This is a 2020 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ 63 Roadster. It is finished in Nero with dark gold livery, with a Nero interior, and a removable two-piece carbon-fiber top. Powered by a 770 hp 6.5-liter V12 engine, it sends power to all four wheels through a seven-speed, automated single-clutch transmission.

Here in 2024, fans of the supercar have recently witnessed radical changes in the approach to achieving ultimate speed. Over the span of an entire century, horsepower has seen a steady increase, but the means of motivation was the constant - the internal combustion engine. V8, V12, V16, WR-16, turbos and superchargers, there were constant variations on the theme, but the backbeat remained the same - petroleum power, and lots of it.

But as everyone started looking towards the future, the development of electric and hydrogen power started in earnest. It began at the edges, on the fringe, but in fits and starts, it began to mature into practical propulsion for the general public. Every major manufacturer began considering what it meant for them, and the products they offered, as they peered into their corporate crystal balls and tried to see what the future held for them. And what you often saw, in addition to hints about what the future had in store, was how these manufacturers started making the most of what they had. If you love what you make, you make the most of what you have.

This end of an era approach to production was particularly poignant at Lamborghini. Under the auspices of Audi nee the Volkswagen Group, the Italian sports car concern had thrived, both with the quality of their product and their sales. The 10-cylinder 'entry' level Gallardo was an unqualified success, but it was the flagship 12-cylinder bulls that improved in leaps and bounds. From the Diablo to the Murcielago, and through to the Aventador, the icon blended the outrageous personality with true capability and competency. The Aventador, in particular, became the platform that Lamborghini used to essentially make hay while the sun shined. So from around 2010 into the early 2020s, the variants began to branch out in different directions, celebrating the iconic form factor of the mid-engine V12 supercar with different takes on where it was going. The resulting proliferation from that period runs the gamut - coupes and roadsters, hybrid drivetrains, tributes to past Lamborghini icons, the track focused street car category, and then finishes off with fully fettled, factory race specification, not legal for street use. It’s only proper that SBX Cars offer all of these variations, letting buyers pick their flavor.

The SVJ Roadster is the penultimate version of Lamborghini’s Aventador, full of the technical upgrades to maximize every bit of the performance and ability it was capable of, but none of them eclipse the main attraction - the incredible V12 that the company is famous for.

While the performance, and the manner in which it is deployed, produces the kind of adrenaline rush that blur the mind, it is also the comprehensive technical competence of the SVJ that makes it a supercar standard. The SVJ was created to secure the street car lap record at the Nürburgring, which it successfully took from the Porsche 911 GT2 RS, with a time of 6:44:97.

This was accomplished through extensive use of carbon-fiber body panels, titanium valve train, and the first application of Lamborghini’s ALA system - Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva - an entire active aerodynamic package. That package included a disconnected front splitter, carbon-fiber rear wing with a central stabilizer fin, rear diffuser, and then underbody vortex generators.

While only 800 SVJ Roadsters were produced, this '63' edition is even more exclusive - celebrating Lamborghini’s 63rd birthday, production of this model was logically limited to 63, and stands out as a special variation on a special specification.