You may think it's a £400,000 pantomime cow - but the final Aventador is potentially the best bull ever.
Determined. That was my mindset on not beginning this review with ‘The Lamborghini Aventador LP780-4 Ultimae is the last unassisted naturally aspirated V12 Lamborghini’ — and 'unassisted’ is a keyword, by the way; there will be electrically-assisted V12s in the future.
Now I’ve never been one of those people who subscribe to the notion that Lamborghinis are brilliant only if they are madcap monsters that try to kill you. There’s nothing ‘manly’ about a car that is undriveable, as Paddy McGuinness proved so brilliantly. He trotted out some such nonsense while driving that Diablo on Top Gear. Two seconds later he crashed it into a field.
Low down in the rev range there’s torque, but this is delivered in a nonchalant, “I do this stuff with my eyes closed” way. This isof its power delivery playbook, and it lulls the uninitiated into a false sense of normality.begins at around 4,000rpm. It’s when the engine becomes more interested; like it appreciates that you’re now taxing it a little.
There’s a PH video coming, which hopefully will bring all these sensations to life for you. We filmed it in the Brecon Beacons, and, travelling down the M4, en route to the location, the Ultimae reunited me with those age-old Aventador gripes. Knees bent double; head scraping the roof lining; top of the windscreen pretty much at eye level – so using the sun visor is like keeping the sun out of your eyes by tying on a blindfold.
Speaking of bulk, I thought the Ultimae’s sheer size was going to render it completely unsuitable for the narrow, twisting, Black Mountain roads. Surprise number two, then: it felt completely at home. Alright, you need some time to adjust to it and strike upon the best arrangement of its dynamic modes, but, once you’re there, it really does shrink around you. Honestly, it was no more daunting to drive than a Huracán.
Still, I wasn’t pottering in the sunshine. I was pushing to a degree, and, yes, you can feel the Ultimae jinking its wide, straight-cut hips out of corners, but never with a sense of impending doom. I’m quite sure Paddy McGuiness would find it all a bit dull. Despite its mighty power and speed, the Ultimae is, at heart, a fabulously balanced car on the road. A finessed hypercar and far from a monster.
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