2012 Lamborghini Aventador Unleashed on the Nardo Ring! - Ignition Episode 1 - video Dailymotion

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00:00 This week on Ignition, we go to Italy to find out what you can do with a Lamborghini in

00:06 24 hours.

00:23 We're at the Nardo Ring, which is one of the fastest test circuits in the world.

00:27 And we happen to have an Aventador, which is the fastest and most powerful Lamborghini

00:30 ever produced.

00:31 We only have 24 hours to drive it.

00:33 I wonder where we should start.

00:35 That is fantastic.

00:38 Let's start with acceleration.

00:46 So here's how you do an acceleration run in a Lamborghini Aventador.

00:49 You select course on the dash here, toggle stability control so it's off, left foot on

00:54 the brake, right foot slams the gas, and you let go of the brake.

00:58 Those shifts are fantastic.

01:02 60, 2.8 seconds.

01:04 They just knock you in the back.

01:07 The quarter mile, 10.6 seconds at 133 miles an hour.

01:14 It'll keep pulling all the way to 217, but unfortunately, Lamborghini won't allow us

01:19 to do that here at Nardo.

01:21 All right, now we're cruising at 60 miles an hour.

01:24 We're going to find out how well this thing stops.

01:30 Quite well.

01:31 100 feet from 60 is our best stop.

01:35 So with acceleration and braking done, let's find out how well this thing handles.

01:38 We're on a 150 meter skid pad and doing about 120 kilometers an hour.

01:45 And oh, wow, this thing is so controllable.

01:48 I never thought I'd drive a V12 mid-engine Lamborghini and be able to countersteer it

01:53 around a skid pad.

01:54 This is fun.

01:55 You can control the angle of the car through the steering or the throttle.

02:01 It just does whatever you want it to.

02:08 So we got the test data, but that clock is still ticking.

02:10 We have the entire southern peninsula of Italy to explore.

02:13 Let's cause some mayhem.

02:19 Lamborghinis aren't just cars.

02:21 They're experiences.

02:22 Even getting into one is pure theater.

02:25 Starting one, it's like firing an intercontinental ballistic missile.

02:30 And driving one, life changing.

02:40 The Aventador is a car of extremes.

02:43 It has 3.5 feet width worth of rubber and 691 horsepower to drive them through.

02:49 The resulting acceleration is staggering.

02:51 This car is as fast as 60 miles an hour as a Bugatti Veyron.

02:56 The crazy thing is Lamborghini didn't even do that on purpose.

03:01 Acceleration wasn't even their main priority.

03:03 Instead, accessibility was.

03:04 They tried to make this the most accessible V12 mid-engine Lamborghini ever.

03:08 I think they've accomplished that.

03:10 They've also adapted new technologies.

03:12 The passenger tub, the roof, carbon fiber.

03:15 Way more lightweight than the outgoing Murcielago.

03:19 And on the inside, in the interior, you get pieces from Volkswagen Audi.

03:22 The infotainment system is actually based on Audi's MMI software.

03:26 Now some people will complain about that.

03:28 I won't because I know it'll work every time.

03:31 For as advanced as the Aventador seems, there's still some old-school technology.

03:35 The seven-speed automatic isn't a dual-clutch.

03:37 It's an automated manual.

03:39 And though it's lighter than a dual-clutch, it's a little bit clunky at low speeds and

03:42 around town.

03:43 Of course, it smooths way out at high speeds.

03:48 Suspension is relatively simple, too.

03:49 It's just Olin shocks at all four corners, actuated by pushrods.

03:53 They're completely non-adjustable.

03:55 But fortunately, Lamborghini has chosen a pretty good setting.

03:58 But enough about the details.

04:00 How is the Aventador to drive on a curvy Italian road?

04:03 Wonderful.

04:04 The steering is precise.

04:06 Tells you exactly what you need to know about the road.

04:09 There's just an immense amount of grip through these super wide tires.

04:12 And the best bit is that 691 horsepower V12 behind your back.

04:16 At any moment, it's just full speed ahead.

04:19 I love that.

04:22 When I was a little kid, I had a poster of the Countach on my wall.

04:38 It was a magnificent thing.

04:39 A concoction of extravagance, stupidity, and power.

04:43 It was an aspiration, a concept.

04:46 Something that existed only at the end of a rainbow.

04:48 The Aventador is that car realized.

04:50 It makes me carry the same lust.

04:52 When I'm driving it, I want to get out and look at it.

04:54 And when I'm looking at it, I want to get back in and drive it more.

04:58 This is the car that deserves to be on your kid's wall.

05:00 This is the car that should be on all of our walls.

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05:31 (bells chiming)

2012 Lamborghini Aventador Unleashed on the Nardo Ring! - Ignition Episode 1

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