will the aventador trounce all......
will the aventador trounce all......
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70proof

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6,158 posts

186 months

Friday 29th July 2011
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well, tomorrow on top gear the stig will take the aventador around the track....
many a post will no doubt arise following the show.....
so i thought i'd start a poll pre-show.....
the mp4/12c time was impressive, but the aventador is a hypercar...

who thinks the aventador will beat the bugatti SS and mp4/12c time.....

i don;t think it will, but i bloody well hope it does....
don;t think the aventador will be running trick tires thats why...

Mini1275

11,098 posts

213 months

Friday 29th July 2011
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I'd be surprised if it beat the MP4-12C.

GT3ZZZ

1,007 posts

201 months

Friday 29th July 2011
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Lambo have been e-mailing customers with a reminder to watch this so must be good:


Aventador LP700-4 on Top Gear, Sunday 31st July – 8pm BBC2

Some say... the latest breed of V12 Lamborghini has been waiting impatiently for this challenge to arrive....

Yes, we all know of the Aventador’s unrivalled 0-60mph performance in the super car arena.

But how will it perform at Gambon corner, and Hammerhead?

Don’t miss the Aventador LP700-4 on Top Gear this Sunday at 8pm




Sophie Atkins
H.R. Owen Lamborghini

www.hrowen.co.uk

DayTrader

776 posts

198 months

Friday 29th July 2011
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If it's faster than the GTR I would be very surprised...

Grant76

1,381 posts

236 months

Friday 29th July 2011
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Heard about the above mentioned Lamborghini email from a friend & would be very surprised if it doesn't do well given their confidence..

Having said that I wouldn't of thought a small & relatively twisty track would be it's natural ground.

More than happy to be proven wrong!

Tuscan Rat

3,276 posts

254 months

Friday 29th July 2011
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I got that E-mail with pics, looking forward to it !!!

andrew

10,365 posts

223 months

Friday 29th July 2011
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lambo birmingham sent out a similar email
not as amusing, but it was a day earlier biggrin

70proof

Original Poster:

6,158 posts

186 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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wow, 3rd fastest, better than the bugatti ss!!!

lacking in flamboyance.... man, you just can't win can you!

BelfastBoy

779 posts

191 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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Seriously, journalists (and I use the term loosely when considering Hammond and May) have different thought processes to people who actually buy or aspire to own cars. When spending your own money on a car, as opposed to just driving press demo models, do you really want something that may kill you?! No, you want (or at least I do) a car that is usable and straightforward to drive, that will make you feel great knowing what's attached to your steering wheel. In other words, you want a stunning Lambo Aventador that drives as good as it looks and sounds. Also, note to Hammond - the vast majority of non-enthusiasts in the UK will think you're a prick just because you're driving a Lambo, and it doesn't matter if it's a hairy-handling Diablo or an Aventador that will eclipse it in every single way.

Deeply impressive time on the TG track, and it looked utterly planted and secure through all the corners. (Is it just me, or is the new Stig also probably a much better driver than Ben Collins?)

iandc

3,893 posts

237 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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Mighty impressive. I loved the only fault being it wont kill you!!!

Adz man

344 posts

190 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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Wow what a car. A new benchmark reached which will be hard to beat.

With a sub 3 second 0-60 that wipes the floor with it's competitors and as a Ferrari man that was hard for me to say.

Helicopter123

8,831 posts

187 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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Looks like hell on earth but is it just a very very very fast Audi at heart?

I think that's what James and Hamster were getting at?

AndrewIC

644 posts

199 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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The acceleration and gear change in Corsa looked brutal. I thought they could have done a longer piece though like they did with the LP-640.

TP321

1,522 posts

229 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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will the avenador trounce all....?

No the MP4-12C is faster round the TG track!

What a great day this is turning out to be for McLaren

LamboBrum

400 posts

212 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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TP321 said:
will the avenador trounce all....?

No the MP4-12C is faster round the TG track!

What a great day this is turning out to be for McLaren
Still looks poo.

TP321

1,522 posts

229 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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LamboBrum said:
Still looks poo.
Ha Ha Ha - egg on your face!!

Really not impressed with this lambo - just looks like a bigger LP560 to me, with nothing new on the styling front.

munch997

2,325 posts

218 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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Adz man said:
Wow what a car. A new benchmark reached which will be hard to beat.

With a sub 3 second 0-60 that wipes the floor with it's competitors and as a Ferrari man that was hard for me to say.
Trading the 430 in for one? In yellow... It can still be all about the Citrus biggrin

munch997

2,325 posts

218 months

Sunday 31st July 2011
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LamboBrum said:
TP321 said:
will the avenador trounce all....?

No the MP4-12C is faster round the TG track!

What a great day this is turning out to be for McLaren
Still looks poo.
Macca is smaller - Lighter - partly developed there as I understand, so no suprise really.
The aventador did look very stable on every corner, all the haze from exhaust and engine on upshifts. I like it again now.

Pesty

42,655 posts

287 months

Monday 1st August 2011
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BelfastBoy said:
Seriously, journalists (and I use the term loosely when considering Hammond and May) have different thought processes to people who actually buy or aspire to own cars. When spending your own money on a car, as opposed to just driving press demo models, do you really want something that may kill you?! No, you want (or at least I do) a car that is usable and straightforward to drive, that will make you feel great knowing what's attached to your steering wheel. In other words, you want a stunning Lambo Aventador that drives as good as it looks and sounds. Also, note to Hammond - the vast majority of non-enthusiasts in the UK will think you're a prick just because you're driving a Lambo, and it doesn't matter if it's a hairy-handling Diablo or an Aventador that will eclipse it in every single way.

Deeply impressive time on the TG track, and it looked utterly planted and secure through all the corners. (Is it just me, or is the new Stig also probably a much better driver than Ben Collins?)
Exactly. The thrill of this car for me would be the way it corners so composed. Imagine the forces you are feeling as it just goes around like its on rails.

I don't want a car that wags its tail around at the slightest misstake on the throttle. I want a car I can be confident in giving it stick. ( also I want to overtake without worrying about hedges and trees)

Sesto

236 posts

185 months

Monday 1st August 2011
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Helicopter123 said:
Looks like hell on earth but is it just a very very very fast Audi at heart?

I think that's what James and Hamster were getting at?
It's a very very very fast Lamborghini at heart , with German build quality granted . Lamborghini designed V12 engine though with a space age carbon fiber chassis designed by Lamborghini , and the styling thank God is back to Lamborghini style mentalist looks . It drives less mental than the looks unlike Lambo's of old . Priority NOW ! is the handling as Hammond says . Hence the quote " it won't kill you " . Am I sad , no . Am I in awe and insanely jealous . fk yeah !

It smoked the Bugatti Veyron SS on the test track , it's killed it dead for looks , it'll be a bigger crowd puller than the dumpy Veyron SS . It looks as if it handles better . It's a hell of a lot cheaper . Lamborghini has delivered .bow The only place a Veyron SS will come first is on a boring piece of Autobahn .