RE: Lamborghini Aventador SVJ testing

RE: Lamborghini Aventador SVJ testing

Monday 9th April 2018

Lamborghini Aventador SVJ testing - update!

What's the new test mule like up close? Even better, of course...



UPDATE, 09/04/2018, 1700h:
Now we're talking! After last week's short story based on a solitary pic, we now have a full array of Aventador SVJ spy shots. It is, as you would hope, fantastically imposing, the Aventador emboldened with a pair of incredible exhausts, a jutting front splitter and quite absurd rear wing. See the rest of the pics below, and stay tuned for more very soon!


ORIGINAL STORY, AS REPORTED 05/04/2018:
If you know your Lamborghinis, you'll know that 'Jota' is a badge reserved only for the most special cars. For the Diablo it meant a 600hp animal, based on the rear-drive SE30 and commonly referred to as the wildest Diablo ever. The Miura Jota was that fabled one-off test mule devised by Bob Wallace. And for the Aventador we've already had the J (guess what that stood for) concept, that incredible speedster-style creation from 2012.

But now it looks like the 'J' badge could return to a Lamborghini V12 flagship, with spy shots of this camouflaged Aventador. Rumours are it's an SVJ - yes, just like that other mad Miura - and serve as truly crackers valedictory special for the flagship model in a fashion that only Lamborghini would attempt. 2018 marks seven years of the Aventador, after all, and the Murcielago only went for nine...


Back when that car bowed out, it was the SV that marked the end. But of course we already have an Aventador SV - rather good it was, too - and so the arriverderci Aventador needs to go one step further still, hence SVJ.

What can we expect? Will this car shows bronze wheels a la Performante, plus some distinctly unsubtle green calipers. The front bumper design looks more aggressive than either Aventador S or SV, and there's a strange shark fin style device at the back - could this car at some point be utilising the ALA active aero tech?


While we're playing the guessing game, it seems more than likely that another Aventador will have some additional power. It has to, doesn't it? Conveniently, a 100hp rise from a standard Aventador - as happened with the Diablo Jota - would take the SVJ to a Ferrari 812-equalling 800hp, and 50hp beyond an SV. Which should be enough.

What this prototype actually turns out to be nobody quite knows for yet, but suffice it to say we're pretty damn excited to find out more. Might this be the last purely V12 Lambo ever made?

 

 

 

 

[Sources: Magazin ProDriver CZ, via Autoevolution, images in orange camo from S.B. Baldauf]

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PhantomPH

Original Poster:

4,043 posts

224 months

Thursday 5th April 2018
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Get your orders in now, boys!

cypriot

475 posts

98 months

Thursday 5th April 2018
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Awesome! Make it RWD, truly scary to drive, and it will an instant hit!

Shiv_P

2,724 posts

104 months

Thursday 5th April 2018
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cypriot said:
Awesome! Make it RWD, truly scary to drive, and it will an instant hit!
Don't be silly, how will people drive it around the centre of london doing 0-30mph runs quickly then?

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Thursday 5th April 2018
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Sounds absolutely mental, love the Aventador in all forms.

Incidentally they seem very much depreciation-proof - even the earliest, leggiest examples don't want to drop much below £200k. For a 7-year-old, lairy, expensive supercar that seems good value.

Edited by Krikkit on Thursday 5th April 12:41

Slb89

75 posts

138 months

Thursday 5th April 2018
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Krikkit said:
Sounds absolutely mental, love the Aventador in all forms.

Incidentally they seem very much depreciation-proof - even the earliest, leggiest examples don't want to drop much below £200k. For a 7-year-old, lairy, expensive supercar that seems good value.

Edited by Krikkit on Thursday 5th April 12:41
maybe because... they are just so F**spin g cool still, i mean i could be alone on this one, but the shape still looks bonkers, to me any way, and although you see them a lot now, maybe every street in knightsbridge etc, when you hear them, and when that V12 rips past you, you can't help but feel/evoke emotion and enthusiasm for what essentially is a dying breed now. so if i had a million pounds to buy a supercar, this to me would still be one of the number one places to start.

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cypriot

475 posts

98 months

Thursday 5th April 2018
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Thinking about it, for a 7+ year old design, it hasn't aged one bit! Truly a great modern design...

easytiger123

2,591 posts

208 months

Thursday 5th April 2018
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The shark fin thing on the back is (supposedly) the middle prop of the new style rear wing that has obviously been removed for this particular test and picture. See here:



and also this rendering



Mental!

kars

175 posts

168 months

Thursday 5th April 2018
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cypriot said:
Awesome! Make it RWD, truly scary to drive, and it will an instant hit!
+ gated 6 speed manual, with no auto blip

gigglebug

2,611 posts

121 months

Thursday 5th April 2018
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And a cassette deck. Proper oldskool.

saxy

258 posts

123 months

Saturday 7th April 2018
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Meh. The car is too big and fat to be taken seriously enough for a performance machine. It’s little brother the performante with modest power has upshown it’s brother so badly. You just know that these big lambos are more about show than go. So there really doesn’t need that many performance upgrades. Add some carbon fiber and big wings and sell it for over a lot more They’ve been doing that a lot.

bluemason

1,070 posts

122 months

Saturday 7th April 2018
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PhantomPH said:
Get your orders in now, boys!
My order has been placed and I am will reving my aventador svj high whilst cruising down knightsbride.

hondansx

4,562 posts

224 months

Saturday 7th April 2018
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I have no issue with people driving them in London. They're crap and terrifying on track, far too big for B roads. So naturally, the best environment is hearing that incredible V12 bounce of high-rise buildings.

See you in Sloane!

unsprung

5,467 posts

123 months

Monday 9th April 2018
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Shiv_P said:
Don't be silly, how will people drive it around the centre of london doing 0-30mph runs quickly then?
laugh

PhantomPH

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4,043 posts

224 months

Monday 9th April 2018
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Now that’s a fine ass!

Given the similarity in styling, I could see this carrying the Peformante name alongside the Huracan.


Maldini35

2,913 posts

187 months

Monday 9th April 2018
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gigglebug said:
And a cassette deck. Proper oldskool.
laugh

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4TlyIZlF_Fw



RamboLambo

4,843 posts

169 months

Monday 9th April 2018
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Looks awesome but shame its still got the awful single clutch gearbox

kars

175 posts

168 months

Tuesday 10th April 2018
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RamboLambo said:
Looks awesome but shame its still got the awful single clutch gearbox
Rumors say SVJ will get gated 6 speed manual.

Vocht

1,630 posts

163 months

Tuesday 10th April 2018
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I want this car beyond belief. If the SV is anything to go by, this will be a truly insane experience every drive!

easytiger123

2,591 posts

208 months

Tuesday 10th April 2018
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kars said:
umors say SVJ will get gated 6 speed manual.
Not heard that. Be shocked if it's true. Delighted, but shocked.

Gameface

16,565 posts

76 months

Tuesday 10th April 2018
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Engineering a new gearbox for this limited edition makes no sense financially.

Can't see it happening.