New Lambo: "Aventador J" - Geneva Show Concept Car

So what are the odds that we get something like this; a design clue to the Gallardo replacement

 

 

 

I just don't get why people get so upset over these things. Lambo makes two cars. It's unrealistic that they would have something interesting in production trim every year. They get shit on for all the silly special edition fillers they make too, so I guess the alternative is to just keep trotting out the same production models over and over for the entirety of a 6-8 year product cycle.

Ok guys, its a Lamborghini Aventador J Concept Car

 

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Hmmm, somewhat cool but

One question comes to mind. Why?

 

My only answer has to be that they WILL release the A Roadster but in a somwhat speedster form. Wtf? No, really, wtf?!

Overdone and messy with too many black accents and shit wheels, looks more like a home brew 3D render than something I'd expect from Lambo, they can do better. That top view looks good though.

Just putting this out there as I'm on my phone so not getting a great picture, but the deck over the engine looks low enough that a retractable roof might work later.

simply stunning

simply stunning

Dig it in a SLR Roadster wear a full face helmet or bugs in your teeth kind of way.

 

However, seems as though this is revealed in reverse order, i.e., Standard A roadster produced for a year or two, and then Whammo, 20 bat sh*t crazy speedsters are produced. Also, hate the rear wing. Hated on the Jag XKR Le Mans car, hate it here. Looks like its being hung by bent coat hangers.

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The Q7/Q9 based SUV with the Aventador engine is much more exciting to me than this concept. That said something is better than nothing.

 

PS: Should be called the Unicorn given that rearview.

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when a production car is the basis of a concept car, you know you've got a sexy design to start with.

Maurizio enters Winkelmann's office...

 

"Shtephan Shtephan Shtephan, hate to bring this up but Geneva is close!

 

Winkelmann: Ahhh Maurizi! I wish you knew how much I regret that "new model every year" promise! So..any thoughts?

 

Maurizio: I mean we could just showcase the Aventadar with some new Ad Personam program?

Winkelmann: I promised a new model not a new color! Get Luigi in here!!!

 

Luigi enters office: Sir?

 

Winkelmann: Geneva, what are you thinking?

 

Luigi: I think the Super Trofeo Performante is a wise choice!

 

Winkelmann: But Luigi, the Super Trofeo Stradale was supposed to celebrate Italian race cars and race history... (Maurizio whispers to himself "as if we had any").

 

Winkelmann: A convertible race car?

 

Luigi scratches his head: Shoot your right!

 

Winkelmann: Alright give me a few minutes everybody.

 

Picks up the phone and calls SEAT, asks for Luc Donckerwolke...

More later...

Maurizio enters Winkelmann's office...

 

"Shtephan Shtephan Shtephan, hate to bring this up but Geneva is close!

 

Winkelmann: Ahhh Maurizi! I wish you knew how much I regret that "new model every year" promise! So..any thoughts?

 

Maurizio: I mean we could just showcase the Aventadar with some new Ad Personam program?

Winkelmann: I promised a new model not a new color! Get Luigi in here!!!

 

Luigi enters office: Sir?

 

Winkelmann: Geneva, what are you thinking?

 

Luigi: I think the Super Trofeo Performante is a wise choice!

 

Winkelmann: But Luigi, the Super Trofeo Stradale was supposed to celebrate Italian race cars and race history... (Maurizio whispers to himself "as if we had any").

 

Winkelmann: A convertible race car?

 

Luigi scratches his head: Shoot your right!

 

Winkelmann: Alright give me a few minutes everybody.

 

Picks up the phone and calls SEAT, asks for Luc Donckerwolke...

 

:lol2:

 

Oi, pisstaking of factory conversations with casual racial undertones is my job.

Why is Lambo making all their rear wings lately look like erector sets, with ugly, bulky structural beams and attachments overly visible?

 

It's not that hard to make a clean, smooth wing without it looking like scaffolding.

Throw the front and rear on a regular LP700 and the useless but cool tiny mirrors and hot damn... How bout a photoshop in VI???

Thanks for pictures, a007apl: outstanding job!

 

But it's funny to see pictures of an Imperiale's truck published by a Brasilian on an American site, as Imperiale is aside of my home...

 

ciao

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Lamborghini Aventador J: worldwide premiere at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show Radically open, extremely powerful!!!

 

At the 2012 Geneva

Motor Show, Automobili Lamborghini is presenting the most

uncompromising open super sports car of its entire history. The

Lamborghini Aventador J is a force of nature on wheels – supremely

powerful and supremely open. The Aventador J offers its pilot and co-pilot

an utterly indescribable experience of power and dynamics. At the same

time, the 515 kW / 700 hp two-seater is a first class technology showcase,

combining innovative solutions and brand new materials and

demonstrating Automobili Lamborghini’s enormous expertise in carbon

fiber technology.

