Debate on whether the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Roadster will be as well received is still raging, and much depends on the success of the Aventador Coupe, of which more than 1,300 have been sold worldwide.
The Roadster version can be pre-ordered for a mere 300,000 Euro plus taxes, about £288,000 in the UK at today’s exchange rate, which equates to £34,800 more than the Coupe. For you money you will get a two-piece carbon-fibre roof that Lamborghini promises gives “maximum aesthetic performance and stiffness.”
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The roof sections are light, only weighing 6kg each, and can be stored in the Aventador’s boot. Lamborghini also promises that the new roof is simple to attach compared to the Murcielago Roadster’s complicated canvas removable top.
Lamborghini has also redesigned the car’s B-pillars, which now include an automatic roll-over protection system. To highlight this fact, they have painted they gloss black, contrasting with the new Azzuro Thetis blue paint introduced for the drop-top.
The pillars have also been reshaped which provide better ventilation to the car’s mid-mounted V12 engine. A new bonnet gets a central spine running front to back over the engine, flanked by a pair of windows so you can see the power plant underneath.
The engine is the same stop-start-equipped 700bhp 6.5-litre unit as the 2013 Aventador Coupe, which powers all four wheels via a seven-speed paddle-shift gearbox allowing the car to reach a top speed of 217mph. Extra strengthening in the body means that despite the lightweight roof and a set of new alloys the Roadster is heavier than the Coupe, so the 0-62mph time is 3.0 seconds instead of 2.9.
A rear window, which can be raised or lowered at the touch of a button, will allow drivers to really hear the roar of the engine on takeoff. The interior also benefits from a new leather trim, called Sabbia Nefertem, which has been coloured to match the new exterior hue.
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