Lamborghini Aventador Ultimae Roadster ends non-hybrid V12 manufacturing

To cite Corridor & Oates: “She’s gone,” the “she” right here being the Lamborghini Aventador. The final of the scissor-doored supercars with a naturally-aspirated V12 rolled off the road in LP 780-4 Ultimae Roadster type coloured an Advert Personam gentle blue, headed for a quiet life in Switzerland. That additionally closed the chapter on the 350 coupes and 250 roadsters made in Ultimae spec. This can be a belated end-of-life, the Italian concern restarting manufacturing traces after 85 Lamborghinis, 15 of them Aventador Ultimaes destined for the U.S. market, obtained torched on the cargo ship Felicity Ace in March of this 12 months. The ultimate tally for the newest V12 spreadsheet counts 11,465 vehicles delivered in 11 years, greater than doubling the complete gross sales rely of its predecessor, the Murcielago, and exceeding the mixed gross sales of each one among Lamborghini’s V12 fashions for the reason that 3.5-liter V12 within the 350 GT in 1964. 

What started with the 6.5-liter 12-cylinder with 691-horsepower and 509 pound-feet of torque in 2022 ended with that engine making 760 hp and 531 lb-ft within the Ultimae. The official 0-to-62 mile per hour sprint got here down a tenth of a second in that point, relying on the place you look, from 2.9 seconds to 2.8. Prime pace rose from 217 mph to 220. A lot quick then, loads quick now. Between these yardposts there have been greater than 10 one-offs and restricted editions. The previous group contains the Jota, SVJ Xago, and the SC18 Alston monitor automotive. The latter group counts the Anniversario, Veneno, Centenario, and Sian FKP 37. There have been additionally improvements just like the enclosed carbon fiber monocoque supported by “flying medical doctors” that traveled the world to assist diagnose and restore injury that benefited house owners. There was the pushrod suspension that turned a heavyweight right into a flickable canyon runner, benefiting all drivers. There was the Unbiased Shifting Rod (ISR) single-shift transmission, which Lamborghini says was “chosen for light-weight compactness and probably the most emotive shift.” Given its tidal shifting movement and infrequently clumsy modifications underneath partial throttle or when making an attempt to determine what the driving force needed in altering situations, we by no means discovered who that benefited.

What comes subsequent will likely be a hybrid V12 powertrain wrapped in seems to be that, based mostly on spy photographs, will evolve the newest design language with particulars like new lights, bladed B-pillars, and high-rise exhaust. Should not be lengthy to attend now. However it doesn’t matter what comes, to paraphrase Corridor & Oates on the Aventador once more: There can by no means be what she was to us.

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