It is not often we see "insane," with all it indicates, throughout a press demonstration, particularly by a business hocking a unique merchandise, but there it was.

The entire automobile mad, just the acceleration wasn't being called by Lamborghini, but it might have been. To start, the SV (which stands for "Superveloce," or "superfast") packs the exact same melody because of its V12 as did the high-priced, only-three-were-sold-to-the-public Veneno. It is Lambo's strongest V12, also it leverages optimized variable valve timing, a fresh exhaust system, along with an increased redline (now 8500 rpm, up from 8350) to increase output to 740 hp at 8400 rpm. But while the dorsal-finned Veneno's calling card was its styling that was wild, the Superveloce is intended only to circuit a racetrack as fast as you possibly can. Which it can, having only lapped the Nurburgring in significantly less than seven minutes. Just a "silly" auto can perform that.

Helping issues is the promised weight loss of 110 pounds. That comes courtesy of rocker panels and composite back fenders, along with a manually adjustable carbon fiber wing and fixed C-column aero scoops on the regular Aventador and scoops in place of the actuated wing. There is also much less sound insulation and carpeting (leaving the hot carbon fiber construction mainly exposed), plus thinly cushioned fixed-back carbon fiber racing seats.

Lamborghini evaluation pilota Marco Passerini guided us around the track, and he was not timid as a driver (or a man), instantly creating a fast speed through Catalunya's 16 corners. Outside back--we did not feel the need to be bashful, either. Traction is and, yes, acceleration is completely ballistic.

We discovered ourselves charging right into a corner so quickly we felt confident we were toast, but standing on the huge carbon-ceramic brakes yanked the car down faithfully so we're able to hit on our turn- and carve upon the apex.

As if to demonstrate the point, we saw the back of the auto dance of Passerini about while the back of our car under complete brakes stayed put.

It took several corners, yet, to get used to the newest variable-ratio steering system. Between the correct- braking, the magnetic dampers that are proactive keeping matters level, as well as the incredibly fast steering in Corsa style, turn-in is immediate that our first laps contained making many minor midcorner corrections. We also toggled between Corsa and Sport modes, discovering Sport to be astonishing in its own right, but we enjoyed the latter more once we became acclimated to the steering system. Corsa offers hyperspeed shift times as well as a textured ride quality than do softer and the somewhat softer Sport - Strada modes.

In the pits, we left the automobile having a kind of gratitude and wonder for the world-- rawness and the violence of the encounter had us feeling like we had had multiple near-death experiences in the period of 10 minutes. Even after multiple sessions, our inner conversation stayed the same: First: "I am living." Second: "What an amazing car." Third: "My brain might burst, that was so unbelievable."

Lower mass means better functionality, as is true for the majority of sports cars. Lower mass also generally means more cash, as well as in Lamborghini terms, the fee is just $88,400 more than the non-SV version. Treatments that are bespoke will jack up the cost even more, and just 600 SVs is going to be constructed. According to a number of Lamborghini officials current--including CEO Stephan Winkelmann--a future Aventador SV roadster is "potential." Wink. Nod. Smile. Got it. Amount on a price point about about 100 pounds of weight, and $50K higher added back in. It could. Would it be mad? You are darn skippy.

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2016 Lamborghini Aventador LP750-4 SV