Hell's Angel

The Reigning Champion Of The Dreaded Nrburgring Is Like A Top-draw Race Horse. Oh, Waitthat Analogy.

- Girish Karkera

6:44.97.

No, I am not quoting from any holy book. That’s the time it took this car to master the Green Hell aka the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in Germany at the hands of test river Marco Mapelli. In the process, a Lamborghini has once again become the fastest production car around it, beating the Porsche 911 GT2 RS. It’s not the end, of course, and soon, someone else will challenge the boys from SantA’gata. Coincidentally, I am at a racetrack too. But miles away from the ’Ring. I’m in Estoril, Portugal where I am going to put to test the Aventador SVJ – a car that has gotten everything new that Lamborghini has learned over the last five decades.

The Aventador isn’t new. Neither is an Aventador Super Veloce or SV. But this is the Super Veloce Jota. The latter, a name that was first used for a track-spec Miura back in the early days of the marque. Jota was a classification term used back then by the FIA which made a road-going car race legal. Lamborghini has revived the J as this Aventador is as good as track ready – literally. It’s got mountain-loads of power, is made from exotic, lightweight material and has an aero package that includes a wing that could star in many a wet dream of car nuts the world over.