When it comes to pure visual impact, there's not a thing on the road that has got anything on the Lamborghini Reventon. It's just so impossibly, relentlessly badass. It's got more sharp lines than a bag full of broken glass and more angles than a geometry set, yet manages to pull them all together in a package that makes Death itself run for cover. And with more than 640 demon horses on tap, it had better run fast.

In tribute to the ultimate Lamborghini's angrier-than-a-coked-up-teenager design, we're bringing you this gallery of images which recently escaped from lock-down at the Lamborghini factory in Sant'Agata Bolognese on the outskirts of Modena, . Take a deep breath and click on the thumbnails below to jump to our updated high-resolution image gallery.

Lamborghini today held a press conference entitled ”Lamborghini and speed – a project in record time” as part of the “Turin 2008 – World Design Capital” programme of events. In spectacular fashion, Lamborghini had the Marina Militare Italiana (the Italian marines) air lift a Reventon supercar over the city of Turin by military helicopter and land it on the rooftop of the Lingotto building, thus, closing the conference. With local, international and academic VIPs including representatives from the automotive industry in attendance, the purpose of the conference was to explore the extraordinary timescales, design and production abilities demonstrated in producing the 1 million Euro Reventon supercar, of which all 20 units have been sold worldwide.