![]() As it transpired, Audi began making cars that were actually fun to drive, and Lamborghini’s standards of quality shot up without losing any of their character – a match made in heaven. It’s difficult to imagine why today, given what we’ve seen from the company since, but then Audi and Lamborghini were both quite different companies in 1998. ![]() There were worries that Audi ownership would have a negative effect at Lamborghini. All qualities that helped it top the Nurburgring lap times board until very recently, illustrating both its abilities, and the slightly unhinged nature of Marco Mapelli. It’s a proper Lamborghini then, and for all its faults and foibles, when you experience the Aventador SVJ in its element, it is wildly exciting, surprisingly capable and thunderously fast. Then there’s the fact you’re attempting to conduct the machinations of a wildly powerful 760bhp naturally-aspirated V12 through a largely unpleasant automated-manual gearshift from one of the automotive world’s least comfortable seats, while minor controls are scattered around the cabin in a way that makes the smaller Huracan feel as logical as a Golf. ![]() On the road, it feels impossibly wide, partly because it really is startlingly broad, but also because you sit so far back, so low down, and observe a sliver of the world through a glasshouse of such poor visibility that even Countach owners would shake their heads. Even if you’re relatively familiar with other supercars, the Aventador SVJ is an intimidating car to drive. ![]()
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