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form-fitting leather seats and almost excused myself from the opportunity to get in due to my bad back. Luckily I decided to proceed, sat on the edge of the door sill, slid backwards into the seat and easily rotated my legs into the cockpit. Once inside, I was amazed that the Aventador was so roomy. Outward visibility was actually excellent looking forward and to the sides. Rear visibility is admittedly limited, but still much better than I had imagined. The all leather interior was very comfortable and the fit and finish of this street-legal race car was downright luxurious in keeping with Mr. Lamborghini’s original vision to offer every client a civilized driving experience. Next I received an orientation of the myriad of switches and controls. Every-
thing was within easy reach and logically laid out. Then I was directed to start the car. First I had to raise a small hexagonal shaped red lid in the center of the console which conceals the Start/Stop button. It reminded me of those old war movies where the pilot flips up a red cover and then presses the button to unleash the bombs. I pressed the Aventador’s start button and the engine awoke like a bomb! After a few seconds the engine settled into a nice idle speed. That’s when I noticed the TFT-LCD dashboard which had come into view. Everything you can imagine is legibly projected onto the dash in beautiful and colorful graphic form like that of a modern aircraft. The central gauge is a large
round analog dial displaying the engine revolutions. The needle on the dial instantly responded to my slightest throttle input and rose and fell as if it were an actual old style tachometer. A push of a button switches the main display to the Speedometer. I gave the gas pedal a few more kicks to hear the engine growl and then reluctantly pressed the start/stop button to kill the engine before I smogged up my hosts’ showroom... sadly my bull ride was over. I think Stephan Winkelmann, Lamborghini’s President and CEO, summed it up best when he said, “The Aventador is a jump of two generations in terms of design and technology...” We completely agree!
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