Lamborghini Centenario celebrates founder’s 100th anniversary

Lamborghini has launched this Aventador-based limited edition in celebration of 100 years since its founder’s birth – and the Centenario’s 759bhp makes it the company’s most powerful-ever supercar.

The legend of Ferruccio Lamborghini, who was born in 1916, is being marked with 40 examples of the ultra-exclusive model. It costs

£1.64 million, and the entire production run has already sold out. Its incredible fantasy car looks are said by the Sant’Agata designers to be largely functional, with a “permeable” body and massive carbon fins and ducts.

The Aventador’s 6.5-litre V12 has been reworked to kick out its maximum power at 8600rpm. That means this track-focused car will reach 0-62mph in a mere 2.8 seconds and top speed is 217mph-plus. It’ll stop from 186mph in 290 metres thanks to carbon ceramic brakes, and there’s four-wheel steering as well.

Inside the cabin is a multimedia system with a telemetry feature, a pair of interior cameras plus helmet stowage space behind the seats.

Company boss Stephan Winkelmann says the Centenario is “an opportunity for our designers and engineers to transcend the constraints of series production to achieve an incomparable result”.