A one-off open top roadster from Lamborgini and just ONE.......
After two images were released two days ahead of the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Lamborghini has officially debuted the Aventador J, but not in concept form as previously suggested. The J is a fully functional sports car ready for road use. The bad news is that this will just be a one-off model that will ride off into the sunset with its new owner at the end of the Geneva Auto Show. "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."
The Lamborghini Aventador J is powered by the same 6.5-liter V12 engine found in the standard Aventador. This engine is capable of delivering a mind-boggling 700 HP. However, despite it being a lighter model, Lamborghini has decided to drop the top speed from 217 to 186 mph to keep those safety standards at a quality high.
Compared to a standard Aventador, the J’s front is somewhat narrower and is dominated by a highly distinctive carbon fiber air scoop, with central fixing braces and upward tilting winglets on the outer edges. At the rear, the vehicle gets a carbon-fiber rear diffuser, four huge tail pipes, rear lights with the typical Lamborghini light signature in the form of a Y, and an enormous fixed spoiler mounted on the bodyshell by two arms. There are also special, new front and rear bumpers that 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 Aventador J is painted in a very cool red developed specifically for this Aventador. That paint is combined with black carbon fiber parts and a new set of aluminum wheels - 20" at the front and 21" at the rears - with an additional carbon fiber insert that functions like a small fan for optimum brake ventilation. The doors also open upward and are considerably thinner than on the Aventador.
The Aventador J was designed in such a manner that the exterior and the interior give the impressive of being just one unit: 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. From there, it goes out again to the engine cover panel.
Lamborghini has dropped elements like the navigation system and the audio system so that the only elements remaining are a small control panel housing the starter button and the switches for lights and transmission. The seats and the cockpit are made from a carbon fiber fabric called "Carbonskin" - an element made of woven carbon fibers soaked with a very special epoxy resin that stabilizes the fiber structure and keeps the material soft. All of these features, or lack thereof, contribute to the speed of the Aventador J.
By
D Beuls
