Lamborghini Lastly Made the Final Aventador

The Lamborghini Aventador has sat on the prime of the Italian automakers vary for greater than 10 years. It roared onto the scene in 2011 with an all-new V12 engine, putting appears to be like and a heap of firsts for Lamborghini. However now, its finish is close to as the corporate has lastly constructed the final Aventador.

If this all sounds acquainted, that’s as a result of Lamborghini thought it had constructed the final Aventador as soon as earlier than. However then, a hearth on-board the Felicity Ace cargo ship pressured it to restart manufacturing after greater than 500 Aventadors have been misplaced to the blaze.

Now, it truly is the tip for the Aventador. Lamborghini is tying up manufacturing of the flagship to create space for a brand new mannequin, which is but to be introduced.

However the Aventador had a very good run, promoting greater than each different V12-powered Lamborghini mixed. In complete, Lamborghini shipped 11,465 Aventadors throughout eight completely different mannequin derivatives over the previous 10 years. On prime of this, the corporate has shipped greater than 10 one-off and restricted version variants, such because the bonkers SC20.

The ultimate Aventador to roll off the manufacturing line in Italy was an Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae Roadster, which was completed in a particular gentle blue Advert Personam coloration. The automobile is destined for Switzerland.

It’s an enormous second, although, as this isn’t simply the final Aventador, it’s additionally the final naturally-aspirated V12 automobile Lamborghini plans to make. This brings to shut an period that started approach again in 1964 with the Lamborghini 350 GT and spawned the likes of the Miura, Countach, and Diablo.

The stunning statistic right here is that for many of that V12-powered lineage, Lamborghini was utilizing derivatives of the identical engine it put in its first automobile approach again within the 60s. It wasn’t till the Aventador got here alongside that the corporate lastly developed a brand-new engine.

And now, after only one automobile and 10 years of manufacturing, it’s being ushered out the again door.

Now, this doesn’t imply Lamborghini is switching out its flagship for one thing powered by batteries. The automaker has persistently mentioned it gained’t be giving up on combustion engines anytime quickly, and it’s even beginning to examine artificial fuels that might energy future fashions.

And, importantly, the agency merely says that is the final “naturally-aspirated V12,” so solely a idiot would guess in opposition to its alternative having some type of hybrid tech much like the Sián.

Moreover, Lamborghini lately introduced a $1.8 billion funding within the hybridization of its lineup. This was adopted by the information that its first all-electric mannequin gained’t hit the streets till 2030.

So it sounds just like the combustion engine will probably be protected at Lamborghini for at the least just a few extra years.