Extremism in pursuit of power and technical superiority is no vice. That is the guiding principle of Lamborghini, a small car company long accustomed to making the world’s most expensive and most extravagant automotive statements.
The most extreme representation of that corporate philosophy is the Lamborghini Reventon (the “v” is pronounced like “b”), which I was allowed to drive here under the watchful eyes of Lamborghini officials.
The Reventon, which shares many underpinnings with the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640, is controlled via a six-speed automated manual transmission. “Automated manual”? Yes. Like many race cars, it has a manual transmission in which the driver does put a left foot on the clutch. Gear shifts are executed via two carbon-fiber paddle shifters—one on the right for moving into the lower gears and another on the left for higher gears.
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