The plug-in hybrid successor to the current Lamborghini Aventador supercar – likely to be Lamborghini’s last series-production V12 offering – has been spotted on the move, ahead of its launch next year.
Due in overseas showrooms in 2023, the Aventador’s replacement will keep naturally-aspirated V12 power alive – but pair an all-new engine with Lamborghini’s first plug-in hybrid system, likely becoming the company’s last V12 car without a limited-build production run.
While the new supercar has been caught on camera before, the latest sighting showcases the Aventador successor’s styling in more detail (albeit in low-resolution images) – revealing bodywork that’s even more angular and aggressive than the car it replaces.
Inspiration has seemingly been drawn from the limited-run Sian for the new car’s X-shaped front-end signature, joining a prominent lower splitter, side intakes more aggressive than any previous production Lamborghini, X-shaped LED tail-lights, and a hardcore rear diffuser that wouldn’t look out of place on a race car.
While four exhaust tips poke out at the top of the rear fascia, the bodywork surrounding them suggests the pipes will be fitted with hexagonal surrounds for production – as seen in the first set of spy photos of the new model.
What has changed little as part of the new-model transition is the overall profile, with the new plug-in supercar remaining faithful to the Aventador’s wedge shape – including a low nose and windscreen, staggered wheel and tyre sizes, and a rising window line ahead of the engine.
Mounted behind the Aventador replacement’s cabin is slated to be an all-new naturally-aspirated V12 – only the third in Lamborghini’s history – incorporated as part of a plug-in hybrid system, with a new transmission replacing the Aventador’s seven-speed single-clutch unit.
Whereas the limited-run, Aventador-based Lamborghini Sian and Countach supercars could only provide a 25kW electrical boost from their ‘supercapacitor’ systems, the new series-production V12 supercar is expected to adopt a lithium-ion battery capable of supplying more power.
Power and torque outputs are yet to be confirmed, though it would be a departure from tradition for the new model to develop less power than its predecessor – indicating outputs in excess of the 574kW/720Nm of the Aventador LP780-4 Ultimae (or 602kW of the Sian).
The new Lamborghini V12 supercar is slated for launch overseas next year.
It will be the first in a new line of electrified Lamborghinis, with a plug-in hybrid successor to the Huracan expected in 2024 – as well as a hybrid Urus SUV by the end of 2024 – followed by the company’s first electric car in 2028.
With increasingly-stringent emissions regulations inbound ahead of the European Union’s combustion-engined vehicle ban in 2035, it’s likely the Aventador replacement will be the last series-production Lamborghini with a V12 engine.
Lamborghini has indicated plans to continue offering petrol power after the end of this decade.
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