Lamborghini Car

Here in Frankfurt, Lamborghini debuted a supercar which would be the most powerful and expensive car in the world. With its exotic view at the level that is incredible it really looks mean, it`s like "the Darth Vadder of cars!", says one of the eyewitnesses of the show.

Lamborghini Reventon is based on the Murcielago LP640, and it'll cost one million euro. The official press states that only 20 are set to be constructed, and all have been already betrothed to group of high performance car fans, who had rapidly transfered more than $300,000 each as a deposit.

Initial reports suggest that the 6.5 litre V12 may receive a power boost of approximately 15 kilowatts = 10 horsepower, bringing the new ouput close to 490 kW = 650 horsepower. In spite of this, and the car's carbon fibre components, the Reventon accelerates to 100 km/h (62 mph) in the same time as the Murcielago LP640 (3.4 seconds).

The instrument panel in the Reventon comprises three TFT liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with two different display modes. The instruments are housed in a structure milled from a solid aluminum block, protected by a carbon fiber casing. The G-Force-Meter is completely new and it is one of the talking points of the Reventon. It displays the dynamic drive forces, longitudinal acceleration during acceleration and braking, as well as transversal acceleration around bends. These forces are represented by the movement of an indicator on a graduated 3D grid depending on the direction and intensity of the acceleration. Formula One teams also use a similar device to analyze dynamic forces.

By simply pressing a button, the driver can switch to the second, quasi-analogical display, where there are the usual circular instruments; speedometer and tachometer. The G-Force-Meter still remains at the center of this display mode. Lamborghini has also picked up some of parent company Audi's design language. For the first time, Lamborghini incorporated daylight running lights with the headlamps of the Reventon. Seven Light Emitting Diodes at each headlamps flank the Bi-Xenon main beam and they stay lit whenever the car is in movement. Due to the high temperatures in the rear lower part of the car, special heatproof LEDs are used for the indicator and hazard lights, stoplights and rear lights with a triple arrow optical effect.

The rumors of a new super Lambo are true, but the most remarkable aspect of the new Lamborghini Reventon isn't its horsepower or torque, it's the price - 1 million euros even. That's more than a 300 percent premium over the Murcielago upon which the Reventon is based. "It's the most powerful and expensive Lamborghini ever built", said Stephan Winkelmann, CEO of Lamborghini SpA at the reveal here in Frankfurt.

Forking over an extra $700,000 gets you about 20 extra horsepower, loads of carbon-fiber trim and some questionable bodywork. So yeah, it's not much of a deal, but with only 20 slated for construction in 2008, the exclusivity of the Reventon is the real draw.