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Australia’s Luxury tax makes it truly difficult for cars such as the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster to convince customers to take them home, but it seems that the V12 supercar isn’t exactly helping itself either - one example of the Aventador recently caught fire during a media event held at Philip Island race track.
The Aventador Roadster was brand new, having been sent over from Italy to serve as a demo(n) car for customers and journalists. The V12 engine was seriously put to work on Philip Island, but, after a certain number of... hot laps, the engine compartment decided to bust in flames.
Top Gear Australia’s Tim Keen was at the wheel of the Roadster at the time. He was asked to stop and the organisers of the event reportedly had to use multiple extinguishers to put out the fire.
As for what caused the fire, the official position is that a small quantity of oil reached the exhaust. One unnamed source explained that it was actually oil from one of the brake lines. The official statement goes on to explain “The investigation has also confirmed that the issue was not due to any fault in the design or construction of the vehicle.”
Nonetheless, this is where the hilarious part of the story starts. For instance, the official statement also claims this happened due to the “vehicle's extended track use in a high-temperature environment.” While the track use definitely took place, a quick check on the weather reports reveals that the outside temperature was below 15 degrees Celsius (59 Fahrenheit).
Moreover, Lamborghini representatives tried to convince the attending media representatives to not make a big deal out of this.
"We certainly did not 'force' any of our guests to delete any imagery obtained on the day," Sebastien Henry, Lamborghini’s head of south-east Asia and Pacific said. "We did however, kindly request that our guests refrain from making any assumptions through the media - particularly when, at the time, the cause of the incident had not yet been adequately investigated."
Truth be told, we searched the world wide web pretty deep and couldn’t find one picture of the burning Aventador. Still, the image above shows us the car prior to the unfortunate event. It looks nice...
Update: the source has published a pair of images from the unfortunate event and you can see these below.
Via: drive.com.au
Top Gear Australia’s Tim Keen was at the wheel of the Roadster at the time. He was asked to stop and the organisers of the event reportedly had to use multiple extinguishers to put out the fire.
As for what caused the fire, the official position is that a small quantity of oil reached the exhaust. One unnamed source explained that it was actually oil from one of the brake lines. The official statement goes on to explain “The investigation has also confirmed that the issue was not due to any fault in the design or construction of the vehicle.”
Nonetheless, this is where the hilarious part of the story starts. For instance, the official statement also claims this happened due to the “vehicle's extended track use in a high-temperature environment.” While the track use definitely took place, a quick check on the weather reports reveals that the outside temperature was below 15 degrees Celsius (59 Fahrenheit).
Moreover, Lamborghini representatives tried to convince the attending media representatives to not make a big deal out of this.
"We certainly did not 'force' any of our guests to delete any imagery obtained on the day," Sebastien Henry, Lamborghini’s head of south-east Asia and Pacific said. "We did however, kindly request that our guests refrain from making any assumptions through the media - particularly when, at the time, the cause of the incident had not yet been adequately investigated."
Truth be told, we searched the world wide web pretty deep and couldn’t find one picture of the burning Aventador. Still, the image above shows us the car prior to the unfortunate event. It looks nice...
Update: the source has published a pair of images from the unfortunate event and you can see these below.
Via: drive.com.au
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