Lamborghini is bullish about new flagship

OF ALL THE MODELS MAKING THEIR WORLD DEBUT at the 2011 Geneva Motor show, Lamborghini's Aventador LP 700-4 could claim top honors for new technology.

Not only does it have a newly developed carbon-fiber monocoque, but also there is a new V12 engine producing 515 kW (691 hp) at 8250 rpm, a pushrod suspension, and a freshly developed ISR (independent shifting rod) transmission from Oerlikon Graziano that can swap ratios in 50 ms.

“The Aventador is a jump of two generations in terms of design and technology; it is an entirely new project, extreme in its design and performance,” said Lamborghini President and CEO, Stephan Winkelmann.