My favorite cars #7: Lamborghini Veneno

Built to celebrate Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary, they unveiled another submodel based on the Aventador, of which only 12 units will be built, 3 as a coupe and 9 as a roadster. Keeping on with the tradition, it is named after a bull, this time “Veneno”, which stands for poison in Spanish, this bull was made famous after wounding to death a torero in 1914, Andalucia, Spain.

The Body

The veneno brings the aerodynamic efficience of a racing prototype, minimal drag yet achieving the perfect cooling for the monstrous V12 and downforce. Its design also follows Sant’Agata Bolognese’s usual design, with the very low arrow shaped front, and a perfect interplay between razor shape lines and precise aerodynamics. As with almost every 1m + dollar car you have a flat underbody that ends in a diffuser with 4 exhaust pipes. The engine cover has six wedge shaped openings to, you guessed it, optimal heat dissipation. The rear wing, just like a LMP car, has that shark fin to improve braking and stability in the rear end, also, this wing is adjustable (because motorsport heritage). When it comes to rims, you have 20 inches in the front and 21 inch rims, both have center lock (racecar bro!). The body is made of CFPR and CarbonSkin, with the paint being one of the Italian flag colours for each car, the only grey one being in property of Lamborghini.

The Engine

The engine is Lambo’s typical 6.5L V12, but this time producing 750hp, being able to propel you from a standing still to 100kmph in only 2.8 seconds, with a top speed of 355kmph. All of this paired with a 7 speed ISR ‘box, with the reigning AWD in all the models still making its way to the Veneno. Weighing in at 1450kg, it is already 125kg lighter than the Aventador, you also have a pushrod suspension to improve the handling.

The Interior

The Veneno’s interior shows that Lambo’s gone a bit too far with the alcantara, but when you’re driving a 3 million pounds supercar, nothing really matters. In the center console, you have three flippers, to continue with the “jettyness” of the Aventador, that are colored with the Italian colors. Take a look at the gauge cluster, and you’ll see a bright yellow screen that seems to be focused more on what gear are you accelerating that anything else, you also get lots of carbon fibre, as I said with the Cinque (weight reduction broo!), and carbon paddle shifters behind the awesome steering wheel, that also has a red stripe so you know when you’re going straight (because racecar).

With this conclussion-less post, it’s time to finish it

_Agus out