Manufacturing of the Lamborghini Aventador reached its 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 mild blue coloration 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 on account of finish earlier however Lamborghini prolonged the timeline on account of shedding some examples throughout the sinking of the Felicity Ace cargo ship in February.
Launched on the 2011 Geneva motor present, the Aventador is Lamborghini’s hottest V-12 model to this point, having generated eight variants, not counting low-volume specials, and gross sales of 11,465 items throughout the globe. That’s 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 model 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 can keep on with a V-12, the automotive’s engine will get electrified, anticipated to be a plug-in hybrid configuration. The engine may even be a newly developed V-12, solely the third in Lamborghini’s historical past.
Lamborghini has confirmed it received’t construct any extra V-12 fashions with out electrification, at the least for street use, making the Ultimae a particular automotive within the eyes of collectors, little doubt. 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 use some type of electrification by as early as 2024, and the automaker is planning an electrical car as a fourth model line. Anticipated to be a grand tourer, the EV is slated for launch within the second half of the last decade.
This text was initially revealed by Motor Authority, an editorial companion of ClassicCars.com.
