Lamborghini Reventón Roadster: First Look

Jay Williams - 16/September/2009

Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy –  Lamborghini has just released official details of it's sinister open-top two-seater Reventón Roadster.

This moving sculpture follows a long history of open-top supercars, which spans over 40 years. Starting in 1968, Lamborghini built a Miura without a fixed roof as a one-off and have since continued to build on its success.

Built mainly from carbon fibre and high-strength steel the Reventón Roadsters design evokes thoughts of a Stealth Jet bomber, with its sharp angular nose, intimidating air intakes, large side skirts and upwards opening transformer doors.

The Reventón Roadster makes use of bi-xenon technology, while LEDs are used for daytime running lights, indicators and the rear lights.

The exterior paintwork is finished in a special matt colour, called Reventón Grey (which only added to the Stealth Jet styling), while the wheels of the Reventón Roadster also incorporate the use of matt and glossy elements.

According to Lamborghini, the Reventón Roadsters “bodyshell” is extremely ridged, so converting it into Roadster form requires only minor reinforcement, keeping weight to just 1690kg, compared to the  1665kg of the coupe, which is only 25kg more.

Measuring in at 4.7m long, 2.1m wide, 1.1m high and the wheelbase is 2.7m the Reventón Roadster sure looks menacing.

Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini said, "The Reventón is the most extreme car in the history of the brand."

"The new Roadster adds an extra emotional component to our combined technological expertise – it unites superior performance with the sensual fascination of open-top driving.” added Mr.Winkelmann.

The Reventón Roadster makes use of Lamborghini's 6.5-litre 48-valve naturally aspirated V12, which produces 493kW (670hp) at 8,000rpm and a maximum torque figure of 660Nm (487 lb-ft) at 6,000rpm.
Lamborghini claim the the Roadster can accelerate from 0-100km/h in 3.4 seconds before hitting a top speed of 330km/h (205mph). Power is fed to all four wheels thanks to the Viscous Traction permanent all-wheel drive system.

The interior features two transreflective and one transmissive LCDs (which can be switched  from analogue to digital view at any time), carbon fibre dashboard, aluminium instruments and Alcantara and leather seats.

Only 20 Lamborghini Reventón Roadsters will be built at the company's Sant'Agata Bolognese plant in Bologna and will be priced at €1.1 million (AUD $2,300,000), which is the price you pay for such an exclusive vehicle.

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