Inspired by Jet Fighter and follows from coupe’s formula car, Lamborghini created the most extreme car in the history of the brand. Based on the Murcielago Roadster, 2010 Lamborghini Reventon Roadster is absolutely the hottest italian supercar that appears to live up to all the hype. The Reventón Roadster builds on the lineage of open-top sports cars at Lamborghini, following in the tradition of watershed rides like the one-off Miura built without a fixed roof in 1968 and the 1995 Diablo Roadster.
The exterior uses an aggressive wedge-shaped design that channels the image of fighter jets, and eye-catching styling cues include large air intakes, prominent side skirts and bi-xenon headlamps with LED daytime running lights. The naturally-aspirated 6.5-liter V12 is visible through four glass windows. The scissor doors open upward, and the passengers are protected by two hidden pop-up bars behind the cockpit that can be released in a few hundredths of a second in the event of a crash. The wild custom body shell is made almost entirely of carbon fiber. It features a rear spoiler that deploys at 80 mph and extends further at 136 mph to create additional downforce. Overall weight is listed at 3725 pounds, just 55 pounds more than the hardtop. No surprise, then, that the claimed 0-to-62-mph time is an identical 3.4 seconds. Top speed, though, is a bit lower, at 205 mph versus the coupe’s 217 mph.
The Reventon coupe pioneered the use of matte-finish paint; the Roadster wears a different shade of matte-metallic gray. To help protect its wild bodywork, the Reventon (like other Lamborghinis) has a feature whereby the driver can raise the nose of the car by 1.6 inches, to help clear steep ramps and driveways. The custom cockpit again forsakes traditional gauges for driver-reconfigurable LCD screens, with g-forces among the information that can be displayed.
2010 Lamborghini Reventon Coupe engine is a 6.5-liter, quad-cam V-12 is mounted longitudinally, just ahead of the rear axle. Four glass windows in the long engine cover allow bystanders to ogle the V-12. Its output here is 661 hp at a suitably racy 8000 rpm, and 487 lb-ft of torque at 6000 rpm; the engine uses dry-sump lubrication. All Reventon Roadsters are fitted with Lamborghini’s six-speed E-gear paddleshifted automated manual transmission, as well as an all-wheel-drive system that sends a minimum of 65 percent of the torque to the rear wheels.
Source: AutoBlog
