Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson headed to the auction house on the Prime Video series
Jeremy Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper bid farewell to an iconic member of Diddly Squat Farm.
Season five of Clarkson’s Farm saw Jeremy selling off the fan-favourite Lambo tractor after it wasn’t getting much use, following his purchase of the AgBot in the new series.
The AgBot, a fully autonomous, driverless tractor, was busy ploughing the fields of Diddly Squat Farm and sowing seeds.
Jeremy and Kaleb could monitor the tractor’s progress on their computer while they got on with other things on the farm, which meant the 2016 Deutz-Fahr tractor wasn’t getting much use.
The veteran broadcaster decided to sell it off, explaining in voiceover: “”The green Lambo hadn’t turned a wheel in weeks, so I decided to sell it, which meant getting it valued by an agricultural auctioneer.”
The valuation on the prized piece of agricultural kit from Oliver Godfrey left Jeremy somewhat surprised and dismayed.
Oliver responded: “It’s not the easiest thing to sell in the world, I’ll be honest, but I would look somewhere in the region of between £50,000 and £60,000.”
Jeremy revealed that the valuation was “quite a lot less” than he’d initially paid for it when he bought it for £80,000.
On the day of the auction, Jeremy didn’t appear too hopeful about his Lambo’s prospects and said: “Here it is. There’s going to be a frenzy of bidding…”
However, the bidding did start to pick up as people put in their offers for the green tractor that Jeremy had customised and adorned with Lamborghini badges.
As the offers went up, Jeremy remarked: “We are actually getting closer to the £80,000 that I had paid for it.”
Despite the valuation, both Jeremy and Kaleb were left astonished and rather relieved when the Lambo ended up getting snapped up for the sum of £70,500.
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Once the hammer went down, Jeremy said: “Well, it was a financial hit, but it wasn’t a financial kick in the nuts.”
The auction comes ahead of tomorrow’s Clarkson’s Farm season five finale, when audiences will get the final two episodes titled Sickening and Reaping – referring to the TB outbreak and the harvest at Diddly Squat.
Clarkson’s Farm season 5 concludes tomorrow on Prime Video