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The new super car proves to be a truly breathtaking drive..
This jet-black model from the Italian firm Aventador was launched earlier this year and it has to be said, if first impressions, this makes a very fine one indeed.
The seats are perhaps surprisingly narrow and yet still very comfortable, while that totally brand new 690 bhp 6.5-litre V12 engine fires up with ease. The nose also has a considerably greater luggage space than was ever the case with this vehicle’s predecessor, the Murcielago.
The Lamborghini Aventador turns out to be a beautiful cruiser too, one that almost feels more along the lines of a grand tourer rather than the often savage super car that it is intended to be a replacement for. It seems to almost glide over the road at 80 miles per hour and even in the softest of its three chassis settings is able to be quiet enough that anyone having a chat on the inside will not have to raise their voices in order to be able to do so. The V12 gives off just a sort of calm humming noise in the background, while you can slip through the ratios with seamless ease thanks to the single-clutch gearbox.
The Aventador seems to come alive the most on climbing roads, the front end able to keep information right at the driver’s very fingertips whilst the rear settles on the exterior of its tyres and almost pleads with you to squeeze that throttle earlier and earlier every time you prepare to take a corner. The bone crushing Lambos of previous years are a distant memory when driving this vehicle, a car that seems to only become softer and softer even as the speed increases.
Even in a rainstorm, the enormous cross-section tyres of the Aventador feel not the slightest bit fazed, with the only noise being the windscreen wipers and the rain, making the V12 seem to be almost impossibly quiet for such a supercar.
That proves to be not the case when the car hits the real fast lane however. The Aventador is capable of hitting a speed of as much as 155 miles per hour without the slightest bit of difficulty whatsoever even on part throttle. On full throttle, with revs per minute over 6000, the acceleration is impressive as the engine finally roars into life with a bellow and a virtual orchestra of exhaust notes.
We were in truth only to get as high as 199 miles per hour but it managed to achieve this speed in such a stress free manner that the official top speed of 217 miles per hour would appear to be a more than credible claim. Even slowing down proves to be an experience worth relishing as well, with those enormous carbon ceramic discs needing a slight brush to start with before you really slam some weight on them.
The downside is that the Lamborghini Aventador certainly guzzles the fuel down at a hefty rate – about 65 litres of fuel needed to go just 186 miles, which will certainly put some pressure on your wallet.
Overall, though, this really is a new standard in quality for Lamborghini.
by Autoweb