The Lamborghini Aventador J is a radically open automobile – exterior and

interior meld into each other. The designers and engineers in Sant’####

Bolognese have not only dispensed entirely with the roof, but also with the

front windshield. This requires that drivers of the Aventador J must have

the right equipment for driving at top speeds higher than 300 Km/h.

This kind of driving at the limit is a highly exclusive experience – the

Lamborghini Aventador J is fully functional for road use. It is an absolute

one-off: a one-of-a-kind piece of art.

“With the Lamborghini Aventador J, we have molded our brand DNA into

its most definitive form to date. This automobile is as extreme and as

uncompromising as only a Lamborghini can be,” says Stephan

Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini. “The new

Lamborghini Aventador J is the most radical open supersports car of

Lamborghini’s history. Its name comes from our tradition and combines an

unconventional design with technology innovation. Nowadays we are

confronted with several regulations that we face in the spirit of challenge.

The Aventador J is the proof that, despite the rules, Lamborghini will

always make people dream, even in the future.”

 

Continuation of a glorious tradition

With the Aventador J, technically based on the Aventador, Automobili

Lamborghini is carrying on its glorious brand tradition. The 1970 Jota, for

instance, was the stuff of legends – a Lamborghini Miura with improved

performance and virtually redesigned in every detail. It remained a one-off;

although some owners subsequently had their Miuras modified to look like

the Jota.

The letter J is derived from the sporting rules of the FIA world motorsport

organization. Its “Appendix J” defines the technical specification of race

cars in the various classes.

The Aventador: Extremely open, overwhelming power

The Lamborghini Aventador J is a super sports car of positively dramatic

single-mindedness and openness. It combines the overwhelming

performance of the Lamborghini Aventador with the most intense

experience of power and dynamics imaginable in an automobile.

The technical basis for the Aventador J is the Aventador LP 700-4,

Lamborghini’s new twelve-cylinder model. Presented in 2011, the Aventador

has been acclaimed by customers and journalists alike. The Lamborghini

Aventador LP 700-4’s technology package is unique – its structure is based

on an innovative monocoque made from carbon fiber reinforced polymers

that combines systematic lightweight design with optimum stiffness and

safety. The new twelve-cylinder with a displacement of 6.5 liters and 515

kW / 700 hp combines the best in high-revving thrills with mighty pulling

power. Its super-fast ISR transmission, permanent all-wheel drive and pushrod

suspension combine this potent power with the utmost handling

precision.

Systematic lightweight design – considerable weight reduction

Naturally, the Aventador J benefits enormously from this unique

technology package. Yet the Aventador J has a significantly different

interpretation to the Aventador coupé. In this open version, the monocoque

has a largely new design, including the two safety bars behind the seats.

The absence of a roof, of the large windshield, of the air conditioning

system and of the navigation system obviously takes it to an even lower

weight. With a dry weight of 1575 kilograms, the series production

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Aventador LP 700-4 is already extremely light for its performance class

thanks to its carbon fiber construction.

Carbonskin, a brand new carbon fiber material

The unique expertise of Automobili Lamborghini in the field of carbon fiber

reinforced polymers is evident not only in the hi-tech monocoque, but also

in the research into further innovative solutions. Unlike traditional seats, in

the Aventador J seats are made of Forged COMPOSITE®, with inserts of

flexible carbon fiber fabrics: a result of an innovative Lamborghini patent.

The specialists at Lamborghini have developed an even more amazing

version of carbon fiber material for the Aventador J. In its first automotive

application, this carbon fiber fabric called “Carbonskin” is made of woven

carbon fibers soaked with a very special epoxy resin that stabilizes the fiber

structure and keeps the material soft. Like a hi-tech fabric, the carbon fiber

mats fit perfectly to every shape. In the Aventador J, the complete cockpit

and parts of the seats are clad in this material and shimmer in matt carbon

fiber black. It’s conceivable that in future there will be many potential

applications for this freshly patented and extremely fine-looking material,

even very high-end clothing.

The Design: uncompromisingly Lamborghini

An extreme Aventador obviously needs an equally single-minded design,

which goes without saying at the Centro Stile Lamborghini. Every single

model from Sant’#### Bolognese bears the unique design of the brand.

Clear, precise surfaces, as well as sharp, often broken lines are among the

unmistakable styling tools. They consistently emphasize the power and

enormous presence of these Italian super sports cars. Not one line is ever

accidental – the defining principle is always ‘form follows function’.

