Lamborghini Reventón Roadster - 2010

            Chassis no. ZHWBE91N9ALA03997
15 ex.

Estimated : CHF 1.650.000 - 2.000.000
Sold for CHF 1.955.000 - € 1.777.919

The Bonmont Sale
Collectors' Motor Cars - Bonhams
Golf & Country Club de Bonmont
Chéserex
Switzerland - Suisse - Schweiz
September 2019

Ultra exclusive – only 15 were built – the Reventón Roadster was unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. As its name suggests, the newcomer was based on the not-quite-so-exclusive Reventón Coupé (21 built) that had made its debut at Frankfurt in 2007. Although the Reventón's Coupé's exterior styling had, according to Lamborghini, been inspired by 'the fastest airplanes', beneath the skin the newcomer was mechanically almost identical to the Murciélago LP640. 

Successor to the Diablo and Lamborghini's flagship model, the Murciélago 'hypercar' had been introduced in 2001 for the 2002 model year, and like its forebears was named after a famous fighting bull. The Murciélago was Lamborghini's first new design for 11 years and also the Italian company's first since its acquisition by the Volkswagen Group's Audi division in 1998. 

The angular, Luc Donckerwolke-styled coupé was very low, boasting a roof height of just under 1.2 metres, and featured distinctive 'scissor' doors that swung upwards and forwards when opened. A combination of carbon fibre, steel, and aluminium was used for the chassis/body, while the suspension featured the supercar-standard double wishbones all round. The Murciélago's power unit was a longitudinally mounted 6.2-litre V12, an engine that could trace its ancestry back to the very first Lamborghini of 1964. As installed in the Murciélago, this formidable unit produced 572bhp, which was delivered to the ground via a six-speed manual gearbox and four-wheel drive, while an active rear wing and active air intakes, deployed automatically when required, helped keep the Murciélago stable it its circa 200mph top speed. 

Roadster and up-rated LP640 models followed, the latter powered by a 6.5-litre version of Lamborghini's long-running Giotto Bizzarrini-designed V12 and available with 'e-Gear' semi-automatic sequential transmission. Brakes that faded after repeated high-speed decelerations had been one of the original Murciélago's weaknesses, so the LP 640 could be ordered with carbon ceramic stoppers at extra cost.

There were various limited edition variations on the theme before the ultimate Murciélago – the LP 670-4 Super Veloce (SV) – made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 2009. As its nomenclature suggests, the LP 670 came with 670PS (661bhp) on tap, and it was this version of Lamborghini's long-running V12 that went into the Reventón Roadster. One of the latter's many noteworthy features was its deployable roll-over hoops, which quickly extend to protect the car's occupants in the event of an inversion. 

The four-wheel drive chassis remained unchanged so the Roadster came with Lamborghini's six-speed E-Gear transmission, Y-spoked alloy wheels, and carbon ceramic brakes as standard. As with the Coupé, the Roadster's rear spoiler deploys at around 130 km/h (80 mph), changing to a steeper angle at approximately 220 km/h (136 mph) for even more downforce. Lamborghini claimed a top speed of 330 km/h (205 mph) and a 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) time of 3.4 seconds for the Reventón Roadster. 

According to evo magazine: "But, as before, it's the interior that's arguably the star of the show with the cutting-edge, strike-fighter themes perhaps even more stunningly resolved than the exterior's. Instead of dials, the dash has aircraft-style multi-mode liquid crystal displays – two transreflective, one transmissive – set in a housing milled from solid aluminium billet shrouded in a carbonfibre casing. The driver can choose from three vehicle information settings and, at the press of a button, switch from a digital to a quasi-analogical display with classic circular instruments. There's even a G-force meter..."

Finished in grey with black interior, this ultra-rare piece of supercar exotica has covered only 2,400 kilometres from new and is presented in effectively 'as new' condition. The car was sold new in Switzerland via Lamborghini Porrentruy and has had only one owner. It will be offered for sale freshly serviced by Lamborghini Porrentruy, and comes with Swiss Carte Grise and all of its original books.
   

Taken on: September 28, 2019

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