New Lamborghini sets bar high

The new Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, to be unveiled later this summer, has taken the lap record for production cars at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, in a lap time of 6:44.97 minutes.

The camouflaged Aventador SVJ, with Lamborghini driver Marco Mapelli at the helm, took on the lap-time test at the 20.6 km track. 

The challenge was managed by Lamborghini’s Research and Development team, with extensive tyre support from Pirelli technicians and driver. 
  
“This is another demonstration of the exceptional skills and teamwork by the dedicated personnel within Automobili Lamborghini: from the R&D team, as well as from our test drivers and, of course, partners such as Pirelli,” said chief technical officer, Maurizio Reggiani.
 
The Aventador SVJ is created to feature higher power output, with lightweight materials contributing to the best weight-to-power ratio of only 1.98 kg/hp. 

The set-up of the Aventador SVJ has been entirely re-engineered to enhance its four-wheel drive system, rear-wheel steering and ESC. 

Significantly stiffer than the Aventador LP 750-4 SV, the steering has been retuned in the SVJ. 

In 2015 the Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV delivered a sub-seven minute lap time, and in 2016 the Huracán Performante took the Nürburgring Nordschleife production car record, with a lap time of 6:52.01, which it held until September 2017.