This function is very clearly defined for the Aventador J – explosive

dynamics, extreme driving fun, a unique experience. Every kilometer with

the Aventador J is extreme fun: something plainly evident from the very

first glance.

Rear view mirror like a periscope

Virtually every part of the outer chassis was redesigned for the Aventador

J, yet it shows the spirit of Lamborghini in its most concentrated form. The

car’s dimensions are extreme: the overall length is 4890 mm, the overall

width (excluding mirrors) is 2030 mm while the height is 1110 mm.

The highest points are marked by the rear view mirror, which is perched on

an arm like a periscope, and by the two safety bars behind the seats. In

place of the classic front windshield there are two small wind deflectors.

The occupants of the Aventador J are confronted by the element of the

wind in much the same way as a superbike rider – therefore the right

clothing is prerequisite for every trip.

Front scoop with winglets

The front of the Aventador J is somewhat narrower than that of the

Aventador. The front end is dominated by a highly distinctive carbon fiber

air scoop, with central fixing braces and upward tilting winglets on the

outer edges. Viewed from the side, the front end of the Aventador J looks

like a Formula 1 racing car.

Red with chrome effect, wheels with CFRP fan

The black of the carbon fiber parts is visibly evident throughout the car –

the significantly wider sill elements and the mighty rear diffuser form a

perfect contrast to the rich red body paintwork. The special red color was

developed specifically for this Aventador - a highly intensive red with a

slight chrome effect.

The wheels, of course, were also developed specifically for this car, with

20-inch rims at the front and 21-inch at the rear. The five-spoke aluminum

wheels have a central lock system and an additional carbon fiber insert that

functions like a small fan for optimum brake ventilation.

Naturally, the doors on the Aventador J also open upward. They are

considerably thinner than on the Aventador and are fitted with a tiny, fixed

side window. The muscular flanks around the rear wheels are hallmark

Lamborghini and make it immediately apparent where this particular bull

keeps his power.

Rear end purely for aerodynamics and ventilation

Because of its ample dimensions, the eye is drawn inexorably to the rear

end. It consists in principle of just three elements – the carbon-fiber rear

diffuser, the four huge tail pipes and the rear lights with their typical

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Lamborghini light signature in the form of a Y. The remaining surface area

is for heat dissipation and is enclosed only by a black metal mesh. The rear

end is crowned by an enormous fixed spoiler mounted on the bodyshell by

two arms. ‘Form follows function’ to the nth degree. The spoiler is

supported by two pillars connected by the diffuser: clearly inspired by

racing.

Special bumpers

In comparison with the Aventador LP 700-4, the exclusive Aventador J has

special front and rear bumpers. Both bumpers have been supplemented

with carbon fiber fins that act as flow deviators. Their purpose is to achieve

a significant increase in the vehicle’s downforce at both the front and the

rear.

The outside comes inside

The Aventador J’s exterior and interior forms flow seamlessly into each

other. This supersports car turns its inside outward and is as open as it can

possibly be. Conversely, the exterior ‘flows’ through the interior – a red

stripe runs from the front hood, between the two wind deflectors, over the

dashboard, down the console to the center tunnel and back up between the

seat backs, before leaving the interior and heading for the engine cover

panel.

Interior is minimalist and single-minded

This band of color connects the front and the rear of the car, creates a

visual separation between the driver and passenger space and is

interrupted only by a small control panel housing the starter button and the

switches for lights and transmission. The Aventador J is equipped neither

with a navigation nor car audio system, nor does it have the associated

screen or air conditioning controls – these would simply detract from its

one and only raison d’être as an extreme driving experience. What remains,

of course, are two programmable TFT displays behind the steering wheel.

The engine cover also brings the inside to the outside. To be more precise,

it is not so much a cover but more a framework.

This part has a new geometry (X shape) and is made of carbon fiber. Two

large openings lay bare both cylinder banks of the mighty V12 power unit

with its 6.5 liters of displacement – a truly stunning sight for every

automobile aficionado.

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A unique work of art licensed for the road

However, at the end of the Geneva Motor Show, this sight will be the

preserve of just one – the future owner of the Lamborghini Aventador J.

There is only one of them, no prototypes and no others for the Lamborghini

Museum. The buyer can look forward to a truly unique, street-legal work of

art. He will possess the most extreme expression of Lamborghini DNA in

existence and a real masterpiece of high technology. But the many other

fans of the super sports cars from Sant’ #### Bolognese can rest assured -

the Aventador success story has only just begun.