Lamborghini Aventador

The Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is a two-door, two-seater sports car publicly unveiled by Lamborghini at the Geneva Motor Show on 28 February, 2011, five months after its initial unveiling in Sant'Agata Bolognese.^[2] Internally codenamed LB834,^[3] the Aventador was designed to replace the ten-year-old Murciélago as the new flagship model in the Lamborghini line-up starting in 2011.^[4] Soon after the Aventador unveiling, Lamborghini announced that it had already sold over 12 months of the production vehicles, with deliveries starting in the second half of 2011.

Etymology

Like previous Lamborghinis, the Aventador name was chosen for its symbolic connection to the world of fighting bulls, sharing a name with the legendary Aventador, a trophy-winning bull in the world of Spanish bullfighting. Bred by the sons of Don Celestino Cuadri Vides, the bull that bore the number 32 took part in a notably spirited, bloody and violent battle with a torero in the town of Zaragoza, Spain that earned him the “Trofeo de la Peña La Madroñera" in 1993.^[3][6]
Production will be limited to 4000 units (4099 Murciélagos have been built). The moulds used to make the carbon-fibre monocoque are expected to last 500 units each and only 8 have been made.^[7] Lamborghini says that the Aventador is two generations ahead of anything else on sale, using Formula One-style suspension and a lightweight carbon fibre monocoque.^[8] Stylistically, the Aventador represents an evolution of its predecessor, the Murcielago. The car's shape also borrows heavily from Lamborghini's limited-edition Reventón and their Estoque concept car.

Specifications

Engine

The Aventador LP700-4 will be using Lamborghini's new 690 bhp (510 kW) 6.5 liter 60° V-12 engine. Known internally as the L539,^[3] the new engine is Lamborghini's fourth in-house engine and second V12, replacing the first generation Bizzarrini-designed V-12 that was in use since 1963^{[citation needed]} (the other 2 being the V8 from the Urraco/Silhouette/Jalpa and the V10 in the current Gallardo).

Displacement	6,498 cc (396.5 cu in)
Max power	700 PS (510 kW; 690 bhp) @ 8.250
Max torque	690 N·m (510 lb·ft) @ 5.500
CO2 emissions	398 g/km
Combined fuel consumption	17,2 l/100 km (13,5 mpg)[9]

Performance is estimated to be 0-100 km/h (62 mph) in 2.9 seconds with a top speed of around 350 km/h (220 mph).^[10]

Its transmission, a single-clutch 7-speed semi-automatic, is built by Graziano Trasmissioni.Although being single-clutch, gear-shifts are accomplished significantly faster than a dual clutch, in 50 milliseconds. However, some other gearboxes can achieve gear-shifts in only 8 milliseconds using the pre-select option, like Volkswagen's DSG gearbox.

Future versions

LB835 Roadster

Six months after unveiling the Aventador, plans for a roadster version were leaked by the U.S. EPA after it included the model on a data sheet on its website. Sales are estimated to begin in 2012.