Back in 2011 when the eagerly awaited successor to the Murciélago was finally introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in March, called the Aventador LP700-4, taking center stage finished in the bright Arancio Argos, this new V12 flagship became the benchmark for super sports cars in the world. With 700hp available, the acceleration from 0 to 100Km/h only took 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 350Km/h was possible a masterpiece made in Italy.

Only a year later Lamborghini drew all the attention to their stand at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show by unveiling the Aventador J, the Jota, a one-off custom-built version of the Aventador that came without a roof and a very low windshield only one would ever be built, but it was a prelude to the Aventador Roadster that would be introduced later in 2012.

The 2013 Geneva show would again bring something special from Lamborghini, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Automobili Lamborghini SpA (the company was founded in 1963), they created the Lamborghini Veneno, only three to be built for fortunate customers, but that wasn’t the entire story, a month later, at the Shanghai Motor Show, the Aventador LP720-4 50th Anniversary edition was shown in a bespoke Giallo Maggio shade, limited to 100 units in May 2013 the Aventador LP720-4 Roadster 50th anniversary was shown at the factory festivities, again limited to only 100 cars.

In 2015 the V12 flagship model was back to claim the throne at the Geneva show, the Lamborghini Aventador LP750-4 Superveloce was introduced, a very aggressively styled street-legal race car, 750hp and only 600 would ever be built, it sold out quickly, so in August 2015 the Aventador SV Roadster was shown in the United States, now limited to only 500 units.

2016 gave us yet another special edition of the V12 flagship, this time an Aventador Miura Homage edition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Lamborghini Miura, a milestone in the history of Lamborghini, limited to 50 units, the Miura Homage came in a two-tone paint job with contrasting side sills, just like on the Miura back in the Sixties.

Later on, in 2016 Lamborghini updated the initial Aventador LP700-4 model, the mid-life facelift so to say, simply called the Aventador S, this new V12 evolution introduced rear-wheel steering among other things, it would take until September 2017 for the Aventador S Roadster to be introduced.

Today the top of the line V12 models from Sant’Agata is the Aventador SVJ and the Aventador SVJ Roadster, two limited-production models that have been sold out a while ago, and both come in an ever rare ’63’ edition with bespoke Ad Personam touches.

Note that there have been several more bespoke or limited edition models been built using the Aventador chassis, like the 9 Veneno Roadster for instance, or the Aventador Nazionale, the Aventador Pirelli Edition, and let’s not forget the unique SC18 Alston.

Also keep in mind the few-off models, as Lamborghini calls them, like the Centenario, the Centenario Roadster, the Sián and now the Sián Roadster all use the carbon fiber ‘tub’ from the Aventador as their basis.

Rumor has it there is still one more ‘edition’ of the Lamborghini Aventador in the pipeline, the successor to the current King of Sant’Agata isn’t completely ready, and it will surely become a hybrid model, so the latest info is that we’ll be seeing one more evolution of the current V12 model line soon so the Aventador range will celebrate her 10th anniversary in 2021 for sure.

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Compare that to the Gallardo model, introduced in 2003, the 10,000 unit threshold was reached in June 2010, a little over 7 years … the Huracan reached that number in just over half that time, a statement of how successful this new V10 model has become since her introduction at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.

In 2014 Automobili Lamborghini SpA finally introduced the long-awaited Gallardo successor in Geneva, the Huracan LP610-4 … and sales rose enormously, but I guess there is no time like the present they must have thought in Sant’Agata, and the next year, in 2015, the new Squadra Corse department came up with the Huracan Super Trofeo race car … and later on even their own Huracan GT3 evolution … Lamborghini became serious about racing their V10.

At about the same time, the famous Lamborghini Gallardo Polizia were ready to be replaced after many km’s on the Italian highways, so it was time for Automobili Lamborghini SpA to offer a brand new Huracan in Polizia specs to the highway police … by now at least 2 of these Huracan Polizia are being used by the way.

Only 18 months after the Coupé, the Huracan Spyder was unveiled at the 2015 IAA in Frankfurt … finally an open top V10 model again, and despite many were expecting a hardtop configuration, Lamborghini retained a canvas folding roof for their latest creation.

Two years after the original Huracan LP610-4 was shown, the Geneva Motor Show again had a new V10 model on display, a limited edition version of the V10 called the Avio, available in a few very special matt shades and built to celebrate the Italian Air Force, the Avio would be limited to 250 units worldwide … this was the first ‘special edition’ based on the Huracan.

By the end of 2016, Lamborghini came up with a surprise … the Huracan LP580-2, also known as the RWD version … back in the Gallardo era, we had the special LP550-2, a detuned version of the LP560-4 with rear wheel drive only … well, this is mostly the same idea … a detuned Huracan with rear wheel drive … but this time they also installed slightly modified front and rear bumpers, and steel disc brakes as standard, while the LP610-1 comes with carbon ceramic brakes as standard fitment.

2017 was an important year for the Lamborghini Huracan … the record-breaking Performante was shown in Geneva, at that time this car held the record at the Nürburgring in Germany by completing a lap in only 6:52.01 … this record would later be broken by a Porsche, but later in 2017 the Huracan Performante would take another 8 records on tracks all over the world … the Lamborghini Huracan Performante became an instant sales success once again.

At the 2018 Geneva Motor Show the Lamborghini Huracan Performante Spyder was unveiled … the current top of the line V10 model from Sant’Agata with the active aerodynamics and with a fold-down roof … the ultimate V10 Bull that will boost sales even further.

It is clear that the Lamborghini Huracan series will easily break the production record set by the Gallardo … back in 2014, the Gallardo production of 14,022 units was about 50% of the total production Lamborghini reached from 1963 up to 2014, a very impressive figure, but with intentions to double production figures with the introduction of the Urus (which should sell about 3,500 units each year), it is certain we will be seeing a lot more Lamborghini on the road than before.

Right now it is said the Huracan will be replaced by a new model by 2022, with the Aventador successor in the planning for a 2020 release …. probably we will be seeing a Huracan facelift, or mid-life update towards the end of 2019 as we are set to get another Aventador limited edition for the 2019 Geneva Motor Show (the SVJ test mule we’ve been seeing recently) … if they keep the current naming convention this could become the Huracan S.

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