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The low-speed ride is also particularly
unyielding, meaning commuting in
an Aventador isn’t likely to be the
most pleasant experience, especially
with such weighty steering (no doubt
any Countach or Diablo owners just
scoffed incredulously), not to mention
its more than two-metre width. What is
surprising, though, is what a great GT
car the Lambo becomes once speeds rise

• the steering lightens, the ride improves
  and the whole car seems to relax.
  At 110km/h it feels like it’s barely
  interested, which, of course, it isn’t. It’s
  built to dispatch massive distances at
  two or three times that speed, though
  exercise the performance and the

90-litre fuel tank drains with alarming

haste. When the corners arrive there is

astounding grip and total traction from

the all-wheel drive system, though aware

that customers’ driving skills might

not be commensurate with their bank

balances, it’s heavily restrained by the

ESP system, stuttering out of corners

like its shoelaces are tied together.

It’s takes a deep breath to disable

the ESP system in something this big,

fast and expensive, but do so and it’s

a car transformed. With no electronic

shackles, it picks up cleanly out of

corners with such ferocious pace it

leaves you breathless. The Aventador is

not a car you would ever provoke out of

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shape on the public road, but even at a

slightly reduced pace, you’re still going

faster than pretty much anything else

around anyway.

If ever there was a car where how it

drives is completely beside the point,

then the Aventador is it. It looks a

million bucks, which makes its $761,500

sticker price (before options) a relative

bargain. Nothing attracts attention like

a V12 Lamborghini; it is the ultimate

rock star car. With Lambo boss Stephen

Winkelmann’s noted distaste of hybrids,

let alone turbos, it’s the good folk from

Sant’Agata who are most likely to keep

the naturally-aspirated flag flying in

years to come. – SN

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