Video: Can a Lamborghini Aventador beat an F-16 Fighting Falcon in a drag race?

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, Lamborghini, Military

The Lamborghini Aventador is one of the quickest and fastest supercars on the market today, but does it have what it takes to beat a fighter jet? And not just any jet, but an F-16 Fighting Falcon, perhaps the most iconic plane flown by the U.S. Air Force? Danish auto rag Bilmagasinet (literally translated as "car magazine") aimed to answer this question, and brought both vehicles to an active air field to find out whether or not this bull could beat a little old bird.

All we have to go on is their well-produced YouTube video, but from the footage we can see the Aventador more than holds its own in a straight drag race with the fighter plane. Once the Falcon takes flight, however, the Lamborghini gets left behind.

This stunt was of course performed by Richard Hammond back in 2007 with a Bugatti Veyron and Eurofighter Typhoon jet on Top Gear. We're no experts on military jets, but the Eurofighter is a much newer design than the F-16 Fighting Falcon and we suspect a much tougher opponent to face across the Christmas Tree of a makeshift drag strip. As such, the Veyron, today's current king of super cars, was no match for the Typhoon.

Scroll down to see how well the Aventador fared for yourself, as well as relive the Veyron's challenge.

Continue reading Can a Lamborghini Aventador beat an F-16 Fighting Falcon in a drag race?

Can a Lamborghini Aventador beat an F-16 Fighting Falcon in a drag race? originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/08/can-a-lamborghini-aventador-beat-an-f16-fighting-falcon-in-a-dra/

Josh Howard Giovanni Lavaggi Michel Leclere Kobe Braynt LeBron James PRISM Motorsports Toyota