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BULL RUSH

IT’S A TRACK-ONLY CAR THAT’S BASED LOOSELY on the Aventador and there will only ever be 40 made, each costing 2.2million euros before local taxes. So it’s a serious toy for the seriously rich, although, says Lamborghini, it will never compete, despite having been granted full FIA approval to do just that.

Think of it instead as Sant’Agata’s answer to Ferrari’s XX programme, whereby the factory designs and develops the craziest, most expensive hypercars imaginable then sells them to their wealthiest customers, the ones who crave the ultimate exclusive experience on four wheels but don’t necessarily want to go racing to achieve it. And while Ferrari may have pioneered this concept some 16 years ago with the Enzo-based FXX, Lamborghini is now unashamedly replicating the idea, enlisting the services of one Emanuele Pirro – five times Le Mans winner with Audi Sport and all-round racing car legend – to help them

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