Tuesday 12th September 2017

Lamborghini Aventador S Roadster - Frankfurt 2017

740hp Lamborghini not dramatic enough? Here's the drop-top!

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If you can remember as far back as January - 2017 has been rather a busy year - you may recall that the Lamborghini Aventador S was highly praised on PH. More precise, more powerful and simply more enjoyable than the standard Aventador, it showed there was certainly still life in the big Lambo yet.

Wow.

Now there's a Roadster, the Aventador S dropping its top (or rather, disassembling and storing it in the front) ahead of being shown to the world at Frankfurt next week. Doesn't it look spectacular? Lamborghinis never want for drama, but the combination of a new colour - Blu Aegir - the white leather and those very fancy S wheels give this Roadster incredible presence. When you consider that the Aventador was first seen half a dozen years ago, that's no mean feat.

Unsurprisingly much of what made the Aventador S Coupe so good has been carried over to the Roadster. The 6.5-litre V12 makes 740hp at 8,400rpm, a rather wonderful set of numbers to bring together in 2017. Torque is identical to the coupe too (509lb ft at 5,500rpm), meaning the Aventador S Roadster is capable of 0-62mph in 3.0 seconds (a tenth behind the hardtop) and 217mph, which is 2mph slower. Shame. It weighs 50kg more than the Coupe, or 1,575kg dry.

Bring the noise!

"Combining the technologies and driving dynamics of the Aventador S with an emotive open air driving experience" is how Lamborghini describes this car, meaning that the Roadster features the four-wheel steering, uprated magnetic dampers, revised four-wheel drive and optimised ESC that has worked so effectively in the Coupe. There's more than 130 per cent more downforce over the standard Roadster. And, yes, the 'Ego' driving mode is definitely still there, Stefano Domenicali saying the car "sets new benchmarks in technology and performance on both road and track".

Want one? Course you do. The price is £251,462 as a suggested retail price with taxes excluded - call it £300K before you've had a look at the Ad Personam catalogue of paint and trim options. Now where's that 812 Barchetta?

 

[E65Ross]

Looks great, love the really low roof line, gives it a wonderful profile.

[cib24]

Those rims are pure sex.

[Yipper]

They make a beautiful noise with the roof down.

https://youtu.be/N8sNN8QZiU8

[Thankyou4calling]

I am nursing a semi.

[DonkeyApple]

That does look sharp. Nice to see a car at this level that doesn't have a back end that resembles a badly packed kebab that's just finished entertaining a rugby club.

With this, the Ford GT and this week's special edition Lotus all sporting a nice electric blue, is this the new 'in' colour?

[Amirhussain]

Simply stunning.

[ZX10R NIN]

Gorgeous

[Carl_Manchester]

It is art.

I would flog a kidney for one alas it would not be enough.

[Davie_GLA]

I seen one of these in the flesh in Glasgow last week. Sounded phenomenal.

[Durzel]

Pretty great value for money when you consider the OTR price of an optioned 488 Spider.

[700BHP]

Still the daddy.

Hypercar presence for supercar money.

Lamborghini's are the best sounding cars out there these days.

[David87]

Sorry, not for me. Just too flash.

[RamboLambo]

Too big and too heavy and still got a poor gearbox sadly, sounds good though.

Still take a Huracan Performante over an AVS as a drivers car

[blasos]

In the days of the Diablo SV and 550 Maranallo the Lambo had 575 bhp and the Ferrari 485 bhp. Now the Aventador has 740 bhp and the 812 Superfast 800 bhp. Its a similar story with the Gallardo/360 Modena and Huracan/488 GTB. Ferrari has totally turned the game around on Lambo.

[700BHP]

You need to check your facts.

[jason61c]

Lamborghini still seem to make cars with emotion and desirability, I'd take one over any of the Mclaren range.

[Wotzname]

Does car design get any more beautiful in the 21st ? - thinkus notus

Lottery win all time favourite numero uno Porsche Turbo S in black, unfortunately, now relegated to position numero dos

[Krikkit]

Pic of the week please, I'd exhume and sell my own granny for one.

[E65Ross]

Aes87 said:

300 grand? Similar price to the SLR McLaren only 10-12 years ago

When you consider inflation rates and the fact this is so much higher performing (and a drop top) it shows how far car tech for the money has come on!

[700BHP]

And I believe convertible SLR's are still more than £300k now.

Ridiculous.