Frankfurt Motor Show: Lamborghini
Reventon revealed!
The Volkswagen Group threw a major shindig in Frankfurt earlier
tonight at which it showed off all the new wares its introducing to
the public at the Frankfurt show beginning tomorrow. The car that
has assuredly generated the most heavy breathing this evening is
the holy-crap-that-thing's-effing-badass Lamborghini Reventon.
Named for the bull that killed toreador Felix Guzman in 1943, the
Reventon is basically the ultimate Murcielago in all respects,
including price. The super-limited (only twenty cars are being
built) supercar costs a cool $1,000,000, and all of them are
already sold. Power from its V12 is up around 20 horses over the
regular Murcielago LP640, so you get a little extra juice for the
added dough.
The Reventon's carbon fiber bodywork is all-new and aeronautically
inspired. That explains the pointed beak up front that's flanked by
a pair of gaping intakes that swallow air in gulps to cool the
brakes. Given the look of the car, you could probably tell people
they're feeding a Pratt & Whitney mounded aft of the passenger
compartment and they'd believe you as long as you kept a straight
face. In fact, the expected handbuilt V12 resides in that spot,
proudly displayed under angled & vented glass panels that look
like reptile scales from above.
Up front, Lambo combines LEDs and Xenon headlamps to create a
lighting effect essentially equal to turning on the sun, and in
back, the highly-styled taillamps are illuminated by specially
developed heatproof LEDs. The cars are coated in a new paint color
called Grey Barra that's unique to Reventon, and the black wheels
are accented with carbon-fiber inserts.
Climbing in through the scissor doors reveals a cockpit awash in
every expensive material imaginable -- leather, carbon fiber,
Alcantara, etc. -- and highlighted by a digital multifuntion
display in lieu of analog instrumentation. A modern, road-shaped
readout on the left displays speed and engine revs. To its right,
the driver looks at an airplane-style g-meter. If the Reventon's
pilot is more comfortable with instrumentation that doesn't look
like it could be used to assault the Death Star, he can switch the
display to a traditional mode that features round gauges. The
virtual needle on that virtual speedometer moves from the number 0
to the number 62 in a scant 3.4 seconds and doesn't stop moving
until it hits the number 211.
Is the Reventon excessive? Yes, in every way. And if we had a
million bucks to lay down on a car, we'd be looking to snag one,
too.
From:
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-motor-show-the-lamborghini-reventon-revealed/
See also: http://blogs.edmunds.com/Straightline/3347
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