In the previous episode, we've seen how Lamborghini
started making supercars that could reach a top speed over 200 mph.
But Lamborghini wasn't done there,
because the fastest, quickest and most expensive Lamborghinis
are still to come.
This is the third episode of the Evolution of Lamborghini.
In 2011, one of the most iconic Lamborghinis of all time was born:
the Aventador!
This beautifully designed car has phenomenal performance
due to its new twelve-cylinder engine with 700 horsepower.
It could reach a top speed of 217 mph,
making it the fastest Lamborghini at the time.
The Aventador could accelerate from 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds
and cost $380,000.
More than 5,000 units of the original Aventador
were built between 2011 and 2017.
FUN FACT:
Many editions and special versions of the Aventador were made,
including the Aventador J,
of which only one was made in 2012.
It was sold for $2.8 million!
A Lamborghini with another very high price tag at launch,
but of which more than 1 was made, was the Sesto Elemento.
It cost $2.2 million upon release in 2011.
With a 5.2 liter V10 motor, it was capable of a blistering 221 mph
and could do 0 to 60 in only 2.5 seconds!
20 Sesto Elementos were made in total,
with the name referring to the “sixth element” of the periodic table,
which you chemists out there will know is carbon.
Why carbon?
Because of the carbon fiber used throughout the car, of course!
The chassis, body, drive shaft
and suspension components were all made of carbon fiber,
which reduced the car’s overall weight to 1000 kg or 2,200 lb.
This made it the lightest, fastest and quickest Lamborghini so far!
For the company’s own 50th anniversary in 2013,
Lamborghini made a concept car called the Egoísta.
It had a unique one-seat cockpit, similar to that of a modern fighter jet.
The Egoísta used the same V10 engine as the Sesto Elemento,
but it’s performance was slightly less.
If you want to see the Egoísta for yourself, you can,
in the Lamborghini museum.
FUN FACT:
The car’s striking exterior was made to resemble a certain animal.
Care to take a guess which?
I’ll give you a clue…
It starts with a ‘B’ and ends with an ‘L’.
Lamborghini’s most expensive model,
and one of the most expensive production cars in the world,
was the Lambo Veneno.
It cost an insane $4 million
and nowadays it’s valued at more than double that amount!
Veneno translates to ‘poison’ in English, and predictably,
it was named after one of the most aggressive fighting bulls ever seen.
Based on the Aventador, the Veneno was developed
to celebrate Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary.
The Veneno was the company’s fastest car, capable of 221 mph
and it accelerated from 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds.
Only 14 units were made,
of which 5 were coupés and 9 were roadsters.
FUN FACT:
In 2014, a Lamborghini Veneno Roadster was sold at an auction for over $8 million!
In 2014, Lamborghini unveiled their first hybrid electric model:
the Asterion.
The goal of the Asterion was to significantly reduce
CO2 emissions using new technologies.
The car was named after a Minotaur,
which is a half-man, half-bull creature from the Greek mythology.
The 5.2 liter V10 engine combined with three electric motors
delivers a total power of 910 horsepower,
enough for a top speed of 198 mph
and acceleration of 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds.
Only one Asterion was ever built.
The next Lamborghini vehicle to be produced in large quantities,
and a model that is still in production today,
is the Huracán.
Any guesses what the name translates to
and what creature it got its name from?
If you said ‘Hurricane’ and a bull, give yourself a pat on the back!
Huracán was known for its courage
and you have to be equally courageous to drive one of these.
The 5 liter V10 engine will power you to 212 mph
and go from 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds.
In terms of recent Lambos, its launch price of less than $300,000 was fairly modest.
In 2015, Lamborghini built the Aventador SV.
While it had the same top speed as the original Aventador,
it could accelerate even quicker reaching 60 mph in just 2.4 seconds,
making it the quickest Lamborghini.
Of course, you had to pay a price for that
as the launch price was close to half a million dollars.
One year later, came the Aventador S.
It is characterized by a new aerodynamic design,
redeveloped suspension,
increased power and new driving dynamics.
While this all sounds very exciting,
the specifications were almost similar to the original Aventador.
In 2016, the Centenario was unveiled
and 20 coupes were built as well as 20 roadsters.
You can likely guess what ‘Centenario’ means,
but can you guess what 100-year celebration they were marking?
Well, it has been 100 years since the birth of Lamborghini’s founder,
Ferruccio Lamborghini!
