There are cars you buy, admire, take out on a Sunday morning when the sun comes out, and then carefully store under a cover. And then there are the ones you live in. The Lamborghini Murciélago by Simon George belongs to this second category, at the opposite end of the supercar spectrum. For over two decades, it has been a daily companion on the road. Until the moment that no one really imagined... not even him: the "Big Mercy" changed hands.
A story that began in 2004
It all goes back to September 5, 2004. On that day, Simon picked up his new Murciélago from Lamborghini Manchester, Stockport. A car leaving the dealership with just 64 miles on the clock. An era, another life: "I was in my thirties when I bought this car". For the next 21 years, he would drive it again and again, to the point of turning this Italian V12 into a phenomenon. In our article published in May 2025The story already told of the character's philosophy: refuse the fatality of "official" invoices, buy parts from original equipment manufacturers, repair differently, and make a Lamborghini an everyday car. The story had left its mark: an estimate of €29,000 for a suspension, a job settled for €2,700. A side light billed at nearly €200, found for €9 on eBay because it came from... a Ford Focus. That was unusual enough.
"It was like a wedding
Simon puts it bluntly: "It's really been a marriage with the Murciélago. 21 years" And like any marriage, there have been ups and downs. In his case, the lows have a name: engines, accidents, rebuilds. The story has even become a documented saga, with two episodes where the car was "almost destroyed" before coming back. It's a "well-known" car, almost a public figure, identified in the street by its number plate, followed for years in the press and on the Internet. Simon explains that the number plate is inseparable from the car: it was featured in Evo magazine for 18 years. Yet the craziest part of the story is the mileage. Simon puts it precisely: a trip to Italy last year, to the Lamborghini factory. There, the odometer passed a symbolic milestone: 300,000 miles. We're talking about a supercar that's exceeded 480,000 km, and still going strong.
The sale now dates back some six weeks to the time of the shoot. Worst of all, the car lives on... in public. The new owner takes it out, drives it around, shows it off. Simon receives messages: "I saw you on the M4", "I saw you near Sheffield"... even though it's no longer him. A woman he hadn't seen for 20 years even writes to him: "Your car is outside the pub, I'm looking for you, where are you?". So much so that Simon refuses to see the car again. The second host of the Driver Keepers YouTube channel sets off alone to meet James, the new owner. He explains that Simon "isn't ready", that he's "not in a good place" about the sale, especially the idea of seeing the car as "someone else's".
James is not your average buyer. A collector and enthusiast, owner of a Diablo and a Ferrari 512 TR among others, he finds himself with this piece of history almost by surprise. And from the very first kilometers, he understands what he's bought. Not just a Murciélago, but a "known" Murciélago. He says it plainly: "it's such a famous car!" Everyone confuses him with Simon. Everywhere. All the time. On the road, James describes a Murciélago that retains the DNA of the Diablo, but with superior modernity: braking, handling, grip, all-wheel drive that "pulls" the car out of corners. He also insists on the ease of driving, to the point of using it as soon as he can: around 1,000 miles in just a few weeks.
The world's longest-running Lamborghini Murciélago hasn't stopped. It has simply changed hands. The legend continues, but the man who wrote it for 21 years must now learn to watch it go by... without being behind the wheel.
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