Lamborghini runway run
In a Miami first, Lamborghini closes the airport for high-speed demonstrationAn Italian-style tour de force at the international launch of the new Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster has seen the host city’s airport temporarily closed for the purposes of a high-speed demonstration.
With few places legal or otherwise available to exhibit the Roadster’s colossal 350km/h top speed, Miami-Dade County Officials accommodated the Italian supercar maker’s request with special authorisation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Five new Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadsters sped down the south runway of the busiest US airport for international flights, exceeding the take-off speed of passenger airliners by almost 50km/h!
The runway run was followed by an exotic, albeit more sedate exhibition at South Beach where a 50-strong vehicle parade quite literally stopped traffic. Company president and CEO, Stephan Winkelmann, said the demonstration was a fitting way to launch such an exciting machine.
“It has been a great pleasure to work with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department and South Beach teams on today’s amazing demonstrations,” said Mr Winkelmann. “I have never seen something similar at a Lamborghini event. The Aventador Roadster is our most exciting production car ever and I can think of no better place to celebrate its launch than here in Miami.”
Founded in 1963, Automobili Lamborghini is headquartered in Sant’Agata Bolognese, in Northeastern Italy, where it manufactures some of the world’s most coveted super sports cars. With the introduction of the Aventador LP 700-4 in 2011 and the debut of the Urus concept SUV at the Beijing International Automobile Exhibition in 2012, Lamborghini has established yet another landmark in the history of luxury super sports cars. And with more than 120 dealerships worldwide, Automobili Lamborghini has successfully created an uninterrupted series of extreme, exclusive super sports cars that include the 350 GT, Miura, Espada, Countach, Diablo, Murciélago, Reventón Coupé, Reventón Roadster, Gallardo LP 560-4 Coupé and Spyder, and the Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera and the open-top LP 570-4 Spyder Performante.
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