Is This the 2017 Lamborghini Aventador Facelift? Spy Video Shows SV-like Intakes

The piece of footage below shows a trip to Italy's supercar area, where Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Pagani have their headquarters. A part of the world like no other, the place also allowed for an Aventador prototype to be spied right at the factory.

The Supercars of London spotters have managed to get a good view of the test vehicle, which should be the Aventador facelift. As you'd expect, most of the important new bits are covered in camo, from the front fascia to the side skirts, the side air intakes and the lower rear fascia.

Nevertheless, we can see the supercar packing Aventador SV-like air intakes, with these sitting atop the engine compartment - heck, you could easily mistake this for an SV that had lost its massive rear wing. Speaking of which, the machine probably packs the "standard" Aventador's active wing. And yes, you can probably label this one under "Another-Vent-a-Door."

With Lamborghini having kicked off Aventador production back in 2011, a late unveiling for this year, with deliveries set to kick off in 2017, would only seem natural. The Murcielago, for instance, also followed such a path. And while we're at it, we'll remind you 5,000 Aventadors have rolled out the Sant'Agata Bolognese factory gates as of March this year.

Lamborghini has been paying close attention to customer and media feedback over the last few years. For instance, the Huracan's understeer issues have been sorted out for the second model year (2016), so we expect the Italians to also use this approach for the Aventador.

If we had to place a bet, we'd start with the obvious power increase. With the 6.5-liter naturally aspirated heart of the Aventador being the first all-new V12 design since Lamborghini's original V12, which powered the Miura, there's plenty of room to play. So far, we've seen the non-direct injected (Lambo quotes packaging reasons) V12 in 700, 720 and 750 hp forms.

However, we also expect Lambo to make the Integrated Shifting Rods automated manual more friendly to city driving (clutch smell during parking maneuvers isn't exactly pleasant when you know you'll be paying for the fragrance).

With the current Aventador SV being able to lap the Nurburgring in under 7 minutes, which places it extremely close to the Nurburgring record-holding Porsche 918 Spyder (6:57), we're expecting the handling of the "standard" model to be sharpened up too.

However, the comfort should also be improved. Once again, we'll turn to the SV, as the model's adaptive dampers should complement the pushrod setup of the newcomer (believe it or not, the LP700-4 now features passive shocks).

Now, if you feel like racing through the clip below (it has almost 11 minutes) to get to the Raging Bull part, make sure to skip to the 9:15 mark. Nevertheless, you do have reasons to stick to the viewing speed limits - if we use the Pagani factory as a reference point, a 20-minute drive will bring you to Lamborghini's home, while 30 minutes spent behind the wheel mean you'll reach Ferrari land. And the clip shows all three of them.