Lamborghini ends Aventador manufacturing, closes chapter on pure V-12 period

Manufacturing of the Lamborghini Aventador reached an finish final week, marking a brand new milestone for Lamborghini in additional methods than one.

The ultimate instance was an Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae Roadster, completed in a customized gentle blue shade chosen by its Swiss purchaser.

The Ultimae model of the Aventador was unveiled in 2021 as the ultimate Aventador variant. Manufacturing, capped at 350 coupes and 250 roadsters, was resulting from finish earlier however the timeline was prolonged resulting from some examples being misplaced through the sinking of the Felicity Ace cargo ship in February.

Launched on the 2011 Geneva auto present, the Aventador is Lamborghini’s hottest V-12 mannequin up to now, having generated eight variants, not counting low-volume specials, and gross sales of 11,465 models throughout the globe. That is greater than the mixed gross sales figures of all earlier V-12 fashions.

“The Lamborghini Aventador was a game-changer at its launch, and the flagship Lamborghini mannequin for 11 years of manufacturing,” Stephan Winkelmann, Lamborghini’s chairman and CEO, stated in an announcement.

A successor to the Aventador has been noticed testing forward of an anticipated debut early subsequent yr, and whereas it’ll persist with a V-12, the automobile’s engine will function electrification, anticipated to be a plug-in hybrid configuration. The engine may also be a newly developed V-12, solely the third in Lamborghini’s historical past.

Lamborghini has confirmed there will not be any extra V-12 fashions with out electrification, a minimum of for street use, making the Ultimae a really particular automobile within the eyes of collectors, little question. The Ultimae featured a 6.5-liter V-12 producing 769 hp and 531 lb-ft of torque, the best of any Aventador variant.

Each Lamborghini will function some type of electrification by as early as 2024, and the automaker is planning an electrical automobile as a fourth mannequin line. Anticipated to be a grand tourer, the EV is slated for launch within the second half of the last decade.