£3million Lamborghini that can travel from 0-60mph in under three seconds and is named 'Veneno' after a fighting bull
An exclusive new 220mph supercar named after a legendary and lethal fighting bull is to roar into life with a £3million price tag. But only three of the new Lamborghini Venenos - described as a 'street legal racing car' will be built and sold; and they already have buyers. The £9million trio have been built specially to celebrate the Italian supercar firm’s 50th anniversary and each will carry a different colour from Italy’s national flag – green, white and red.
The two-seater Veneno is powered by a
massive 6.5 litre 12 cylinder petrol engine developing 750 horse-power –
equivalent to seven Ford Fiestas – linked to a seven speed manual
gear-box with five different driving modes and permanent all-wheel
drive, which Lamborghini says delivers ‘a thrilling combination of
absolute high-revving frenzy and phenomenal pulling power’.
It is expected to accelerate from rest to 60mph in under 3 seconds.
Lamborghini
described the ‘extremely exclusive’ Veneno as ‘a racing prototype and
road-going super sports car’ based on the Lamborghini Aventador.
Lightweight but super-strong carbon
fibre materials form the single cell or monocoque chassis as well as the
outer skin of the ‘extreme sports car’ with an aluminium sub-frame and
‘scissor doors’ which open up and out.
A
spokesman for Lamborghini said: 'Fully in keeping with the tradition of
the brand, the name of the Veneno originates from a legendary fighting
bull.
'Veneno is the
name of one of the strongest and most aggressive fighting bulls ever. He
is also famous to be one of the fastest bulls in the history of
bullfight. His name became popular in 1914, when he gored do death José
Sánchez Rodríguez during the bullfight in the arena Sanlúcar de
Barrameda's.'
The aerodynamically sculpted supercar
has razor-sharp lines, an arrow-shaped front, a smooth underbody, four
sizable exhaust end pipes divided by a splitter, a large central fin and
an adjustable rear wing.
All exterior parts are made from carbon fibre which also dominates the interior with an exposed central tunnel and sills. Two
lightweight bucket seats are made from Lamborghini’s patented
composite. A specially woven carbon-fibre skin is used to clad the
entire cockpit, part of the seats and the headliner.
A
spokesman said: 'This unique material is soaked in a very special kind
of resin that stabilizes the fibre structure, while allowing the
material to remain supple. Like a hi-tech fabric, this extremely
fine-looking carbon-fibre matting fits perfectly to any form. And it
reduces weight.'
Source: dailymail
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