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Lamborghini Aventador Roadster: Italian model drops its top (pictures)

Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster: sexy Italian model drops its top

Antuan Goodwin
Antuan Goodwin gained his automotive knowledge the old fashioned way, by turning wrenches in a driveway and picking up speeding tickets. From drivetrain tech and electrification to car audio installs and cabin tech, if it's on wheels, Antuan is knowledgeable.
Antuan Goodwin
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Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster

Take the 700 horsepower Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4. Now remove the roof and you've got the latest model to be unveiled by the Italian automaker, the Aventador Roadster.
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Dropping the top

Because only a small portion of the "roof" of the vehicle covers the passenger compartment (and because the V12 engine sits where most vehicles would stow a retractable roof, Lamborghini has chosen to use a two-piece carbon fiber roof that must be removed by hand and stowed in the storage space beneath the Aventador's hood.
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Spinal column

Where the Aventador coupe displays its V12 engine beneath a large, louvered glass window, the Roadster adds a metal "spinal column" to add back the chassis rigidity lost by removing the roof. The engine is still viewable through a pair of hexagonal openings.
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700 horsepower

Engine output is the same as the fixed roof model's 700 horsepower and 507 pound-feet of torque and still flows to all four wheels via the 7-speed automatic transmission and 4WD system.
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Top speed

The Roadster only weighs 111 pounds more than the coupe and its top speed is still estimated at 217 mph.
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Scissor doors

The silly scissor doors that are a hallmark of the flagship Lamborghini model are also still intact, despite the lack of a roof.
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Finishing touches

Azzuro Thetis, new, metallic blue color, has been added to the Aventador's range of colors--although, I prefer the matte black that the coupe is often seen wearing. A new style of wheel also debuts on the Roadster.
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Rear end

A single central exhaust punctuates the Aventador's rear end.
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Profile

Long and low are the two words that spring to mind when viewing the Aventador Roadster in profile.
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Complexity

Despite having a simple roof mechanism, the Aventador manages to be extremely visually complex.
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Interior

The Aventador's interior has also been revised with a new interior color.

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