Tuningcars: Mansory Carbonado Apertos, an EUR1.2M Aventador Roadster Brings Carbon to Essen 2014

Friday, November 28, 2014

Mansory Carbonado Apertos, an EUR1.2M Aventador Roadster Brings Carbon to Essen 2014

Even wondered what a... squared Lamborghini would be like? German tuner Mansory has an answer to this question and they were not shy when it came to displaying it at the Essen Motor Show. We’re talking about the Carbonado Apertos, an €1.2 million ($1,49M) incarnation of the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster.

In case you’re not familiar with the Mansory Carbonado Apertos, which made its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year, right now you’re probably wondering what could have possibly been done to triple the Aventador Roadster’s starting price.

We’ll start with the part that becomes obvious once you read the designation of the car, namely the carbon. While the Aventador is largely carbon, Mansory have made sure their creation is... all carbon. And since the Aventador was not wide enough already, Mansory built this wide body kit.

Of course, there’s no place for shyness here, so the wonder material is exposed. Amusingly enough, some call this stealth carbon, as if when you’re out there on the street in one of these, people will not notice you...

The carbon story continues inside the Carbonado Apertos (yes, we know, the nameplate reminds of Ferraris), where the material is mixed with leather that can make you rejoice just by touching it and a bit of aluminum for the pedals.

The technical treatment

While people in the US tune their 5.2-liter V10 Gallardos to 2,000 hp, Mansory wanted to keep things streetable, so while it did strap a pair of turbos to the rear of the Aventador, the 6.5-liter V12 was pushed to 1,250 hp.

While the aforementioned Gallardos see their e-gear automated manuals reinvented through tuning, the Aventador’s Independent Shifting Rods automated manual didn’t receive as much attention, so the torque had to be limited to 900 Nm (664 lb-ft).

As for the performance, this is an open-top Raging Bull that can play the 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) game in 2.6 seconds and will take you all the way up to 380 km/h (236 mph).

While the Carbonado Coupe came to us in six examples, Mansory is only building three units of the Apertos.

You’d expect such expensive creatures to be handled with care, at least by their owners, but sometimes that’s far from the truth. For instance, Russian rapper Timati had his Carbonado towed for parking it on a crosswalk in Saint-Tropez.