Lamborghini Has Smashed The Nurburgring Production Lap Record

Lamborghini has beaten the Porsche 911 GT2 RS's amazing lap time with an even madder one of its own, thanks to a new and very special Aventador
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Lamborghini has whipped the Nurburgring production car record out from under Porsche’s nose, less than a year after the 911 GT2 RS had set a new benchmark.

The mind-boggling time of 6m44.97s is over two seconds faster than the GT2 RS’s, set in the new, ultra-halo Aventador SVJ – short for Superveloce Jota. It packs not only a tuned V12 but also Lamborghini Active Aerodynamics and extra weight reduction.

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In a series of Instagram posts leading up to the confirmation of the new record, Lamborghini showed the camouflage-wrapped SVJ along with brief teasers like “designed to have the best weight to power ratio” and “designed to have the best aerodynamic efficiency.”

Best handling was in there as well, and it all seems to have come together perfectly for the bull from Sant’Agata. The end result is almost 15 seconds faster over the 17.5-mile track than the Aventador SV.

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Leaked reports quoted by Autocar claim that the SVJ delivers 759bhp to all four wheels – a sizeable traction advantage over the 911 GT2 RS, and 69bhp more to play with. The car is due for a full reveal at Monterey Car Week in August.

The full lap video is due to go live soon and we’ll update this article when it does.

Edit: video now added at the top.

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Anonymous

VW is beating it’s own record.

07/26/2018 - 14:33 |
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CS55

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Exactly.

07/26/2018 - 17:10 |
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Anonymous
07/26/2018 - 14:35 |
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Anton 3

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Brilliant meme!

07/26/2018 - 15:11 |
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Anonymous

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Lol

07/27/2018 - 00:51 |
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Stig's Police Cousin

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This better make top comments. #ctcommentoftheyear

07/27/2018 - 03:13 |
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Joel Brennan

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Who’s gonna steal the trophy from whom next? It’s comical now and I love it!

07/27/2018 - 03:18 |
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Anonymous

Just wait till Lamborghini Huracan Perfomante Superleggera LP660-4 shows up. I bet it’ll be even faster.

07/26/2018 - 14:38 |
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Anonymous

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Well, the performante is the new superleggera. They just changed the name.

07/26/2018 - 14:55 |
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Anonymous

Mclaren, over to you….

07/26/2018 - 14:42 |
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JenstheGTIfreak (pizza)

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They don’t even laptime there

07/26/2018 - 14:46 |
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JenstheGTIfreak (pizza)

Sure

07/26/2018 - 14:46 |
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It’s so achingly fake…

07/26/2018 - 15:10 |
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MitchellC

The VW group is like a family where all of the siblings (Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini) are always fighting each other and being super competitive to be the best child.

07/26/2018 - 14:51 |
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Works well for sales i think, someone has special edition coming, beats some old time people want it, a month later some other sibling does the same thing and all the money still ends up in VW group’s pocket

07/26/2018 - 17:35 |
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Anonymous

Boiiiiiiii,why didnt you tag me MattKimberley ? I love the Aventy! But yeah, Lambos rule!
Chants Lambos,Lambos in his room

07/26/2018 - 14:59 |
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Matt Kimberley

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07/26/2018 - 15:18 |
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Luther Reid

That was easy.

07/26/2018 - 15:08 |
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Anonymous

It is really an amazing feat that even in this day and age, Lamborghini is not just keeping Na engines alive but is also smashing records with it.

07/26/2018 - 15:09 |
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jdm-supra-1600(md squad)(Supra squad leader)

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It’s why I love Lamborghini

07/26/2018 - 15:28 |
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RodriguezRacer456 (Aventador SV) (Lambo Squad)

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Exact reason for my Lambo fanboyism

07/27/2018 - 19:21 |
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Tito_Not_Richard

old picture lol

07/26/2018 - 15:11 |
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