Florida supercar dealer shares the hidden drama behind the Wolf of Wall Street Lamborghinis that no one knew happened

Twelve years after The Wolf of Wall Street championed the Lamborghini Countach as the ideal supercar for the wealthiest people in New York, a Florida-based supercar dealer detailed the complicated life of this former movie star.

Jordon Belfort, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, was depicted as living the perfect life of a Wall Street stockbroker, finding fame and fortune in the wildest way, before meeting an untimely demise.

With all the money in the world and staff that would follow him into battle, the edgy businessman splashed the cash in every way possible, including buying a Lamborghini Countach that would become a movie legend.

But what happened to the twin Lambos that featured in the movie would turn into a ‘legal nightmare’, as Florida supercar dealer John Temerian, of Curated, explained, where it ended up.

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‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ made the Lamborghini Countach a legend, but its life after was a nightmare

Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie’s depiction of the larger-than-life celebrity status of ’80s stockbrokers was epitomized by a drunken Belfort smashing his Lamborghini Countach to pieces in what would be his last moment as a free man.

The legendary film turned everything it touched into gold, but the two Countachs used in filming didn’t quite have the same post-credits reception the actors did.

Ironically, much like the life of Belfort himself, the Countach used in the film met a demise that it would take a decade to recover from.

Explaining the journey from the movie set to a cease and desist notice just before the auction gavel banged, Curated Founder John Temerian appeared on a recent VINwiki interview.

Famous for tracking down some of the world’s most renowned vehicles, Temerian revealed that the rare 1989 25th Anniversary Lamborghini Countach was purchased by his dealership after the original owner had finished lending it to the movie studios.

Bought for a record price for a Lamborghini Countach, the team decided to try and auction the Lambo through RM Sotheby’s.

However, he claimed that he was sent cease and desist letters from a producer who allegedly reported that this Countach devalued the other Lamborghini used – the crashed one – and that they couldn’t sell it.

“Apparently, they still owned the wrecked car from the movie, and they felt that the promotion of our car was hurting the value of their car,” Temerian said.

“I said, ‘Man, listen. I would either love to buy the car, your car, or work together. Let’s sell both of the cars together.’ And they were just very mean. They started yelling and accusing us of things.”

What happened to the Countach in the end?

However, over a decade after the film was released, Curated was finally given the green light to let the vehicle go to auction.

Still, it wasn’t plain sailing from there on. The original auction through Abu Dhabi-based Bonhams failed to sell, despite a $1.35 million bid, and attraction from F1 stars Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz.

A year later, The Wolf of Wall Street car was finally sold in New York for a record $1.5 million, nearly double the standard $800,000 value of the Lamborghini Countach.

Nowadays, DiCaprio champions different cars, and his driving has definitely improved without the beer goggles used in the movie.

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