Hot Wheels Lamborghini Aventador Coupe, J Concept, and Reventon Roadster

Hot Wheels has been lately on a Lamborghini frenzy with a few new castings released each year, just like the Ferrari's.  I've decided to show these three, one of the best of the larger-sized Lamborghini's in the Hot Wheels lineup currently today, yet one was only a concept while the other a million-dollar limited edition concept.

Reventon:  The start of the Aventador's bodywork

Hot Wheels first version is the coupe introduced in the 2009 line.  While it looked cool, I noticed a lot of parts sharing with the 2003 Murcielago casting.  However, the roadster in 2010 was a different story with a completely new tool inside and out.  The Murcielago's body is modified to a sharper, fighter jet styling with smaller headlights, sharper front bumper and air intake, gills on the engine cover and rear bumper vents that just look like the back end of a fighter jet!  Also note the new LED taillights, tinted, and almost hidden in the rear bumper.  The interior looks very familiar to the Murcielago with a few minor tweaks; the Hot Wheels roadster features a more refined interior details with the shifter stalk replaced with buttons for the twin-clutch automated manual.  The engine bay is nicely detailed, yet hard-to-see from the sharp and tinted gills.  The engine is the 6.5L V-12 from the LP560 SV, producing 661 hp. through a 6-speed automated manual.  0-60 in 3.3 seconds, with a top speed of 205 mph.

 

Aventador: The Reventon for (almost) everyone

So it was no surprise that the Murcielago replacement would look like the Reventon, and that's what the Aventador provides.  This slick orange beauty with gloss black 5-sp wheels arrived in 2012 despite some confusion with the Reventon coupe, which was getting more colors than the original dark gray provided.  The headlights and sharp front bumper scoops remain, as does the smooth side look with engine vents that rise up at a predetermined speed, and the rear with the spear-shaped LED taillights, scoops, exhaust, and gilled engine cover.  The latter doesn't protrude to hide the details of the 6.5L V-12 producing 690 hp. through a seven-speed automated manual, with 0-60 in 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 230 mph.  The interior features a more curvy, luxurious look than the Murcielago with the latest technology advances to keep up with the newest technology available in today's car's.  One big change is the removal of the three-pedal six-speed manual transmission from the Murcielago; just like Ferrari the only transmission option is the automated manual.  Also all Lamborghini's benefit from the All-Wheel Drive system to better harness all those horsepower's on the track.  The Aventador also gets new horizontal piston shocks normally found on F1 race cars.

Aventador J: Roofless fun in an Aventador

Just before the Aventador roadster was unveiled, Lamborghini showcased this concept that was even more wild than the upcoming Roadster:  not only no roof, but a tiny windscreen and a center console that matches the body-color of the car, and the engine bay loses the gilled cover for an open-air slot with visible bracing supports and a rear spoiler that stays permanently up.  Also the front bumpers and rear bumpers are carbon-fiber (and part of the base on the Hot Wheels version).  The engine and transmission is the same as the Aventador coupe, but now producing 700 hp.  Now last year's version was lukewarm despite the accurate metallic red paint.  One problem was the 5-spoke wheels that looked out-of-place on the car.  For 2014 it gets a bright yellow color with a different-style 5-spoke wheels that are blacked out.  Looks much better now!  I like the way the console flows through the cabin for a two-seater separate cockpit look, the smooth wrap-around windscreen, and the exposed engine cover.  I would like to see the gap below the rear spoiler outlined since the real car's spoiler is a separate piece, not part of the car.

With the Veneto coming later in 2014, it looks like another crazy year for Lamborghini's at Hot Wheels!