He had already passed away in 1993 at the age of 76,
but his legacy lives on!
Performance-wise, the Centenario was very similar to the Aventador,
but it did have a much higher launch price as they were sold for 2 million each.
The Huracán Performante was unveiled in 2017 at the Geneva Motor Show.
It was built as both a roadcar as well as a racecar.
A prototype of the Performante set a lap time of 6:52 on the Nürburgring Nordschleife,
with Marco Mapelli behind the wheel,
making it one of the world’s fastest production cars on the track.
The Performante had a top speed of 202 mph
and could reach 60 mph in 2.8 seconds.
Surprisingly, it had a cheaper launch price compared to the Huracán.
A futuristic concept car developed in collaboration
with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was created in 2017.
Each wheel contains an electric motor and all 4 can be controlled individually.
This gives the car excellent stability,
as good as a modern Formula 1 car in fact!
The Terzo Millenio could potentially represent
the electric super sports cars of the future!
In 2017, the Urus was unveiled,
making it Lamborghini’s first SUV since the LM002 in 1986.
The SUV has the soul of a sports car.
While the concept version had a 5.2 liter V10,
the production version is powered by a 4-liter twin-turbo V8 engine
with 650 horsepower.
The Urus is much lighter than most of its competitors
at less than 2,200 kilograms
mainly because of the extensive usage of carbon fiber.
Lamborghini also made some special variants of the Urus,
including the Urus Pearl Capsule and the Urus Graphite Capsule.
The Urus is capable of reaching 190 mph,
making it one of the fastest SUVs in the world.
It can accelerate from 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds
and costs $200,000.
Due to its high demand, the factory was expanded
and in July 2020, the 10,000th unit of the Urus was produced.
Yet another Aventador model, the SVJ, has been on sale since 2018.
While we know that SV stands for Super Veloce or super fast,
the ‘J’, stands for Jota,
denoting its track and performance superiority.
In 2017, Lamborghini claimed the fastest Nürburgring lap time for a production car
with 6 minutes and 45 seconds.
Its performance stats are almost identical to the original Aventador,
but the SVJ is lighter and more track-focused.
Production was limited to 900 units,
each costing about half a million dollars.
The SC18 Alston is a one-off track-focused supercar
in close collaboration with Lamborghini’s motorsport division Squadra Corse.
With a 6.5 liter V12, the car is able to reach a top speed of 218 mph
and go from 0 to 60 in 2.8 seconds.
Since there was only one built,
it is rumored that it had been sold for around $7 million.
In 2019, Lamborghini unveiled the Huracán Evo,
with Evo standing for evolution.
It has a new design improved for aerodynamics
and includes a next generation V10.
Its performance is similar to that of the Performante model
and has a price tag of $260,000.
By now, that almost sounds like a cheap Lamborghini.
One of the most recent Lamborghinis is the Sián FKP 37.
Sián is a Bolognese term which refers to a flash of lightning,
symbolic of the car’s electric capabilities,
while ‘FKP 37’ stands for Ferdinand Karl Piëch
and his birth year 1937.
The beautiful design of the car is inspired by the Lamborghini Countach.
The Sián combines a V12 engine with electric power,
making it a hybrid super sports car.
The Sián is one of the fastest Lamborghinis with a top speed of 220 mph
and an acceleration time of 2.8 seconds.
It will be a limited series of just 63 units,
referring to the starting year of Lamborghini, which was 1963.
Each will cost about $2 million.
FUN FACT:
Lamborghini and Lego partnered to produce
the LEGO Technic Lamborghini Sián,
a 3,696-piece, 1:8 scale model of the hybrid super sports car.
Lamborghini also partnered with Ducati
to produce a motorcycle in the same design,
which will be limited to 630 units.
In 2020, Lamborghini produced another Huracán, named the STO.
It is a road-approved super sports car with a 5.2 liter V10 engine.
While the car does looks stunning,
it isn’t as fast and quick as the Huracán Performante.
The STO does cost more though.
And last but not least is the SC20.
It was engineered by the motorsport department
two years after the SC18 Alston,
and is also a one-off track-focused supercar.
How fast the SC20 will go is still a mystery,
but we do know it will have a 6.5 liter V12 engine
with 770 horsepower.
Throughout the years, Lamborghini has evolved immensely.
The company has created some of the most iconic, wanted and most expensive cars
and is known as one of the best luxury car brands in the world.
It is hard to believe that it all started with…
tractors!
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