car's 価値（がある） without the former POTUS' 指名する associated with it

Donald Trump's famous custom-ordered Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster?is one of only 132 produced for the US and the only to be customised in this blue paint colour. Pictured: Trump in 1995 with a 類似の car

The auction 供給するd an 極端に rare chance to own a piece of 自動推進の and 大統領の history

Trump made special requests when he ordered his Lambo, 含むing a plaque on the inside of the car door with 'Donald Trump 1997 Diablo' inscribed. On the outside, the vendor has 追加するd a 'Trump 2016' motif

The 週末's auction 現在のd an 極端に rare chance to own a piece of 自動推進の and 大統領の history.

The Diablo - a poster supercar of the nineties - was 配達するd to the former US 大統領，／社長 in 1997 and even has a 'Donald Trump 1997 Diablo' plaque 機動力のある to the inside of the door.

The Lamborghini has just 15,431 miles on the clock and has had two owners since Mr Trump parted with it in 2002.?

The auction house had not 始める，決める a pre-sale guide price for the Lambo, though there had been an 指示，表示する物 of its value based on its last sale 人物／姿／数字 seven years ag o.

When the Italian supercar was 購入（する）d by the vendor in 2016, they paid $460,000 (around £360,000 at the time).

However, the sale - which incredibly took place on eBay - happened in September that year, which was four months before his 大統領／総裁などの地位 統治する began.

As such, we 予報するd earlier this month that it would far 越える its previous sale price when the gavel dropped over the 週末.?And our 予測（する） was 訂正する.

John Mayhead, editor of the Hagerty Price Guide - which 対策 the value of classic and collectible 乗り物s based on auction and 私的な sales - said the winning 企て，努力，提案 is five times what the Diablo VT is 価値（がある） without a POTUS's 指名する on the histo ry とじ込み／提出する.

'This car was unusual anyway, 存在 a rare VT Roadster model with just three owners from new and 15,400 miles on the clock,' John told us.?

'But the sale price of $1.1million (£870,000) is five times the Hagerty Price Guide ‘excellent’ value of £174,000, meaning Donald Trump’s 所有権 had a 抱擁する 衝撃 on value.?

'Each year, Hagerty publishes the 力／強力にする 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）, showing the 賞与金 celebrity 所有権 has on car values.?

'This sale puts Trump just below Jay Leno but above Simon Cowell in that 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.'

The former 大統領，／社長, 77, snapped in 1995 filling up a Lamborghini Diablo - likely 貸付金d from the brand during a 共同 - 類似の to the one he ordered for himself

The Diablo 後継するd the fabled Countach which also featured supercar scissor doors

The VT variant of the Diablo arrived in 1995 with four-wheel 運動 to 改善する 扱うing and cornering

At the time Donald Trump ordered this very car, he had already formed a special 関係 with Lamborghini.?

In the late 1990s, the Italian marque 供給するd him with 貸付金 Diablos for brand and model 宣伝の 目的s.?

Lamborghini indulged Trump to uniquely customise his Diablo and make it the standout Donald 見解／翻訳／版.

The Diablo supercar was first introduced in 1993 as?the 後継者 to the Lamborghini Countach and was 申し込む／申し出d a s a クーデター or as a roadster. The VT (standing for 'Viscous Traction') arrived in 1995.?

It stood apart from other Diablos for its all-wheel 運動 system, which was managed by a viscous centre differential - hence the nameplate.

This was a 修正するd 見解／翻訳／版 of the all-wheel-運動 体制／機構 in Lambo's LM002 SUV.

It was 公式に the first Lamborghini 有能な of より勝るing 200mph, so is 情愛深く remembered and valued by collectors.

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The 1997 Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster is finished in the brand's 'Blu Le Mans' paint. It was custom built for Trump

The Diablo VT mixes celebrity and supercar culture with the 大統領の 力／強力にする - which is why it sold for a 人物／姿／数字 井戸／弁護士席 above guide price

With a 5.7-litre V12 engine, the Diablo VT was the first Lamborghini to より勝る the 200mph 示す

Trump enjoyed a special 関係 with Lamborghini that 許すd him to custom-fit his Diablo

The 内部の is finished in cream on 黒人／ボイコット leather with a retro CD player and a 5-速度(を上げる） 伝達／伝染

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This scissor-door VT model is 力／強力にするd by a 中央の-機動力のある 5.7-litre V12 engine, which produces 492bhp and is linked to a five-速度(を上げる） 手動式の 伝達／伝染.?

無 to 60mph takes just 4.1 seconds and the 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） is a （人命などを）奪う，主張するd 202mph.?

This VT was one of the rarest derivatives of the first-世代 Diablo.?

The second-gen 見解／翻訳／版 ran from 1999 onwards, with Diablo 生産／産物 ending in 2001.?

With the Diablo Lamborghini continued its tradition for 指名するing its cars after fighting bulls; the Diablo takes its 指名する from a 伝説の bull that 戦う／戦いd matador 'El Chicorro' in the 19th century.

The car's 手動式のs, 初めの 調書をとる／予約するs, pair of 道具 捕らえる、獲得するs and rain cover were 含むd in the lot.

History とじ込み／提出するs sold with the 心にいだくd モーター will likely also 含む the 指名する of the former POTUS.?