The Lamborghini Reventón () is a

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limited production

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that debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. The official press release stated that only 20 vehicles would be sold to the public, with one additional car (marked as 00/20) produced for the Lamborghini museum. Each car is stamped with its number in the sequence of 20 between the driver and passenger seats. While the exterior is new, almost all the mechanical elements, including the engine, are sourced directly from the Murciélago LP 640. According to the official press release, the Reventón's exterior styling was inspired by "the fastest airplanes".

Name

The car is named after a fighting bull, in line with Lamborghini tradition. The bull, raised by Don Heriberto Rodriguez, was best known for killing famed Mexican bullfighter Felix Guzman in 1943. ''Reventón'' means "small explosion" or "burst" in Spanish, when used as a noun. In automotive terms, it means "blowout or flat tire" when used as a noun. 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. In this last sense, ''reventón'' means "he who seems to be about to burst". Or, in the case of a flower (a carnation, ''un clavel reventón'') in its maximum point, of luxuriance or a mouth (''una boca reventona''), for its beauty and fullness.

Overview

Interior

The instrument panel in the Reventón consists of three TFT liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with two different display modes. The instruments are housed in a structure milled from a solid aluminium block, protected by a carbon-fiber casing. The car's instrumentation includes a "g-force-meter" which displays the magnitude and direction of the

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acting upon the car. The seats of the Reventón are made from black leather and brown Alcantara.

Exterior

The Reventón features an all-new carbon-fiber exterior. All cars have the same exterior color, described as "mid opaque grey without the usual shine." Lamborghini Reventon wheel

It is the first Lamborghini automobile to incorporate

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into the headlamps. Seven light-emitting diodes (LED) at each headlamp flank the bi-

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main beam and stay lit whenever the car is in motion. 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. The Reventon's exterior design formed the basis for the company's subsequent flagship, the Aventador. The active rear wing and the active air intakes integrated into the car's shoulders are electronically controlled, deploying automatically only at high speeds in an effort to maximize both aerodynamic and cooling efficiency.

Performance

The engine is the same unit used in the Murciélago LP 640, a V12, now upgraded to at 8,000 rpm and of torque at 6,000 rpm. The car accelerates from 0- in 3.4 seconds and can attain a maximum speed of over .

Sales

Of the original 20 coupes, 10 were delivered to the United States, seven to Europe, one to Canada, and two to Asia. One of them is in the possession of the Head of Chechen Republic,

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Reventón Roadster

A roadster variant of the Reventón was unveiled at the

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. The roadster uses the engine used in the Murciélago LP 670–4 Super Veloce. In June 2009, '' Autocar'' published a report saying that potential buyers have been shown the car, although a Lamborghini spokesman told the publication that reports of the car were "just speculation". Production was set for a run of 15 units, with a

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of €1,100,000. The actual price, however, increased twofold to around US$2,100,000, due to high demand. The Reventón Roadster has more power than its coupe counterpart, at at 8,000 rpm, but the same level of torque and a slightly lower top speed of . 0- acceleration reportedly remains the same at 3.4 seconds. Lamborghini says the chassis reinforcing components to compensate for the loss of the roof add to the weight of the car. The car also features deployable roll hoops which quickly extend to protect the car's occupants in the event of a rollover.

References

External links

Lamborghini official website
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