Lamborghini Aventador 2015 News

There’s a problem with Lamborghini’s display: You’re in danger of having your lust for auto erotica sated in one stop.Any of the three exotic machines would suffice as a star in its own right. One has, in fact, already made its debut in a top-grossing Hollywood blockbuster. It is the very same Aventador LP700-4 driven by Christian Bale in Bruce Wayne guise during the epic Batman film The Dark Knight Rises.It says much for the raging bull car’s aggressive styling that it could be used without visual enhancement next to the fantasy vehicles in which the Caped Crusader typically surges about Gotham. As Lamborghini’s new flagship, the Aventador is a fitting replacement for the Murcielagos driven in the previous parts of the trilogy.Indeed, at $754,000, the LP700-4 is the zenith of Lamborghini’s range. The jet fighter-styled road rocket packs a lightweight 60- degree V12 engine that gets it from standing to 100km/h in 2.9 seconds. The supporting cast doesn’t lack lustre.The star turn is flanked by two special edition Gallardos: a 550-2 Tricolore and a 570-4 Spyder Performante. “We are excited Lamborghini will be displaying their newest and most popular models in Sydney, as well as debuting an all-new stand design,” says show director Russ Tyrie. 

   

That's rumoured to be on the cards for the Lamborghini stand at the show in February next year. Automobile magazine overnight reported that Lamborghini's line-up for Geneva will include a Gran Turismo four-seat version of the Aventador. The report suggests the Aventador GT would be built on an extended wheelbase that would allow  two small seats in the rear, with the possibility of a changed door design to make way for suicide panels for easier access. The concept -- and it may only appear as a concept, after all -- would also mean a considerable redesign of the flanks and rear of the Aventador to accommodate the changes on a mid-engined platform. Even with Lamborghini on a campaign to rebuild their profit base with more practical models like the Urus SUV that will attract more buyers in emerging economic giants like China and Russia, the idea of a four-seater Lamborghini seems wildly unlikely. But we remember thinking the same thing at the first rumour of a four-seat Ferrari, too.    

Lamborghini yesterday announced a "double-digit" rise in sales globally, with Australia at the forefront of the boom. But with the average price of one of these carbon-fibre rockets near the half-million dollar mark, sales specialist Simon Gott said it clearly was not a car for everyone.  "I think it's fair to say that our niche clientele aren't the type to be affected by any financial crisis," Mr Gott said. "We aim to sell 30 to 40 (Lamborghinis) a year and particularly when you have a new model like the Aventador - they almost drive themselves out the door." Priced at more than $900,000, the Aventador costs a lot more than the average city housing block, and is equivalent to more than 500 round-the-world plane tickets. Read more here…

As Australians go through the discussion about same sex marriage, Americans also face the same issues. The American Family Association argues that if marriage laws are relaxed, we will soon legally be able to marry anything – even our cars. And that’s a proposal that had the Carsguide journalists shopping for confetti quicker than you can say ‘I do’. “I’ll take the Lamborghini Aventador to be my lawfully wedded wife, because it’s the Batman car - and I’ve got a thing for Batman,” Mark Hinchliffe confesses - but declines to discuss whether his current wife knows of his Gotham obsession. “I’d turn up at the altar with the Ferrari 599 FTB Fiorano, not because of its tongue-tangling name or because it’s the greatest car I’ve ever driven but because it’s a gorgeous, feisty Italian - and I’m married to one of those, so must have a thing for them,” says Ged Bulmer (with the nous of a man who wants to ensure he stays happily married to one of them).     “I’ll hook up the classic 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing,” says Karla Pincott. “But it will have to be an illicit elopement – that car isn’t the marrying kind.” “I’d be prepared to enter a civil union - as endorsed by the ALP - with the new BMW 328i,” says Paul Pottinger. “It’s sleek, fast, desirable and will grow on you. In other words, it possesses many of the qualities I would like in myself.” “My bride would be a Porsche because I like the German efficiency that means it would keep things clean, its cute rounded tail and the sensual sound it makes when going hard at high revs,” volunteers Neil Dowling bravely.