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- I test drove a $610,000 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, a track-optimized version of Lamborghini's top-of-the-line supercar.
- The Aventador starts a little north of $500,000, but my tester received many thousands of dollars in options.
- The Lamborghini Aventador SVJ is incredibly expensive, but it pulls off a cool trick: it joins the "Big Lambo" virtues of a 770-horsepower, V12 engine with modern aerodynamics and all-wheel-drive to produce a track weapon.
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I've driven a lot of Lamborghini Huracáns in the past few years, but no Aventadors. I've enjoyed the "Little Lambos," but I longed for the "Big Lambo."
The Huracáns, while brilliant, have been a bit too subdued, for the most part - supercars that can handle everyday driving.
Not so the Aventador, which reminded me of Lambos of old. My tester car also had the "SVJ" high-performance treatment, intended to make the Aventador a proper track warrior rather than just a very loud, very fast, and very flamboyant example of what the good people of Modena think of when they think supercar.
Here's how it went: