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LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP 700-4 ROADSTER
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By anDRE LaM in MiaMi, fLORiDa | pHOTOS By TOM SaLT, WOLfangOSpaCCaRELLi
T he last time Lamborghini released the Murcielago Roadster was at the tail end of the Murcielago’ s life cycle in 2007. It looked brilliant, but it was a flawed diamond and Lamborghini was keen not to repeat past mistakes.
Firstly they did not want the Roadster to have such a short life span, and so they introduced the new Aventador Roadster just two years after the Aventador coupe, ensuring a longer existence.
Secondly the roof was now not an afterthought, unlike the previous canvas
one which was so fiddly to put on that it would take 20 minutes to achieve. Of course Lamborghini’ s intention was to keep the perfectly sculptured Roadster shape intact with the roof on or off, but the canvas top also came with an official speed restriction of 200km / h for fear it would be ripped off while
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