November 2018 Issue #23 November 2018 Issue #23 | Page 88

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2019 Lamborghini Aventador LP
770-4 Superveloce Jota First Drive
I called the Aventador Superveloce Lamborghini’s “bloodiest axe”
when I first drove it a little more than three years ago just outside Bar-
celona, Spain. Further exposure back in America to that 740-horse-
power rolling weapon confirmed, if not strengthened, my thoughts and
feelings. Going with that metaphor, the new Aventador LP 770-4 Su-
perveloce Jota (SVJ for short) is the axe murderer, and oh look: He’s
licking the blade. And grinning. I remember thinking that the then-fe-
rocious SV version of Lamborghini’s mid-engine V-12 flagship was
as wild and as crazed as supercars got—and frankly would ever get.
What has two thumbs and was wrong? This guy! Friends, the lunatics
are no longer running the asylum. They’ve burned it to the ground and
have gone on to seek higher office.
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