Pavarotti’s pipes had nothing on this symphony of 3 Lamborghini Aventador V12s

By Alexander Kalogianni Published December 10, 2014

A 12-cylinder Lamborghini is truly a gift that keeps on giving. After what was probably a long day of sparking the envy of everyone they passed throughout the city, three Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 owners lined up their exotics to belt out a sonorous chorus of exhaust notes that would put the three tenors to shame.

The 6.5-liter, 12-cylinder engines in the bays of the Italian super cars can generate up to 700 horsepower, and it takes a lot of heat to get that much bang out of your V12, which is evident in the video. The revving symphony took a back seat to an impromptu fire fight to see which bad bull can beltch out the biggest flame tail.

Aventador flame war — Image used with permission by copyright holder

When it’s moving, the Aventador, the replacement for Lamborghini’s Murciélago, can get from 0 to 60 in just under three seconds. It will also max out at a top speed of 217 mph … if you have a stretch of tarmac long enough. There’s a convertible version available, too, that lets you remove the top so that all that lovely exhaust note can be enjoyed on the go, without the need to swing up a scissor-door.

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We’ll leave it to you to decide who comes out on top of this flame war, but I think we can all agree that the absurdity of three Italian supercars revving with reckless abandon is just part of the charming madness of exotics we love so much.

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