Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 for World Performance Car of the Year

Tweet With little more than a week to go before the New York International Motor Show kicks off on the 5 April, anticipation is rising as to who will drive away with the coveted World Car of the Year Award.

In the category, World Performance Car of the Year, one stone remains unturned with the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 gearing up to battle it out against the McLaren MP4-12C and the Porsche 911. Let’s not lie to ourselves, all these cars are incredible in their own right and they are on the podium for a reason, but it’s still difficult to imagine which one of these lovely machines will steal the show.

In Lamborghini’s defence, the Aventador LP 700-4 is a phenomenal piece of machinery. Its 6.5 litre V12 engine kicks out 700 hp and flies to 100 km/h in a mere 2.9 seconds before maxing out at a whopping 350 km/h. Now this is a supercar.

Only weighing 1575 kg and measuring 4.78 meters long with a width 2.26 meters and standing 1.136 meters high, the Aventador LP700-4 borrows its super looks from modern aeronautics and some of the worlds fastest and most agile aircraft.

The Aventador LP 700-4 made its debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show and stock has since been sold out. With a price tag of R5.7 million the Aventador LP 700-4 doesn’t come cheap.

In my opinion, I think the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 has got what it takes to be the World’s Performance Car of the Year. What do you think?