Lamborghini Sesto elemento : Redefining supercar madness?

I feel greatly pumped up as I write about Lamborghini’s new performance incarnation which will be a sensational supercar raging through the tarmac in the next two years. Yes, it is all about the forthcoming Lambo’s Sesto Elemento. If you are a true gearhead striving to quench your thirst for supercars and the very thought of V8s, V10s and V12s, oodles of horses, 0 to 60 and quarter mile times, wheel spin and launch control,  g-forces, cornering, braking and so forth tingle your spine then you are no way different to me.

The recent news of the Italian marquee’s much hyped concept Sesto Elemento getting the green signal for production has started sending shivers down the spine of other supercar manufacturers.  It is a supercar (read hypercar) that possesses half of Bugatti Veyron’s power, but is equally expensive, quick and most importantly weighs around 1870lbs less than the quad turbo beast! 580 horses from the lightweight Sesto Elemento’s 5.2V10 can give the car the thrust to 60mph from a standstill in a mere 2.5 seconds. The most intriguing part of the car is its chassis itself. It’s not made of bits of carbon fibre as in any other Lambo but it’s made of entirely carbon fibre! The complete chassis weighing less than a tonne (circa 995kg) results in a mightily increased power to weight ratio of over 500bhp/tonne and shaves a chunk off the nought to 60 and 100mph times. Carbon fibre chassis is seemingly becoming Lambo’s forte.

Let’s not get too carried away by the news of Sesto Elemento’s launch because production will be limited to just 20 cars. However you should consider yourself lucky even if you manage to spot this two million pound machine.  Every inch of the car oozes raunchiness which is a perfect evidence that it has enough aura to whet your adrenaline. Since the age of Miura till today, Lambo has been able to captivate the interests of avid gearheads and rule the roost in the supercar challenges whose every single machine exudes stellar performance, majestic stance and magnificent engineering.