RE: Pic Of The Week: Aventador in London

RE: Pic Of The Week: Aventador in London

Friday 14th December 2012

Pic Of The Week: Aventador in London

An Aventador on a murky evening in Park Lane makes for pic heaven



You can look at pictures of big Lamborghinis all day long, and still be struck dumb when one rumbles past you, all razor-sharp edges and jagged detailing. Almost without exception, these are 'look at me' cars, so photographing one in front of a 'look at me' building - in this case, the glossy art deco facade of 45 Park Lane - seems fitting. Especially when night is falling, and there's a shroud of fog adding to the atmosphere of such a shot.

This particular Aventador has been tweaked by prestige car tuning firm Oakley Design - hence the adjustable rear spoiler and even wider alloys. What you can't see is that it's had an ECU remap and a new sports exhaust system, both of which bring the power up to 760hp. Reasonable to assume that it's quite nippy, then.

Thanks to Alex Penfold for the pic.

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The Jolly Todger

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2,742 posts

179 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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I hope to see this one out and about. I'll keep my eyes peeled even though I'm sure I'd hear it first.

Black 325Ci

16 posts

136 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Beautiful Setting. Beautiful Car

FELIX_5

952 posts

196 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Stunning! Now my new desktop background.

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Now my work computer desktop. Stunning car, excellent location, 10/10 from me.

TVR500Morgan

1,183 posts

151 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Easily a 10 ! stunning photo.

Ryan9078

17 posts

141 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Ahhh a supercar parked on double yellows, a rare sight indeed

LuS1fer

41,086 posts

244 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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I usually give a passing harumph for these pics but that is a stunner and it's nice to see Lambo with a new poster-worthy car post-Countach - those that fel in between lacking that "something", visually, that made them wild.

PowerfullyBuilt

131 posts

177 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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<Attenborough>
And here, we see the Aventador, in its natural habitat...
</Attenborough>

Carl_Docklands

12,103 posts

261 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Ryan9078 said:
Ahhh a supercar parked in Central London, on double yellows, with a foreign numberplate, a rare sight indeed
Fixed that for you.

An awesome piece of photography marred by the owners disregard for the rest of us.

Don't know the circumstance of the park, I will happily retract if proven otherwise. We see too many Lambos parked up like this with middle eastern plates.

I hope he gets clamped, not a good advert for lambo owners.

Edited by Carl_Docklands on Friday 14th December 11:25

mr2j

516 posts

157 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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PowerfullyBuilt said:
<Attenborough>
And here, we see the Aventador, in its natural habitat...
</Attenborough>
lol

I dunno. I'm not a fan of over-processed supercar porn (although I don't object to it at all) so I hope next week involves some retro motorsport action dug out of a dusty archive somewhere.

Ryan9078

17 posts

141 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Carl_Docklands said:
Ryan9078 said:
Ahhh a supercar parked in Central London, on double yellows, with a foreign numberplate, a rare sight indeed
Fixed that for you.

An awesome piece of photography marred by the owners disregard for the rest of us.

Don't know the circumstance of the park, I will happily retract if proven otherwise. We see too many Lambos parked up like this with middle eastern plates.

I hope he gets clamped, not a good advert for lambo owners.

Edited by Carl_Docklands on Friday 14th December 11:25
cant dispute this is beautiful but im glad someone sees my point

munch997

2,325 posts

186 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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You also see a ste load of UK plated cars non exotica do the same, but nothing is said.
The person who took the photo said he was staying in the hotel over night.

There are often cars parked on the double yellows there, down to the hotel I assume.

Numeric

1,393 posts

150 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Ever since I discovered in top gear that these can fire blue flame from the exhaust I have been hopelessly smitten - this really is the thing that dreams are made of, and drags another generation towards our addiction!

Hellbound

2,500 posts

175 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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munch997 said:
You also see a ste load of UK plated cars non exotica do the same, but nothing is said.
The person who took the photo said he was staying in the hotel over night.

There are often cars parked on the double yellows there, down to the hotel I assume.
Yes but if they're Arab and wealthy they're the yummiest of targets for some people. There are cars outside on my street parked on double yellows, every single day. You'd bet any money that if one of those cars was a Lambo with UAE plates, my neighbors would go apesh*t!

An unfortunate trait of human nature really.

Veeayt

3,139 posts

204 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Pic for the weak. Give us some Le Mans/Mountain passes, not that faggotry!

callmedave

2,686 posts

144 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Lovely photo! but the wing mirror looks odd, is it folded up or something?

Vipers

32,799 posts

227 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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Ryan9078 said:
Ahhh a supercar parked on double yellows, a rare sight indeed
My immediate thought as well, "Book him Dano....."




smile

cybersimon

199 posts

168 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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callmedave said:
Lovely photo! but the wing mirror looks odd, is it folded up or something?
<Pedantry> Door mirrors. They are attached to the doors. </ Pedantry>

They are turned in like that so the driver can admire himself.

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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cybersimon said:
They are turned in like that so the driver can admire himself.
hehe

Dion20vt

252 posts

161 months

Friday 14th December 2012
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This was taken by myself 2 weeks ago, bloody awesome!