Kobe Bryant's love for his wife's $270,000 Lamborghini. After failing to drive a stick shift, the generous actor spent $400,000 to convert it to an automatic using drive-by-wire.

Legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant loved exotic cars.

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The NBA player amassed a luxurious, fast, and stylish car collection. An early Lamborghini Murciélago was one of his most notable automobiles.

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The Lamborghini flagship supercar, with its wedge design and fire-breathing V12 engine, has been a remarkable car to sell over the last few decades.

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Kobe's Murciélago was unique among Lamborghini's 2001–2010 production. It was the first Murciélago with an automatic transmission.

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The story behind Kobe's Lamborghini is as intriguing as the car itself!

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Kobe and Vanessa Bryant's love story is famous. She was 17 and he was 21 when they met in 1999.

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After six months, they got engaged and married. Kobe died in a helicopter crash in 2020 after they married.

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