Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670–4 SV China Limited Edition On The Move In Beijing

A Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670–4 SV China Limited Edition, seen in January 2011 in central Beijing, without license plate and seemingly brand new. It was a cold winter’s day but the Lamborghini was HOT. It was so loud the whole street seemed to shake, and everybody was looking at the fast Lamborghini supercar.

The Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SV was a hardcore version of the regular LP 670-4 Murcielago. The LP 670-4 SV was made in 2009 and 2010 with a total production of only 350 vehicles.

The LP 670-4 China Limited Edition (LP 670-4中国限量版) was even rarer, limited to 10 cars that all went to China. It debuted at the 2010 Beijing Auto Show and was sexed up with stealth-gray paint, orange-black racing stripes, orange SV-lettering, and orange brake pads.

I decided to follow the Lamborghini but it was a battle unfair. I was in a Changan-Suzuki Swift with my girlfriend at the wheel. The Lamborghini had a bit more power too: a mighty V12 with 670 hp and 661 Nm, good for a claimed 345 km/h top speed and a 0-100 in 3.2 seconds.

A little later the SV China Limited Edition headed to the parking lot of the Kuntai Royal Hotel and disappeared, so we ended our chase. Hopefully the driver found a safe place to park because it was a very expensive machine.

Official factory photo.

The Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670–4 SV China Limited Edition cost a massively crazy 7.8 million yuan. For comparison, the ‘normal’ Murcielago SV went for 7.3 million and the ‘regular’ Murcielago for only 4.38 million. So the SV costs a lot more and the China Limited Edition a little more still. But it was probably worth the money for the orange SV decals alone.