The CEO of Lamborghini announces the Aventador SV Roadster

The most powerful and scarce version of the Lamborghini Aventador will be turned into an equivalent convertible. The chairman and chief executive of the Italian manufacturer, Stephan Winkelmann, confirmed this decision in statements to the British magazine Top Gear, with whom he chatted this weekend at Goodwood. Its name will not be a headache, since it will simply add the term Roadster to the vehicle’s name.

According to Winkelmann, this Super Veloce will lose its roof and also one hundred units from the production of the coupé variant, of which six hundred examples sold out in three months. Although the brand’s dealers are already accepting orders to find homes for these five hundred Aventador LP750-4 SV Roadsters, Winkelmann did not say when it will be presented to the public.

The English publication suggests a conversion distinguished only by changes to the bodywork structure. Its aerodynamic add-ons, such as the carbon fibre deflectors and the rear spoiler, will remain in place, as will the 6.5-litre V12 engine producing 750 horsepower that powers the original Aventador SV. Lamborghini made the “conventional” Aventador Roadster achieve performance virtually identical to the coupé, and it is expected that the SV will repeat the feat.

The model will be the first available to the public to combine the SV and Roadster names, although it will be the second in Lamborghini’s history. The Diablo first used that combination when the Sant’Agata Bolognese company presented a prototype of an SV Roadster -at the time the SV occupied the lower slot in the Diablo range- at the 1998 Geneva Motor Show.

When the company was acquired by Audi in September of that year, the German executives decided to cancel the project. At least five preproduction Diablo SV Roadsters were assembled -two with retractable headlights and three with the 1999 model update. Two of them, like the blue one we saw at Salon Privé 2013, had right-hand drive.

Via | Top Gear Magazine