Rare Reventón spotlighted
Lamborghini’s official X account posted about the Reventón Roadster — made in 2009 with just 15 units produced — noting its 6.5‑litre V12 engine and a 0–100 km/h time of about 3.4 seconds. (x.com) The post gained visible engagement on X, with about 140 likes and 20 reposts in the recent thread. (x.com)
Lamborghini has put one of its rarest modern cars back in the feed: the Reventón Roadster, an open-top V12 model limited to 15 examples. (lamborghini.com) The company’s history page says the Reventón Roadster used a 6.5-liter 12-cylinder engine with 670 metric horsepower, a 0 to 100 kilometers per hour time of 3.4 seconds, and a top speed of 330 kilometers per hour. (lamborghini.com) Lamborghini unveiled the original Reventón coupe at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007, then returned to Frankfurt in 2009 with the Roadster version. Lamborghini later described the Reventón as its first modern “few-off,” the company’s term for ultra-low-volume halo cars. (lamborghini.com) (rmsothebys.com) The model sits at an important point in Lamborghini’s lineup history because the company says its sharp nose, headlamp shapes, and angular surfaces anticipated styling cues that were pushed further on the Aventador. Lamborghini also says the Reventón kept core brand features including scissor doors, a naturally aspirated V12, and permanent all-wheel drive. (lamborghini.com) Its design brief came straight from aviation. Lamborghini says Centro Stile, its in-house design studio, drew inspiration from “modern aeronautics,” and auction house RM Sotheby’s described the Roadster as “fighter jet-inspired” when it sold one example in Milan. (lamborghini.com) (rmsothebys.com) That scarcity still shows up in the collector market. RM Sotheby’s sold a 2010 Reventón Roadster in Milan on May 22, 2025 for €1,580,000, listing the car as one of 15 built, with 4,102 kilometers shown at cataloguing and delivery new in Switzerland on July 6, 2010. (rmsothebys.com 1) (rmsothebys.com 2) RM Sotheby’s said that car used a 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 rated at 660 horsepower, paired with a six-speed “E-Gear” automated manual transmission and four-wheel drive. The auction listing also said the Roadster’s engine output was verified by a signed Lamborghini engine certificate. (rmsothebys.com) Lamborghini’s own retrospective places the Reventón in the company museum as one of the most recognizable cars in its history. Nearly two decades after the coupe debut and more than 16 years after the Roadster reveal, the car is still being presented as a marker of the brand’s V12 era and design language. (lamborghini.com 1) (lamborghini.com 2)
