We don’t see many laptops here at PC Pro that are unashamadly devoted to luxury, but this Asus Lamborghini VX3 bucks that trend with a barrage of extravagent features.

The wrist-rest, for instance, is clad in leather, and there’s a gilded Lambo logo on the lid – just so people on the train know that you’ve spent £1,500 on such a quality product. The laptop itself is housed in a smart box and then, inside that, a plush velvet bag. Even the included Bluetooth mouse comes with a little pouch all of it’s own, and there’s a leather-coated mousepad to compliment it, too – and that’s also adorned with the Lamborghini logo.

One feature, though, really takes the cake: the webcam. Now, I know it’s not unusual for laptops to include webcams, but this one comes with a little added value. There’s a card in the box, bordered with floral flourishes, that explains how the webcam is, well, a little bit special.

You see, it’s coated with sapphire crystal. For its own protection, allegedly – as it’s second only to diamond in the Mohs scale, which measures the toughness of natural materials. It’s for the webcams protection, allegedly, although standard webcams do seem to be getting along fine without such an extravagent coating. There’s even a warning: don’t you dare go scratching the webcam with one of the many diamonds that you’re likely to have hanging around, as it’s the only substance likely to damage the precious lense. There’s even an extra warning – don’t strike the webcam with ‘big force’, as you’ll damage it. Thank god for translation.

As I type this, the office has become mesmerised by yet another feature of the Lambo: the sound affects. We’ve discovered that when it boots up, the Lamborghini-flavoured Asus actually makes car noises. Here’s the revving engine, in all of its glory:

The Asus Lamborghini VX3

I have to admit that no-one in the office was aware that a Core 2 Duo T9300 made those sorts of noises.

We’ll have a full review of this remarkable – and, no doubt, expensive – machine up by tomorrow, so be sure to check back and see what we think of this intriguing piece of engineering.