The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Is An Ultra Lightweight Track-Only Monster And Here Is Why

10. The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento is not street-legal

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento - Source: Lamborghini Press

The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento is not street-legal here in the United States and purely means track business. There are several boxes that Sesto Elemento is unable to check missing airbags, lack of proper driver assistance and safety, and not emission tested/regulated making it illegal to be driven on public roads. If you’re looking for your next supercar to take a spin out there on the road, I think you need to consider a different model.

9. Sesto Elemento just weighs just 2,202 lbs

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento - Source: Lamborghini Press

With an overall weight of just 2,202 lbs, the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento is one of the lightest hypercars from the Italian manufacturer. The Lamborghini ACRC (Advanced Composites Research Center) in Sant'Agata Bolognese in collaboration with the Boeing laboratories in Seattle developed the carbon fiber monocoque and frame. If you’re impressed already, wait until you find out that the rims, suspension elements, and driveshaft also happen to be made of carbon fiber to shed those extra pounds.

8. Bare interiors of Sesto Elemento

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Interior - Source: Lamborghini Press

To put a proper track vibe while you’re inside, Lamborghini never bothered to retrofit the Sesto Elemento with an air conditioner, stereo, dash top, or seats. You read that right, unlike conventional seats, the Sesto Elemento uses a foam padding directly affixed to the carbon fiber chassis thus saving even more weight and complimenting the overall performance of the car.

7. The Sesto Elemento is rarer than you think

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Side - Source: Lamborghini Press

Lamborghini in mid-2011 planned to build 20 Sesto Elemento units worldwide however that never happened. It is believed that the price of the car along with its complexities and not being road-legal didn’t see much hype from the buyers. Wikipedia says that only 10 units were ever produced making it even more rare than it sounds. What adds to this exclusivity is the fact that the United States only has a demonstration chassis that resides at the Boeing Everett Factory and is occasionally on display.

 6. Heart of the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento

The lightest Lamborghini houses a 5.2L V10 motor which sits at the rear and is strapped to a 6-speed automated manual transmission producing a whopping 562 horsepower and 398 lb-ft of torque. Along with this, the Sesto Elemento brags with its permanent all-wheel drivetrain, not to mention this adds to the overall agility and traction of the car.

To quote Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann, “The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento shows how the future of the super sports car can look - extreme lightweight engineering, combined with extreme performance results in extreme driving fun. We put all of our technological competence into one stunning form to create the Sesto Elemento.” 

5. Power-to-weight ratio of Lamborghini Sesto Elemento is insane

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Rear - Source pelican-actor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The power-to-weight ratio can be defined as the amount of power a car has relative to its weight. The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento has 0.255 horsepower per pound of weight. If I had to put things in perspective, the Gallardo Superleggera from which the engine was borrowed for the Sesto Elemento featured a power-to-weight ratio of 0.19 horsepower per pound. Fast forward to 2019 and the Aventador SVJ gets a power-to-weight ratio of 0.22.

4. The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento was the most expensive Lamborghini

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Rear - Source: Lamborghini Press

Up until Lamborghini launched the Veneno, the 2011 Sesto Elemento was the most expensive model from the brand and cost a whopping $2.92 Million. Due to its exclusivity, the price only saw amplification. The Lamborghini Veneno was launched with an MSRP of $4 Million eating up the top spot in the most expensive Lamborghini cars ever produced list.

3. It has one of a kind Design

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Engine Cover - Source: Lamborghini Press

Along with the extensive use of carbon fiber, the Sesto Elemento features a one-of-a-kind design that sets it apart from other Lamborghini models. The front of the car has two cutouts on the hood featuring the letter Y and painted in red. At the rear, the Sesto Elemento has twin five hexagonal holes right above the engine allowing the car to breathe fresh air and the onlookers to take a sneak peek at the V10 powerhouse sitting below.

2. The Sesto Elemento is more than just fast

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Wheels - Source pelican-actor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

With just 2,200 lbs of weight, the Sesto Elemento is enough to give you a roller coaster ride experience or make you sick to your stomach. To put it simply, with a top speed of 221 MPH, it takes 2.5 seconds to run past 60 MPH from a standstill. That's almost three-tenths of a second quicker than the Aventador Ultimae which puts out around 30% more power to the wheels. The recently launched Lamborghini Revuelto achieves the same acceleration feat albeit with almost twice the power and weight.

 1. Sesto Elemento translates to the sixth element in the periodic table

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento - Source: Lamborghini Press

If you thought Sesto Elemento was just a cool name for such a limited production car, you’d be wrong in ways you can’t even imagine. The Sesto Elemento in Italian translates to the sixth element in the periodic table i.e. you guessed it right now, Carbon. This Lamborghini lives up to its name however we think Sesto Elemento Più Raro Di Raro translating to rarest of the rare would have made it complete.