Lamborghini Reventón goes for a ride over Turin
Click above to view gallery of Lamborghini Reventón flown over Turin
Look! Up in the sky... it's a bird... it's a plane... it's an extremely rare and expensive supercar being suspended hundreds off feet of the ground by an Italian military helicopter! That's right, Lamborghini got the bright idea that it could make a big entrance at a conference today in Turin, Italy by having its halo car, the Reventón, flown in by military helicopter and placed atop the roof the Lingotto building, wherever that is. The conference, which was hosted by Lamborghini and about the Italian automaker, was called "Lamborghini and speed – a project in record time". It was apparently about how Lamborghini developed the Reventón so quickly and attended by "local, international and academic VIPs" as part of a larger conference called "Turin 2008 – World Design Capital". Hopefully this particular Reventón, of which only 20 will be made, stays firmly placed on terra firma from now on.
Gallery: 2008 Lamborghini Reventon
[Source: Lamborghini]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Aprime 2:35PM (6/10/2008)
I love how the gallery appeared in 'Featured Galleries' before the article.
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Alex 2:44PM (6/10/2008)
That got me too. I was looking at the pics and thinking, "wait... wft? I don't remember an article about a Lamborghini and a helicopter."
Aprime 6:34PM (6/10/2008)
lol, same.
Flashpoint 2:39PM (6/10/2008)
You gotta love technology and consumer based cultures.
99.9999% of the world will never touch or get near a Lamborghini Reventon, BUT...we will at least have a chance to get a CTS -V coupe.
Lambo doors = $1500 extra.
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James 3:17PM (6/10/2008)
Comparing a CTS-V to the Reventon? Seriously?
Parkerman 4:31PM (6/10/2008)
wtf does the CTS-V have to do with anything?
Chris 2:41PM (6/10/2008)
The thought of this scares me to my soul....the whole "what if" factor....oh man
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EvenSteven 2:42PM (6/10/2008)
What is the carbon footprint of a Helicopter airlifting a an exotic sports car? There should be a warning label on this type of crazy behavior
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geo.stewart 3:31PM (6/10/2008)
wow, whoever thought helicopters were small. the size of that beast could hold a couple of Reventons inside it.
all shapes and sizes. all shapes and sizes.
Trevor 2:43PM (6/10/2008)
WOW Only if they would have dropped it!
those would have the pictures to see :D
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Alex 2:43PM (6/10/2008)
Lamborghini halo car... aren't they all?
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Mel. R 2:52PM (6/10/2008)
That does have an almost ironic ring to it.
John 2:48PM (6/10/2008)
Lingotto, wherever that is? Is this a car blog or am I on msn? It is Fiats famous ex-factory building in Turin with a track on the roof! The track is more for 500s than Reventons. Get a clue autoblog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingotto
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Shiftright 3:11PM (6/10/2008)
John, you beat me to it. Are these supposedly car guys on this blog? The Lingotto building is one of the coolest factories ever, and a must see for any petrolhead going to Turin.
Chris 2:47PM (6/10/2008)
If that happened i would literally cry...no joke...cry at my desk at work
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Smeagle 3:34AM (6/11/2008)
If they dropped it, it would probably just automatically go into "Jet Fighter" mode and fly itself home. Thats right, this car is actually THAT AWESOME!
Mel. R 2:54PM (6/10/2008)
When I first saw that picture, I thought "this has major disaster potential written all over it."
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Torrent 2:59PM (6/10/2008)
.........And then it falls!!! That would make my day.... *sigh* Only if...
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joe 3:25PM (6/10/2008)
the italian supercar manufacturers seem to spend money and effort on the silliest things to attract attention, such as racing a jet, the donation of the lambo to the police, branded laptops, overdone commercials, and the like. the more they do these things, the more it appears to be a bit of a circus act that detracts from "class" that the brands are supposed to have.
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Slobra2k3 3:21PM (6/10/2008)
The reason Lamborghini developed the Reventon so quickly was because all they did was take a Murcielago and added some sharper lines to it. Reventon is over rated, especially for the price.
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