Lamborghini Aventador

Launched in 2011, the Aventador brought a 6.5-liter V12 that had been evolving since the Diablo in the 1990s, now delivering far more power, and a carbon-fiber monocoque chassis, the first ever built in-house by Lamborghini (carbon-fiber work had previously been outsourced). The launch version, the LP 700-4, made 700 hp and had all-wheel drive.

Over a decade of production, the Aventador gained increasingly extreme variants: the SV (2015) brought more power and less weight; the SVJ (2018) set a production-car lap record at the Nürburgring at the time; Roadster versions followed nearly the entire lineup, removing the roof without giving up the monocoque's rigid structure.

The Aventador was the last production Lamborghini to use a purely naturally aspirated V12, with no electric assistance or turbocharging. Its successor, the Revuelto (2023), moved to a hybrid V12, closing the era of large naturally aspirated V12s at the brand.

• "Aventador" is the name of a Spanish fighting bull from 1993, famous for its bravery in the arena, continuing Lamborghini's tradition of naming cars after bulls.
• The Aventador's carbon-fiber monocoque chassis was the first built in-house by Lamborghini, without outsourcing the carbon-fiber work.
• The SVJ (2018) once held the production-car lap record at the Nürburgring.
• The Aventador was the last Lamborghini V12 with no electrification at all; its successor, the Revuelto, is already a hybrid.