Aventador SVJ
Aventador SVJ
Specifications
Notable facts
Reviews
About the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ
The Aventador SVJ (LP770-4, 2018-2021) is the track-focused flagship. It carries the SV's lightweight construction, again 3,362 lb (~1,525 kg) dry and about 110 lb (~50 kg) under the base coupe, but adds ALA 2.0 active aerodynamics and more power, 759 hp (770 PS). ALA uses electrically actuated flaps in the front splitter and rear wing to switch between high downforce for cornering and low drag on the straights, and to vector downforce side to side.
In 2018 it set the production-car lap record at the Nurburgring, and it stays the sharpest, most aggressive Aventador to drive. Lamborghini also built a numbered SVJ 63 sub-series.
Pros & cons
What’s great
- ALA 2.0 active aerodynamics
- Lighter than the base car
- Sharpest, most aggressive Aventador
Watch-outs
- Single-clutch gearbox shifts hard at low speed
- Super wide body
- Not very usable
Buying notes
- Confirm the ALA active-aero actuators work and show no faults; the system is central to the car and specific to the SVJ.
- Check the carbon aero parts (front splitter, rear wing) are undamaged and correct.
- The engine-stall software campaign (NHTSA 18V391000) reaches the earliest 2018 SVJ cars; confirm it was completed by VIN.
- Confirm it's a real SVJ. Some Aventadors have SVJ body kits.
Safety recalls
- 18V3910002012-2018Engine can stall unexpectedly, e.g. on deceleration below 2,000 rpm during an automatic downshift; remedy is an engine-software update.
US NHTSA campaigns for this model. A listed campaign may not apply to a particular car, and may already have been remedied — check a specific car by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Frequently asked
What is the SVJ 63?
A numbered sub-series of 63 cars (offered in coupe and roadster) marking Lamborghini's founding year, 1963. They get a specific livery and trim over the standard SVJ. Sources differ on whether the 63 cars sit within the standard production cap or in addition to it.
What's the Nurburgring connection?
In July 2018 an SVJ set the production-car lap record at the Nordschleife, 6:44.97, driven by Lamborghini test driver Marco Mapelli. It beat the Porsche 911 GT2 RS's time and was the outright production-car record at the time.
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