Lamborghini officially unveiled the Aventador J at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The roofless and windowless concept car uses the same V12 engine as the standard Aventador, producing 700hp for a top speed of 186mph managed through a lightweight seven-speed automated transmission. The car does not have air conditioning or radio to save further weight for a total of 3,472 pounds (1,575kg).
The car presented at the Geneva show was the only unit to be produced, and was sold for $2.8 million. The car was specially made for a close relation.
The J label was thought to have come from Appendix J in the FIA manual that describes the technical specifications of race cars. However, during an interview with designer Filippo Perini, it was revealed that the ‘J’ actually stands for Jota, in reference to a 1970s one off Lamborghini Miura Jota, which also conformed to the FIA’s Appendix J regulations.
Forgetting the Panamera, Cayenne and Macan, Porsche offer a pretty well-rounded sports car range. Starting with the Boxster and Cayman, and moving up the multitude of variations of the Porsche 911, all the way up to the 918 Spyder supercar. But there is a HUGE price gap between the top of the range 911 Turbo ($250,000 will all the options ticked), to the 918 Spyder ($800,000). Somewhere in that range Porsche could surely offer something to compete with the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini. Something like the 913 possibly? Conceived by the fertile mind of Rene Garcia, a professional 3D modeller who has created conceptual vehicles and highly detailed models for some of the biggest movies of the past decade, including the Matrix Trilogy, Transformers, the latest Star Trekthrillers and The Avengers, the Porsche 913 is an exquisitely rendered design in every detail. It has a bit of the 918 Spyder about it, but there’s also a lot of originality to the design. It looks like a Porsche, but a