There’s Always One

The journalist Misha Glenny wrote a very good book on organised crime called McMafia. In it he shows that south east Europe is a major conduit for smuggling goods and people into the major retail markets Europe. It’s been a hotspot of all sorts of skulduggery for centuries and now some Croatians have blown Lamborghini’s carefully planned launch schedule for their new supercar.

The replacement for the replacement for the replacement for the replacement for the original supercar.

It’s called the Aventador. Probably. It has a 700bhp engine. Almost certainly. It’s an all-new V12 and not another evolution of the engine that’s been powering Larmborghini supercars since the Miura. Lamborghini’s pre-launch strategy for the car has included interviews with the engineers working on the all-carbon chassis so we knew about that already. They have also released photographs of the shell and running gear.

All their careful work was ruined by the piratical people at Evo Magazine Croatia who just couldn’t help themselves from breaking Lamborghini’s pre-Geneva embargo. I can only guess that they’re not going to be welcome at Sant’Agata any time soon.