Lamborghini is all set to make a splash at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, which opens its doors this week. Their headline act is this, the bonkers Lamborghini Veneno. It’s based on an Aventador chassis, has a 6.5 litre V12 engine which churns out 740 horsepower, it can catapult itself to 62 mph (100 km/h) in under 3 seconds, and can hit a 220 mph top speed.
But perhaps the most astonishing thing about the Veneno is its price, $4.6 million (£3.1). But as ususual Lamborghini hasn’t had a problem shifting the cars. Only three will be made, and already all of them are spoken for. Interestingly the three cars come with three different highlighting colors, one red, one white and one green – the colors of the Italian flag.
The Veneno was built to commemorate Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary. It’s covered from top to bottom in carbon fiber bodywork which looks like it was inspired by a surgeon’s scalpel. The numerous intakes and spoilers, including that massive rear wing, are all designed to provide as much downforce as possible to make the car a bit of a track weapon. It is road legal though.
But that price. Wow. For the same money you could literally have 10 Lamborghini Aventadors! Is a spikey new body and 40 extra horsepower really worth that much more? In a word… No.
And just in case you were wondering, Veneno means Venom in Spanish.
Source: Lamborghini
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