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As was widely expected—especially after spy photographers crashed a prelaunch photo shoot in January—Lamborghini has introduced the new Aventador SV at the 2015 Geneva auto show. And like its “Superveloce” (“superfast” in Italian) predecessors dating back to the Miura, this Aventador model is more powerful, lighter, and, yes, even more extreme-looking than the car on which it’s based. Clearly, Lamborghini has no intentions of surrendering any wall space in the rooms of the earth’s population of 12-year-olds.SuperVeneno
Looking like an Aventador that’s been hanging out in its Uncle Veneno’s garage, the Superveloce features a suite of wild body mods, including new doors, rocker panels, and fenders, as well as modified scoops and a massive, manually adjustable rear wing mounted on two giant struts. Most of these were rendered in carbon fiber, helping reduce overall weight by 110 pounds according to Lambo. The last Aventador we tested tipped the scales at a hefty 4085 pounds, but 110 fewer pounds isn’t insignificant when shaving tenths from acceleration times—especially when zero-to-60-mph times hover near the all-important three-second mark.
Lambo says its aerodynamicists strove to improve both downforce and aerodynamic efficiency without increasing drag. Great success: Downforce is indeed up by a claimed 170 percent, and aero efficiency has been increased by 150 percent. The fact that the SV looks like something from the postapocalyptic Thunderdome is a happy coincidence.Lamborghini did not leave the interior alone, either. Black microsuede covers most surfaces, and Y-shaped yellow inserts are found on the racing-style seats. The Superveloce also becomes the first production car to feature a soft new carbon-fiber-based fabric that Lambo calls “Carbon Skin”; it’s used for the headliner and in a few other small places in the cockpit. The TFT gauges also have been redesigned, with yellow as the dominant color, the shift indicator in light blue, and a g-force meter occupying the lower part of the cluster.




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