Lamborghini has unveiled its new Reventon supercar. Based on the Murcielago sports car, the Reventon is said to be inspired by the F-22 Raptor fighter jet.
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The super-limited (only 20 cars are being built) supercar costs a cool $1,000,000, and all of them are already sold. Power from its V12 is up around 20 horses over the regular Murcielago LP640. The Reventon delivers 650 horsepower and 487 pound feet of torque.
The Reventon's carbon fiber bodywork is all-new and aeronautically inspired.
Up front, Lamborghini combines LEDs and Xenon headlamps to create a lighting effect essentially equal to turning on the sun, and in back, the highly-styled taillamps are illuminated by specially developed heatproof LEDs. The cars are coated in a new paint color called Grey Barra that's unique to Reventon, and the black wheels are accented with carbon-fiber inserts.
Climbing in through the scissor doors reveals a cockpit with every expensive material imaginable - leather, carbon fiber, Alcantara, etc. - and highlighted by a digital multifuntion display in lieu of analog instrumentation.
A modern, road-shaped readout on the left displays speed and engine revs. To its right, the driver looks at an airplane-style g-meter.
The driver can switch the display to a traditional mode that features round gauges. The virtual needle on that virtual speedometer moves from the number 0 to the number 62 in only 3.4 seconds and doesn't stop moving until it hits the number 211.
