Private event brings Sesto Elemento to the track

A special event on May 29 in Las Vegas, the United States was the perfect oportunity for a very select group of people that were personally invited to attend by Automobili Lamborghini SpA to actually get behind the impressive red steering wheel of the limited edition Sesto Elemento.

Back in September 2011, at the IAA in Frankfurt, Germany Stephan Winkelmann confirmed 20 units of the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento (which was unveiled as a concept a year earlier at the 2010 Paris Motor Show by the way) would be built, priced at a serious US$ 2,200,000 and without it being street legal the Sesto Elemento still managed to sell out in a matter of months as in late June 2012 we heard all of them were sold ... and nobody had seen the actual production version yet.

Construction of the concept prototype was handled by Carrozzeria Imperiale but the production version would be manufactured at the new Prototype and Pre-Series building Automobili Lamborghini SpA inaugurated in July 2012, in fact what is believed to be the first unit of the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento production was on display at the 2012 Pebble Beach event in California.

Fast forward to May 2013 ... all of a sudden a photo shows up online depicting a Sesto Elemento with totally different wheels ... and a German license plate at the back!

Now things are getting interesting ... why would there be a license plate mounted on a car that is limited to only 20 units and isn't street legal anyway? Is there something in the pipeline Lamborghini hasn't mentioned yet ... all the information we could get our hands on still mentions 'for track use or on private roads only, not street legal on public road', so there is no reason to 'register' the car and get a license plate right?

Also why would they change the wheels, where the full carbon wheels not up to the task and did they put alloy wheels with carbon fiber fins on the car instead? They still show a central locking nut so at least the Sesto Elemento will not run on regular five bolt wheel fixing, but still it is a strange thing ... has something changed that will allow a Sesto Elemento to be street legal after all?

Remember back in late June 2012 a statement was made all 20 units were sold ... so why put together a special VIP event at the Spring Mountain Motorsport Ranch in Nevada, USA that allows 'possible customers' to be a passenger in a Sesto Elemento. At first with a Lamborghini pilot behind the wheel for a few laps after which the 'invitee' would be able to drive himself ... imagine that: actually driving a 570hp car that weighs less than 1,000 kg on a track?

Something else that captured our eye was the fact the Sesto Elemento at this event sat on street tires ... if this is a track only car and you hand out a 'test' on an actual track why not mount racing slicks on it, that would increase cornering speed even further and impress the hell out of the drivers ... so there are a few things not adding up here.

On the other hand, the single photo of this event that has been posted on the official Automobili Lamborghini SpA FB page shows another thing that is different between this 'customer test' car and the earlier concept models ... take a look at the side windows ... this test car has the small sliding sections we seen on race cars while all the time the previous Sesto Elemento we saw all had normal side windows ... that wouldn't open, but still.

So what's the bottom line here ... is the Sesto Elemento still a 'track only' car hence the different wheels (I suppose these are stronger) and the special side windows ... or is there a 'street legal' version in the pipeline that can actually be registered and get a license plate? In the latter case think about this scenario ... the limited edition of 20 units that are sold out for almost a year now are 'track only', but there is a second production run in the making that will actuall produce a street legal variant ... which isn't sold out naturally, hence this 'experience event' in Nevada ... to attract possible customers for a Sesto Elemento Strada ?

Source [LamboCARS]

 

Sure looks like a Gallardo with a crazy body kit to me.

 

Well you could say the Veneno is an Aventador with a kit while the Sesto Elemento is the Gallardo with a kit

Just heard not all 20 units are sold ... anyone know more about that, I was under the impression the Sesto Elemento was sold out?

 

There are sold 18 cars. The last two will stay in Lamborghini's ownership. One will put in the museum and the other one in a Lamborghini dealer at UAE. Although not sure for the second.

 

one picture

 

Furthermore, the Veneno has more in common with the Aventador than the Sesto Elemento with the Gallardo. Just see the weight.

This is not, by far, a Gallardo. This picture explains it very well:

 

I guess the main thing the Gallardo and the Sesto Elemento have in common is the 570hp V10 engine ... other than that these are two totally different cars, for a different type of customer.

Just found this amazing video online. The V10 roar of the Sesto Elemento[/url] ... the sound of this car is truly amazing, very loud ... I guess there isn't much sound insulation to be found in the SE ... lol. The video also shows the layout of the digital readout ... looks very nice.

 

Thanks Mark, added to homepage!

 

Wowwwww! Amazing!

 

Such a huge occasion and one goddamn photo?