Lamborghini Aventador

Lamborghini Aventador

Manufacturer	Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A
Also called	LP 700-4
Production	Since 2011
Assembly	Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy
Predecessor	Lamborghini Murciélago
Class	Sports car
Body style	2-door coupé
Layout	Mid-engine, four-wheel drive
Engine	6.5 L V12 (L539) (690 BHP)
Transmission	7-speed single clutch Automated Manual gearbox
Wheelbase	2,700 mm (106.30 in)
Length	4,780 mm (188.19 in)
Width	2,030 mm (79.92 in) (w/mirrors: 2,265 mm (89.17 in)) [1]
Height	1,136 mm (44.72 in)
Curb weight	1,575 kg (3,470 lb)
Related	Lamborghini Reventon Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
Designer	Filippo Perini

The Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 is a two-door, two-seater sports car publicly unveiled by Lamborghini at the Geneva Motor Show on 28 February 2011, five months after its initial unveiling in Sant'Agata Bolognese.^[2] Internally codenamed LB834,^[3] the Aventador was designed to replace the ten-year-old Murciélago as the new flagship model in the Lamborghini lineup starting in 2011.^[4] Soon after the Aventador unveiling, Lamborghini announced that it had already sold over 12 months of the production vehicles, with deliveries starting in the second half of 2011.^[5] The suggested retail price is €255,000 in Europe, £201,900 in the UK and $379,700 in the U.S.^[6][7][8]

Engine

Lamborghini Aventador 6.5 liter 60° V12 engine

The Aventador LP 700-4 uses Lamborghini's new 700 PS (515 kW; 690 bhp) and 425.77 bhp (317 kW; 432 PS) per tonne with the 6.5 liter 60° V12 engine. Known internally as the L539,^[3] the new engine is Lamborghini's fourth in-house engine and second V12. It is the first all-new V12 since the 3.5 litre powerplant found in the Miura.^[12]

Displacement	6,498 cc (396.5 cu in)
Max. power	700 PS (515 kW) @ 8,250 rpm
Max. torque	690 N·m (510 lb·ft) @ 5,500 rpm
CO2 emissions	398 g/km
Combined fuel consumption	17.2 L/100 km (16.4 mpg-imp; 13.7 mpg-US) [13]

Performance is estimated to be 0–100 km/h (62 mph) in 2.9 seconds with a top speed of around 349.2 km/h (217.0 mph).^[14] Its United States Environmental Protection Agency fuel mileage is 14 miles per US gallon (17 L/100 km; 17 mpg_-imp).^[12]
Its transmission, a single-clutch 7-speed semi-automatic, is built by Graziano Trasmissioni.^[15][16] Although being single-clutch, gear-shifts are accomplished in 50 milliseconds.
The brand new, electronically controlled, four-wheel drive system is developed and supplied by the Swedish company Haldex Traction, offering superb traction^{[citation needed]} and handling capabilities based on their 4th generation technology^{[citation needed]}.^[17]

Aventador J

Six months after unveiling the Aventador, plans for a roadster version were leaked by the U.S. EPA after it included the model on a data sheet on its website. Lamborghini officially unveiled the Aventador J to the world at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show^[20]. The roofless and windowless concept car uses the same V12 engine as the standard Aventador, producing 700 hp through a lightweight seven-speed automated transmission. The car has also been stripped of its air conditioning and radio units to save further weight, allowing it to weigh in at only 3,472 pounds (1,575 kg).^[21][22] The car at the Geneva show is the only copy to be produced.^[23]
The J designation comes from Appendix J in the FIA rulebook that describes the technical specifications of race cars.^[23]