Aventador, and that’ s something Lamborghini just would not accept.
Would this be a deal-breaker for potential buyers? Looking at the topless Aventador we can almost certainly say no. The visual impact of this Aventador Roadster is just stunning, especially in the setting of sunny Miami, as there is no better place to be in the dead of winter.
The Roadster is without a doubt better looking than the coupe, even with the roof in place.
With 700bhp on tap from the glorious V12 – its capacity and vocals not muzzled by the need for turbochargers – the all-wheel drive Aventador Roadster launches to 100km / h in a thunderous 3.0 seconds.
That figure may not match the coupe’ s 2.9 seconds, but it is still enough to hold off Maranello’ s best challenge.
The slight difference in performance is due to 50kgs of extra weight because of Roadster’ s reinforced monocoque. This includes more forged CF components and the mandatory pop-up roll over protection device that deploys a pair of 350mm steel shaft upwards when the sensors detect a impending roll over condition.
The removable hood itself comes in two 6kg halves, which helps with the ease of installation or storage.
Sticking to natural aspirated V12 engines is the more difficult route, but it is part of Lambo’ s DNA, so they have voluntarily developed strategies to lower their fuel consumption and CO2 levels by 25 per cent to meet the target of 30 per cent reduction by 2015.
This includes a cylinder deactivation program that can switch seamlessly between the two V banks or alternate cylinders. It works so well that it is genuinely difficult to detect its operation.
Lamborghini engineers have also developed the world’ s quickest V12 startstop system by using a super-capacitor to increase cranking power allowing the engine to start in just 180ms, instead of the 250-
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