Lamborghini Reventon

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Lamborghini new 2008 model, the Reventon

Just by looking at the picture enough to make me speechless and the only words that come across my mind are……super hot, outrageously bad-ass, magnificent, truly awesome, totally wicked…and…and I can’t come up with anymore words that can best describe this ‘out of this world’ design masterpiece.

Lamborghini revealed its new Reventon supercar at the Frankfurt auto show. Based on the Murcielago sports car, the Reventon is said to be inspired by the F-22 Raptor fighter jet.

Oh yeah, I can see the resemblance

It will be the most powerful and expensive Lamborghini to date, costing one million euros. The official press release states that only 20 will be built, but it was later reported that the total number would be 100. The exterior styling was inspired by the F-22 Raptor. Although the exterior is partially new, almost the entire mechanics (including the engine) are taken directly from the Murcielago LP640.

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Initial reports suggest that the 6.5 liter V12 may receive a power boost of approximately 15 kilowatts (20 horsepower), bringing the new output close to 490 kW (660 horsepower). In spite of this, and the car’s carbon fiber components, the Reventon accelerates to 100 km/h (62 mph) in the same time as the Murcielago LP640 (3.4 seconds).

The instrument panel in the Reventon comprises of three TFT liquid crystal displays (LCD s) with two different display modes. The instruments are housed in a structure milled from a solid aluminum block, protected by a carbon fiber casing. The G-Force-Meter is completely new and it is one of the talking points of the Reventon. It displays the dynamic drive forces, longitudinal acceleration during acceleration and braking, as well as transversal acceleration around bends. These forces are represented by the movement of an indicator on a graduated 3D grid depending on the direction and intensity of the acceleration. Formula One teams also use a similar device to analyze dynamic forces.

By simply pressing a button, the driver can switch to the second, quasi-analogical display, where there are the usual circular instruments; speedometer and tachometer. The G-Force-Meter still remains at the center of this display mode.

 

Lamborghini has also picked up some of parent company Audi’s design language. For the first time, Lamborghini incorporated daylight running lights with the headlamps of the Reventon. Seven Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) at each headlamps flank the Bi-Xenon main beam and they stay lit whenever the car is in movement. Due to the high temperatures in the rear lower part of the car, special heatproof LED’s are used for the indicator and hazard lights, stoplights and rear lights with a triple arrow optical effect.

 

The Reventon is named after a fighting bull according to Lamborghini tradition. The car’s namesake, owned by the Don Rodriguez family, is best known for killing famed bullfighter Felix Guzman in 1943. Reventon means “explosion” or “burst” in Spanish, when used as a noun; in automotive terms, it means “blowout, flat tire” when used as a noun (Harper-Collins Spanish Dictionary, 3rd ed., p. 640). When it was used as the name of a bull, however, it was intended to be interpreted as an adjective, a quality or property of that bull in particular. Then Reventon means “he who is used to making things burst“.

Overview

Manufacturer Lamborghini
Parent company Audi AG
Production 2008-
Assembly Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy
Class Supercar
Body style(s) 2-door coupe
Layout Mid-engine, four-wheel drive
Engine(s) 6.5 L V12
Transmission(s) 6-speed e-gear
Wheelbase 2665 mm (104.92 in)
Length 4700 mm (185.04 in)
Width 2058 mm (81.02 in)
Height 1135 mm (44.69 in)
Related Murcielago LP640

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