Lambo launches new Aventador 01 | 03 | 2011

LAMBORGHINI LAUNCHED its latest supercar in Geneva, the V12 range-topping Aventador LP700-4 which not only delivers 691bhp, but is lighter, more efficient and more powerful than its successor, the Murciélago.

With its 6.5-litre, dry-sumped V12 the 1575kg, four-wheel-drive Aventador can catapult itself from standstill to 62mph in 2.9sec and will continue accelerating till it hits its maximum of 217mph. And in case you have any environmental allegiances, comfort yourself in the knowledge it's 20% cleaner than the Murciélago, with a CO2 level of 398g/km.

ISR — which is the new seven-speed, single-clutch, robotised manual transmission developed Lamborghini and Graziano — offers three ‘manual’ modes: comfort-oriented Strada, the quicker Sport and the full-blown Corsa, which also includes launch control. Just for good measure, there's also two automatic modes.

When UK deliveries of the £242,280 Aventador start in the summer, the option list will include black-painted wheels and coloured calipers for the carbon-ceramic brakes, parking sensors, a stereo upgrade and — of course — a transparent engine cover.

"The Aventador is the result of an entirely new project," Lamborghini CEO, Stephan Winkelmann, explained, "but at the same time it’s a direct and consistent continuation of Lamborghini’s brand values.”

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Jim McGill