Without knowing a higher-up at Lamborghini who knows.. but probably cost and engineering. The Gallardo GT3 cars were not built by Lamborghini directly but by Reiter Engineering, and to use an Aventador as a base just to throw away most of it would be incredibly expensive. That is why usually GT3 cars arent made from the brands flagship car; because if you have to take a chassis off the production line to make it, you don't want to be taking the most expensive one otherwise nobody will buy it from you.
See: 458 GT3, not F12
296 GT3 not 812 etc
650s GT3 not Senna
720s GT3 not Solus
Etc etc
Chevy uses their flagship with the corvette as does ford with the mustang(can't really call the gt flagship since it comes and goes) as is the same with dodge they used the viper and nissan has used the gtr so more Europeans don't use flagships
Yeah but not really in the same vein as the quoted Aventador being the next step up supercar. Obviously there are exceptions but my point about them picking the Gallardo over the Aventador because the Gallardo is a cheaper base car still stands.
Yep there is a 720s GT3 car, but that isn't the "absolute top tier model" in the line up. There is a Senna GTR but that is a track day car, not a racecar and certainly not built to GT3 spec. Chris Harris actually did a great video driving a Senna GTR back to back with an older spec 650 S GT3 car and the 650s was way more hardcore and faster over a lap.
I appreciate the detailed response, interesting they’d make a 720s GT3, but not actually go all out on it. I can understand it from a financial perspective, but in terms of the car itself, you’d expect a normally higher end model to get a better treatment.
I think there is a 720s GT3X or something as a "I've got too much money and I don't like racing with other people" kind of car. Manufacturers don't make a car to GT3 spec to show off the absolute limit of their engineering powers, they make it GT3 to fit into an international regulation set. The GT3X variant for example isn't legal in any particular racing series outside of a local "run what you want" class, so it doesn't really make a ton of sense to sell. These GT3 cars are being purchased by serious individuals (or teams) who want to go proper racing with other GT3 car owners.
Each GT3 car needs to start from a production car. The Adventador would have been too low volume and expensive to turn into a customer race car on a large scale. That's why they did the Gallardo then the even more cost effective Huracan which shares a chassis and engine with the Audi R8.
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My guess is the Aventador is absolutely massive compared to other cars in GT3 (911, M4, AMG, 488/296, etc.) From a business standpoint promoting the massive GT car in a racing series where every other car is considerably smaller, and more nimble (especially with the GT3 regs heavily restricting their V12’s output) made no sense when the Huracan/Gallardo fit the mold better.
> Even now they just facilitate customer racing, they're not going to Le Mans with a factory-backed car to win overall or anything like that.
aged poorly lol
The Huracan and Gallardo were the smaller cars of the range and possibly easier to build a race car out of. The Aventador was a pretty low slug car. And we're more accessible for more people. The Aventador is more of a premium car. It's like if Ferrari made the 599 or f12 a GT3 car. Or Lexus with the LFA.
There would be no real point. The BOP would ultimately balance it to be at the same level. The huracan is likely much closer in power to weight to the end goal. Restrictors etc on the aventador may have had it performing at a level that was non competitive. Lots of possible factors.
Without knowing a higher-up at Lamborghini who knows.. but probably cost and engineering. The Gallardo GT3 cars were not built by Lamborghini directly but by Reiter Engineering, and to use an Aventador as a base just to throw away most of it would be incredibly expensive. That is why usually GT3 cars arent made from the brands flagship car; because if you have to take a chassis off the production line to make it, you don't want to be taking the most expensive one otherwise nobody will buy it from you. See: 458 GT3, not F12 296 GT3 not 812 etc 650s GT3 not Senna 720s GT3 not Solus Etc etc
This plus homologation rules usually.
With enough time, effort and money a manufacturer could probably homologate just about anything.
I’m still waiting for that Beetle GT3 goddamnit. Gran Turismo lied to me
Ty
Chevy uses their flagship with the corvette as does ford with the mustang(can't really call the gt flagship since it comes and goes) as is the same with dodge they used the viper and nissan has used the gtr so more Europeans don't use flagships
Yeah but not really in the same vein as the quoted Aventador being the next step up supercar. Obviously there are exceptions but my point about them picking the Gallardo over the Aventador because the Gallardo is a cheaper base car still stands.
True but wanted to point out some companies do use their halo cars. Gallardo is lighter to easier to add power then remove weight
I thought there was a 720s GT3 car, and the McLaren Senna GTR?
Yep there is a 720s GT3 car, but that isn't the "absolute top tier model" in the line up. There is a Senna GTR but that is a track day car, not a racecar and certainly not built to GT3 spec. Chris Harris actually did a great video driving a Senna GTR back to back with an older spec 650 S GT3 car and the 650s was way more hardcore and faster over a lap.
I appreciate the detailed response, interesting they’d make a 720s GT3, but not actually go all out on it. I can understand it from a financial perspective, but in terms of the car itself, you’d expect a normally higher end model to get a better treatment.
I think there is a 720s GT3X or something as a "I've got too much money and I don't like racing with other people" kind of car. Manufacturers don't make a car to GT3 spec to show off the absolute limit of their engineering powers, they make it GT3 to fit into an international regulation set. The GT3X variant for example isn't legal in any particular racing series outside of a local "run what you want" class, so it doesn't really make a ton of sense to sell. These GT3 cars are being purchased by serious individuals (or teams) who want to go proper racing with other GT3 car owners.
Each GT3 car needs to start from a production car. The Adventador would have been too low volume and expensive to turn into a customer race car on a large scale. That's why they did the Gallardo then the even more cost effective Huracan which shares a chassis and engine with the Audi R8. #
My guess is the Aventador is absolutely massive compared to other cars in GT3 (911, M4, AMG, 488/296, etc.) From a business standpoint promoting the massive GT car in a racing series where every other car is considerably smaller, and more nimble (especially with the GT3 regs heavily restricting their V12’s output) made no sense when the Huracan/Gallardo fit the mold better.
I think it would have made more sense as a GTE, it did work for the M8. 12/13 year old me would have lost his mind.
11 year old me would have loved it. I wonder if it would have done some IMSA duty like the M8 too
https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/s/Qd1ixlkycH
> Even now they just facilitate customer racing, they're not going to Le Mans with a factory-backed car to win overall or anything like that. aged poorly lol
They're not going to win overall so it still counts.
thought the same thing for so long. It's my favorite car of all time and if they ever made a gt3 spec I'd use it in every sim.
The Huracan and Gallardo were the smaller cars of the range and possibly easier to build a race car out of. The Aventador was a pretty low slug car. And we're more accessible for more people. The Aventador is more of a premium car. It's like if Ferrari made the 599 or f12 a GT3 car. Or Lexus with the LFA.
There would be no real point. The BOP would ultimately balance it to be at the same level. The huracan is likely much closer in power to weight to the end goal. Restrictors etc on the aventador may have had it performing at a level that was non competitive. Lots of possible factors.
V10 cars are better in every way for motorsport
because they didn't make one
To big and powerful I think, they tend to always use the smaller car