Lamborghini Reventón

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Lamborghini Reventón
Manufacturer Lamborghini
Parent company Audi AG
Production 2008-
Assembly Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy
Body style(s) 2-door coupé
Layout Mid-engine, four-wheel drive
Engine(s) 6.5 L V12
Transmission(s) 6-speed e-gear
6-speed manual transmission
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 Murciélago LP640

The Lamborghini Reventón (pronounced: reh-ben-TON) is a mid-engined sports car that debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. It is currently the most powerful and expensive Lamborghini road car to date, costing one million euro.[1] The official press release states that only 20 will be built[2] (plus one additional example for the Lamborghini Museum),[citation needed] though several reports indicate the total number may actually be 100.[2][3][4]

Although the exterior is all new,[2] almost all the mechanical elements (including the engine) are taken directly from the Murciélago LP640.[5] The exterior styling was inspired by the F-22 Raptor.[citation needed]

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[edit] Performance

Initial reports suggest that the 6.5 L V12 may receive a power boost of approximately 10 horsepower, bringing the new output to 650 horsepower.[5][1] In spite of this, and the car's carbon fibre components, the Reventón accelerates to 100 km/h (62 mph) in the same time as the Murciélago LP640 (3.3 seconds).[2] The car is capable of reaching a maximum speed of 350 kilometres per hour (217.5 mph).[citation needed]

[edit] Interior

The instrument panel in the Reventón comprises three TFT liquid crystal displays (LCDs) 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 Reventón. 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.[6]

[edit] Exterior

Rear view of the Lamborghini Reventón.
Rear view of the Lamborghini Reventón.

Lamborghini has also picked up some of parent company Audi's design language. The Reventón is the first Lamborghini to incorporate daylight running lights into the headlamps. Seven Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) at each headlamp 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 LEDs are used for the indicator and hazard lights, stoplights and rear lights with a triple arrow optical effect.[6]

[edit] The name

The Reventón is named after a fighting bull according to Lamborghini tradition. The bull, owned by the Don Rodríguez family, was best known for killing famed bullfighter Félix Guzmán in 1943.[7] Reventón means "explosion" or "burst" in Spanish, when used as a noun.[8][9] In automotive terms, it means "blowout, flat tire" when used as a noun.[10] 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 Reventón means "he who is used to making things burst".[original research?]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show: Lamborghini Reventon. Edmunds (blog). Retrieved on 2007-09-12.[unreliable source?]
  2. ^ a b c d Lamborghini Reventon: Outrageous, But One Million Euros Outrageous?. Motive Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  3. ^ www.cargallery.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/lamborghini-reventon
  4. ^ $1 Million Dollar Lamborghini Reventon - Dieselstation Exotic Car Pictures and Wallpapers - Fuel For Your Desktop
  5. ^ a b Lamborghini Reventón. sybarites. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  6. ^ a b 2008 Lamborghini Reventon. Serious Wheels (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  7. ^ Lamborghini Reventon Information. LamborghiniReventon.net. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
  8. ^ reventón - Spanish-English Translation and Pronunciation - Yahoo! Education. Yahoo! / Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
  9. ^ Definition of word Reventón(Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
  10. ^ Harper-Collins Spanish Dictionary, 3rd ed., p. 640

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