The Ghedi military airport in Italy was the setting for an extraordinary acceleration race between a Tornado aircraft [A200-A] provided by the airbase, and the Lamborghini Reventon driven by an official Lamborghini test driver.
The fighter pilot and the Lamborghini test driver challenged each other on the 3,000- metre long runway.
The Reventon took the lead in the first leg of the race, but the Tornado caught up in the last few metres, taking off and flying over the Reventon that was going at a speed of over 340 km/h.
The Ghedi military base was chosen as the venue at which to present the Lamborghini super car to international TV networks.
General Carlo Landi of the Fifth Department of the Stato Maggiore dell A.M, and Colonel Aurelio of the Sixth Formation made the airbase the ideal environment in which to emphasize the Reventon's aeronautic styling, available to Lamborghini.
The Reventon's design, entirely designed by the Centro Stile Lamborghini and perfected down to the finest detail in close collaboration with Lamborghini's R and D management, drew its inspiration from the world's fastest aircraft in modern aviation.
It is from this heritage that the Reventon has drawn its extremely precise, technically impressive style with sharp edges, exact lines and clean surfaces, along with its exclusive new matte grey-green exterior colour.
There are only 20 Reventon cars available, each with a price tag of 1 million euros plus taxes. All are already sold and will be built and delivered in 2008.