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Lamborghini Centenario: the 770 PS Aventador special for Ferruccio’s 100th birthday

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Lamborghini Centenario
Lamborghini Centenario. Photo by Thomas Vogt from Paderborn, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

The Lamborghini Centenario is a limited-production sports car based on the Aventador, unveiled at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show to commemorate the 100th birthday of the company’s founder, Ferruccio Lamborghini.

Lamborghini Centenario at a glance

Lamborghini Centenario key facts
Maker Lamborghini, Italy
Unveiled 2016 Geneva Motor Show
Based on Aventador SV
Engine tuned 6.5 L V12
Power 770 PS (759 hp) at 8,500 rpm
Torque 690 N·m (509 lb·ft) at 5,500 rpm
Gearbox 7-speed ISR automated manual, Haldex all-wheel drive
Production 40 coupés
0–100 km/h 2.9 seconds
0–300 km/h 23.5 seconds
Top speed 350 km/h (217 mph)
Downforce 227 kg at 280 km/h

English Wikipedia is the only source used here, so the facts were not cross-checked against a second source; figures are the maker’s claims.

History of the Lamborghini Centenario

A test bed

Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4
Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4 at E3 2016. Photo by Guywelch2000, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Lamborghini developed the Centenario to showcase new technology and as a test bed for future models. It is the first Lamborghini with three exhausts and with rear-wheel steering, which adds manoeuvrability at low speed and stability at high speed, and the first with the company’s new infotainment system on a 10.1-inch portrait screen that also records telemetry and top speeds. A twin-deck front splitter and the largest rear diffusers ever fitted to a car work with an electronically controlled twin-deck rear wing.

Engine and performance

The car keeps the carbon-fibre monocoque and aluminium subframes of the Aventador, with a tuned version of its 6.5-litre V12 producing 770 PS, 20 PS more than the Aventador SV, and a 5 kg weight saving. It has three driving modes, Strada, Sport and Corsa, a carbon-fibre interior trim with sound-deadening removed, a power-to-weight ratio of 2.21 kg per hp and a braking distance of 30 m from 100 km/h. The Centenario Roadster was unveiled at the August 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. In 2018, 11 of the 40 Centenarios were recalled because of an improper weight rating label.

Design and features

  • Steering: the first rear-wheel steering on a Lamborghini.
  • Exhaust: three outlets.
  • Wing: electronically controlled twin-deck rear wing.
Lamborghini Centenario at Geneva
Lamborghini Centenario at the Geneva Motor Show 2016. Photo by Norbert Aepli, Switzerland (User:Noebu), CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Lamborghini Centenario versions

  • Centenario coupé (2016): 40 cars.
  • Centenario Roadster (2016): shown at Pebble Beach.

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