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Frankfurt Motor Show: Lamborghini Reventon revealed!
The Volkswagen Group threw a major shindig in Frankfurt earlier tonight at which it showed off all the new wares its introducing to the public at the Frankfurt show beginning tomorrow. The car that has assuredly generated the most heavy breathing this evening is the holy-crap-that-thing's-effing-badass Lamborghini Reventon. Named for the bull that killed toreador Felix Guzman in 1943, the Reventon is basically the ultimate Murcielago in all respects, including price. The super-limited (only twenty cars are being built) supercar costs a cool $1,000,000, and all of them are already sold. Power from its V12 is up around 20 horses over the regular Murcielago LP640, so you get a little extra juice for the added dough.
The Reventon's carbon fiber bodywork is all-new and aeronautically inspired. That explains the pointed beak up front that's flanked by a pair of gaping intakes that swallow air in gulps to cool the brakes. Given the look of the car, you could probably tell people they're feeding a Pratt & Whitney mounded aft of the passenger compartment and they'd believe you as long as you kept a straight face. In fact, the expected handbuilt V12 resides in that spot, proudly displayed under angled & vented glass panels that look like reptile scales from above.
Up front, Lambo combines LEDs and Xenon headlamps to create a lighting effect essentially equal to turning on the sun, and in back, the highly-styled taillamps are illuminated by specially developed heatproof LEDs. The cars are coated in a new paint color called Grey Barra that's unique to Reventon, and the black wheels are accented with carbon-fiber inserts.
Climbing in through the scissor doors reveals a cockpit awash in every expensive material imaginable -- leather, carbon fiber, Alcantara, etc. -- and highlighted by a digital multifuntion display in lieu of analog instrumentation. A modern, road-shaped readout on the left displays speed and engine revs. To its right, the driver looks at an airplane-style g-meter. If the Reventon's pilot is more comfortable with instrumentation that doesn't look like it could be used to assault the Death Star, he can switch the display to a traditional mode that features round gauges. The virtual needle on that virtual speedometer moves from the number 0 to the number 62 in a scant 3.4 seconds and doesn't stop moving until it hits the number 211.
Is the Reventon excessive? Yes, in every way. And if we had a million bucks to lay down on a car, we'd be looking to snag one, too.
From: http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-motor-show-the-lamborghini-reventon-revealed/
See also: http://blogs.edmunds.com/Straightline/3347
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I reckon it looks great, but I just can't stand the front. Everything else looks great though.
Lamborghini are very stupid though I think to charge $US 1 million for this car. With this kind of price, you are looking at cars in the league of the Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari FXX and Maserati MC12. This Reventon is 3 times the price of a normal Murcie LP640, and only offers 20 more hp on top? This car should strictly be for collectors, because just purchasing a normal LP640 would be a much better move. But I guess since its only limited to 20 models (so they claim) which have already been sold out, then thats not really up for discussion. Personally I'd save a whole lot of money and get an LP640 Roadster
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...imo, i dun like the exterior and the dashboard
area and the panels...BUT, the seats are to die for sia 
