Before Lamborghini handed gear-changing duties over to a computer, every car that rolled out of Sant'Agata Bolognese required a left foot on the clutch pedal. This 2010 Murciélago LP 670-4 SV, headed to the RM Sotheby's auction block, is recognized by the auction house as the brand's last V-12 model to come with a manual transmission—and it's also the final unit built among the five surviving manual SVs from that run.
The Murciélago SV debuted in 2009 as the most aggressive send-off for the Diablo's successor: an even more outrageous aero kit, reworked suspension, and a naturally aspirated V-12 producing 670 horsepower and 487 lb-ft of torque—the peak output this engine ever achieved in the Murciélago. Lamborghini originally planned to build 350 SVs, but only 268 actually rolled off the line, and just 5 of those came with the six-speed manual gearbox—the rest were all paired with the e-Gear automated manual that debuted in 2004. The e-Gear shifted via steering wheel paddles, eliminating the clutch pedal, and quickly became the brand's standard offering; by the time the Gallardo LP 560-2 50th Anniversario bowed out in 2013, Lamborghini had fully bid farewell to manual transmissions. Among the V-12 lineup, this SV is regarded as the closing chapter of that era.
