Lamborghini Aventador History

Unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the Aventador LP 700-4 replaced the Murciélago with a carbon-fibre monocoque (a first for a production Lamborghini), a new 6.5-litre naturally aspirated V12 producing 700 hp, and an Independent Shifting Rod (ISR) single-clutch automated gearbox. It was an immediate critical and commercial success.

Over its 11-year production run the Aventador family expanded significantly: the LP 700-4 Roadster arrived in 2013; the higher-performance LP 750-4 SuperVeloce coupe and roadster in 2015; the Aventador S LP 740-4 mid-cycle refresh in 2016 added four-wheel steering; the SVJ LP770-4 — which set the Nürburgring production-car lap record of 6:44.97 when it debuted in 2018 — pushed output to 770 hp; and the limited Sián FKP 37 hybrid (2020) was the first Lamborghini with a supercapacitor hybrid system.

The line concluded with the Ultimae LP780-4 in 2021–2022, the final naturally aspirated Lamborghini V12 in production form. The very last Aventador Ultimae rolled off the line in July 2022, after 11,465 total Aventadors had been built. Its successor, the Revuelto, arrived in 2023 with a plug-in hybrid powertrain.