In a lead-up to our weekly round-up of the Geneva Motor Show we pick the top unveils of the day. Today we bring you the Lamborghini Centenario.

Lamborghini started its show with CEO Stephan Winkelmann taking the wraps off the fastest and most powerful street-legal production car in its history.

 With a 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine pumping out 759bhp it can hit a top speed of 349km/h and go from 0-100km/h in just 2.8 seconds making it faster than the current flagship Aventador SV.

However, the new car will be a limited production, with only 40 multi-million-dollar examples -- 20 coupés and 20 roadsters -- being built built to honour the 100th anniversary of Ferruccio Lamborghini, the Italian the founder of the company who is essentially responsible for the concept of the supercar.

As such, the car is the result of designers given carte blanche to come up with something, freed from the constraints required of a full series production model. According to Winkelmann, the end result is: "the most fitting tribute to Ferruccio Lamborghini in his centenary year."

The Centenario looks outrageous, even for a Lamborghini. However, the jutting spines and carbon fiber blades are the result of form following function. With so much power available, everything possible has been done to ensure downforce and to stop the car from taking off and launching into the sky.

It's also why the car has four-wheel steering as well as four-wheel drive and why the rear wing extends and rotates upwards -- to keep the car glued to the road and to aid with braking when a sudden halt is required.

Lamborghini hopes that owners -- all 40 of whom have already purchased them -- will take their cars to the track to enjoy its full capabilities. To that extent the car comes with some fancy toys inside. Apple CarPlay support, on-board wi-fi hotspot; the car even has the same sort of telemetry technology found in race cars. Therefore it can monitor and compare lap times, g-force generated in the bends and a host of other circuit-focused data. It even has cameras integrated into the cabin so that each lap, and your passenger's expression, can be recorded for posterity and shared on social media.

All in, the Centenario is a fitting tribute indeed.

(Source: AFP Relaxnews)

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