The Lamborghini Revent�n is a mid-engine sports car that debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. It is the most expensive Lamborghini road car to date, costing one million euros (US$1.5 million, or �840,000).[1] Its top recorded speed was recorded in Dubai, UAE at 356 kilometres per hour (221.2 mph). The official press release stated that only 20 vehicles would be sold to the public, with one additional car (marked as 0/20) produced for the Lamborghini Museum. Although early rumors indicated the total number would actually be 100, each Revent�n is clearly stamped with its number in the sequence of 20 between the driver's and passenger's seats.
Despite the exterior being new, almost all the mechanical elements (including the engine) are sourced directly from the Murci�lago LP640. According to the official press release, the Revent�n exterior styling was inspired by "the fastest airplanes". To emphasize this, Lamborghini staged a race between a Revent�n and a Panavia Tornado fighter plane on a 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long runway. The Revent�n was in the lead for most of the race, but the Tornado caught up "in the last few feet" of the race.
The Revent�n is named for a fighting bull, in line with Lamborghini tradition. The bull, raised by the Don Heriberto Rodr�guez family, was best known for killing famed Mexican bullfighter F�lix Guzm�n in 1943. Revent�n means "explosion" or "burst" in Spanish, when used as a noun. In the vernacular, it is also used to define a very large party or a night in town. In automotive terms, it means "blowout, flat tire" when used as a noun. When it was used as the name of a bull, however, it was intended to be interpreted as an adjective, a quality or property of that bull in particular. In this last sense, Revent�n means "he who seems to be about to burst".
The Revent�n features an all-new carbon fiber exterior. All Revent�ns have the same exterior color, described as "mid opaque grey without the usual shine." Lamborghini has also picked up some of parent company Audi's design language. It is the first Lamborghini to incorporate daylight running lights into the headlamps. Seven light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at each headlamp flank the bi-Xenon main beam and stay lit whenever the car is in movement. Due to the high temperatures in the rear lower part of the car, special heatproof LEDs are used for the indicator and hazard lights, stoplights and rear lights with a triple arrow optical effect.
The first car went to Lamborghini of Las Vegas, and was allegedly sold to someone in Bahrain. On November 21, 2008, Lamborghini announced the delivery of the last Lamborghini Revent�n to a British customer of the official Midlands dealer, Lamborghini Birmingham. However, CarsUK's later report disputed the official claim, and revealed that the car #20 was delivered to Lamborghini Houston, as were two other cars.
A roadster version of the vehicle was unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The car would use the engine from the Murci�lago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce. Autocar has since published a report, in July 2009, saying that potential buyers have been shown the car�although a Lamborghini spokesman told the publication that reports of the car were "just speculation". Production was set for a run of 15 units, with a MSRP of �1,100,000. The Reventon Roadster has a slightly lower top speed than the Reventon, its top speed is 205 mph and it takes just 3.3s to reach 62 mph.
