Why the Centenario is a failure
Photo: Lamborghini "Grr! Look at me! I want to devour your first-born!". That, I think, was the message that the designers of the Lamborghini Centenario were supposed to deliver when it was presented at the Geneva auto show last year. The result was this ugly duckling. Granted, beauty is in the eye of the beholder; if someone finds this car attractive then that's his entitled opinion. Not like the optics are the reason why I think the Centenario is an insult - if not a grab in the toilet. Under the sophisticated carbon-fibre skin hide the underpinnings of the Lamborghini Aventador, powered by the same 6.5 liter V12, modified to make the most power a Lamborghini has ever made. 770 horses let the 1520 kg (3350 lbs) super car transcend from 0 to 100 kph (60 mph) in 2.8 seconds at 8600 rpm. The Italians combined this with the most sophisticated aero since the Sesto Elemento. The Centenario is a hyper-exclusive special model, similar to the Reventón from the Frankfurt