Lamborghini dealership being sued because Huracán Spyder changed colour from white to yellow

While it is true that cars can lose value the moment they leave the dealer’s lot, have you heard of them losing their colour the moment you drive them home too? Well, a father and son are taking Lamborghini to court for this very reason. Having bought a Huracán Spyder from the dealership, they noticed the white paint was starting to turn yellow in a matter of days…

The 2017 model year supercar was bought from Lamborghini Montreal and it cost Calogero Caruso $276,985.40. In fact, he took out a second mortgage on the family home to purchase the car for his son Gasparino because it was the boys “dream to own such a luxury vehicle.” The father says it has now turned into a “total nightmare.”

Leaving aside for a moment what many would consider a reckless decision of mortgaging your home for a fancy car that you don’t need, nobody would expect it lose its colour so fast - but that is what allegedly happened no sooner had they driven the Italian exotic home.

White paint can turn yellowish due to various reasons including iron contamination, paint damage from UV sunlight, or patches of rust forming underneath the coat of paint - but for it to happen in a matter of days as the Caruso’s claim appears to be record time.

Is this a case of buyer’s remorse? Who knows, but having noticed the original white paint was changing hue, they took the car back to the dealer and the management tried to reassure them that white paint can look a little yellow under different lighting conditions - but the Carusos say their 600 horsepower supercar continued changing colour while even being parked indoors and away from the harsh sunlight. Lamborghini offered to have the car repainted but the family refused citing its residual value would be drastically affected.

After a year of going back and forth, they returned the car to the dealer in 2018 but have been making mortgage payments and shelling out for insurance and registration costs for the convertible ever since. The dealership says it does not want the now three-year old car and says a refund is out of the question.

The Carusos are suing for the cost of the Huracán plus damages which includes compensation for “stress and inconvenience and loss of work days” which totals $302,169.56.

The case currently remains without ruling in Quebec Superior Court.

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