bellow, though it’s not hard to hear why
so many owners fit straight-through
exhausts, as this engine deserves bigger
lungs. Corners arrive at a fearsome
rate, requiring every bit of muscle the
enormous composite brakes can muster
to pull the car up in time, at which point
the rear end starts to wander as all that
engine mounted behind your head makes
its presence felt.
With a modern dual-clutch ’box the
Aventador would be unstoppable, but
sadly the single-clutch ISR robotised
manual is heavily compromised.
While lighter and more compact, for
shift quality and smoothness it feels
a generation behind. In flat-out Corsa
mode the shifts are wincingly brutal –
Lamborghini calls this engineered-in
thump ‘emotional’, which must be a
synonym for painful in Italian. Cruising
about in Auto works okay, but every now
and then will it gets confused sending a
massive shock through the car.If you’re planning on
buying an Aventador,
make sure you’re a
people person – the
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