Understeer, when a car fails to make turns on a sharp angle, was the compromise that Lamborghini had to make for that distinctive design.īut Lamborghini is changing its ways. Its raw power was more suited toward a Fast and Furious drag race, where understeer wouldn’t have been a factor on the twisty roads of the French countryside. It made a strange throat-clearing noise when it turned. Measured against these other super cars, the Murcielago’s strong but twitchy performance gave the car a sense of fragility. That day, I also drove an Audi R8, a Ferrari 458, and a Porsche 911. My most poignant memory of driving a Lamborghini was circa 2010, the last year the Murcielago was in production, in Le Mans, France. The angular surfaces of the Countach feels like the sharp edges the early personal computer era. The Verge has noted the funky, futuristics designs created by designer Marcello Gandini made the car a work of coveted geometry. Besides being a symbol of excess, the Lamborghini brand has long been an influence on culture. This brand inspired a cult of automotive enthusiasts in the latter half of the last century. Lamborghini is among the more unforgettable. I’ve test driven about 950 vehicles since I began writing about cars, but opportunities to test certain models stand out.
Most people will never drive a Lamborghini, and seat time in one of these rare models earns you instant bragging rights. It’s a potent form of intoxication that gets the blood flowing. But what makes the Aventador S most beguiling to drive is the delirious sensation of pushing that accelerator pedal to the floor for a few brief seconds. It’s even equipped with Apple CarPlay and it has a racing video game aesthetic on its display when you punch the dial into Corsa driving mode, a variation of sister-brand Audi’s approach to screens. Building on the Aventador form, the S is a work of improved technical savvy that’s a byproduct of its parent company Volkswagen’s R&D arm and user experience team. This over-the-top effort to convince me of the Aventador S’s wicked ability was persuasive. That’s what I imagined, as the distinctive Italian-born brand spared no expense whisking us from Manhattan to the Poconos to show us how this car’s technical proficiency outshines the base model - on slick turns that open up into a delightful straightway on the family owned track, where NASCAR and Indy car races will take place later this summer. While some might opt to drive the car to the track, customers in the market for a new Lamborghini typically own at least half a dozen other ultra-luxury rides that they could use to drive (or be chauffeured) to their local heliport, as their handlers gas up their new ride and detail the wheels. Lamborghini will sell this spiked-up version of the six-year old Aventador for $422,000, as one co-worked pointed out, the cost of 84 24-karat gold NES video game systems, a system The Verge called the “most unnecessary, luxurious, awesomeness ever made.” Still, the Aventador S shares much in common with this gaming system, at least in spirit and in target audience. I was part of an effort to woo a small cadre of journalists on the attributes of the Aventador S, or at least to give us a glimpse into how some Lamborghini customers use their sports cars. The effect was as it was orchestrated to be - stunning and seductive. My heart jumped as the helicopter descended onto the Poconos Raceway in Pennsylvania.
The unmistakable sharp, angular forms cast in red, white, and blue sparkled in the sunshine. From up above, I spotted the trio of Lamborghinis parked in formation.
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