The Italian supercar maker has revealed its latest ballistic weapon and it puts a modern twist on one of its most classic features.
2023 Lamborghini Revuelto.
Lamborghini’s newest weapon is unlike anything the famed Italian brand has built before.
The Revuelto is the replacement for the wild Aventador supercar and for the first time Lamborghini has installed plug-in hybrid power in a production car.
This isn’t your Uber driver’s hybrid, though.
The Revuelto is the brand’s first plug-in hybrid.
Lamborghini has combined a screaming 6.5-litre V12 naturally aspirated petrol engine with two electric motors and a lithium-ion battery.
The petrol engine powers the rear wheels and the two electric motors power the front wheels giving the Revuelto all-wheel drive grip. There is also a third electric motor in the eight-speed auto that can supply power to the rear wheels in several driving modes including electric-only mode.
It still has a whopping big V12 petrol engine, though.
This potent combo produces an astounding 747kW, or about the same as six Toyota Corolla Hybrids.
There is no combined torque figure but the petrol engine alone makes 725Nm and each of the front electric motors create 350Nm.
The Italian brand claims the Revuelto can sprint from 0-100km/h in just 2.5 seconds on the way to a top speed of more than 350km/h.
Lamborghini doesn’t claim an electric only range, but it is likely to be short and only able to glide through inner city areas with emissions restrictions in Europe.
The electric motors are there to boost performance and lower emissions.
This rear-mounted V12 delivers max power above a screaming 9000rpm.
Purists will be enthralled with the non-turbo V12 that delivers max power above 9000rpm. This means it’ll have the old school soundtrack to match its performance.
It has massive tyres that are bigger and wider at the rear to help get all that power to the ground.
It’s a brutal looking car with lots of jagged edges and big aerodynamic and cooling vents and openings all over.
The Revuelto is low and wide and has head-turning scissor doors that open upwards.
Lamborghini hasn’t revealed prices yet but the old Aventador was close to $1 million on the road, so expect the Revuelto to top that.
It looks wild, with upward opening scissor doors.
Lamborghini’s move to hybrid power follows Europe’s ever tightening of emissions laws.
And the Revuelto comes in the wake of the new Ferrari 296 GTB plug-in hybrid.
The 296 GTB is powered by a 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged V6, electric motor and 7.45kWh battery. It makes a total of 610kW and can sprint to 100km/h in 2.9 seconds. The 296 also has a usable electric only driving range of up to 25km.
Supercars using internal combustion engines such as Lamborghini’s V12 might live on into the electric future, too.
Several car makers are developing synthetic, carbon neutral fuels to help prolong the life their halo performance cars.
The European Union is allowing vehicles powered by these fuels to live past its ban on new petrol and diesel cars in 2035.
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