Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Lamborghini RevueltoThe Aventador would have been the last in the long line of V12-powered Lamborghini supercars, had the pragmatists prevailed.A legacy that can be traced back to 1963 that also comprised the legendary Miura, Countach, Diablo and Murciélago could have faded into the chastened era of electrified and turbocharged powertrains.In traditional defiance, however, Lamborghini has insisted on continuing the 6.5-litre V12 for the Revuelto.AdvertisementAdvertisementNow making 813bhp and 535lb ft of torque, it is joined by three electric motors – for silly power.How silly? We’re talking 1001bhp @ 9250rpm silly. In a road-legal car.Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Lamborghini RevueltoWith just six miles of electric range, there is a sense that even while pandering to the 21st-century motoring industry, Sant’Agata’s bullish form remains true.Driving the Lamborghini Revuelto from cold, the V12 engine waits for its electric companions to warm the fluids before it erupts in a blare of agitation.Apart from allowing you to be quiet when passing through towns and villages, it feels clear that the whole system is geared towards performance.AdvertisementAdvertisementFlick from the urban Città setting through Strada, the 894bhp Sport and the full-whack Corsa mode, and the V12 ignites with satisfying purpose.Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Lamborghini RevueltoAcceleration comes in an instant hit of electric torque as the two front motors hook up 258lb ft each, with another one chiming in at the rear, while the thumping spirit of a classic Diablo emerges as you pass 3000rpm.The sheer force and evil shriek will corrupt anyone who might dare hesitate to feed this monster with revs, as it soars to a 9400rpm redline.Even gearchanges offer no respite, with electric torque filling each deft, automated dual-clutch snap.AdvertisementAdvertisementThere emerges a worry from inside the Batman-themed interior when the prospect of threading this 2.3m-wide runaway rocket through tight corners hurtles into conscience and the Herculean, carbon-ceramic discs tempt a good portion of the 1892kg (4171lb) behind you into a touch of yaw as you balance the turn-in.Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Lamborghini RevueltoBut the Lamborghini Revuelto obeys with surprising delicacy.It is really rather astonishing how naturally the front axle settles and those huge, 335mm rear tyres dig in to the Tarmac with the squirm of an activated limited-slip differential.There’s hardly any sense of this car’s torque-vectoring, four-wheel steering or regenerative braking.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe high-mounted, twin exhausts conclude a profile that’s 6in (152mm) longer than the Aventador’s, but the Revuelto’s exterior styling is more rooted in its lineage, rather than breaking free and challenging expectations.See one on the road and there is no question who this car’s maker is.Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Lamborghini RevueltoInside it’s a similar story, with improved trim quality and slightly fewer ergonomic eccentricities. It almost doesn’t do justice to the achievements made within this model’s clever carbonfibre structure – but then that’s part of the point.By adding the benefits of hybrid power without losing the knife-edge exhilaration of big Lamborghinis of old, the Revuelto has shown that there’s plenty more life in the V12 pantheon yet.AdvertisementAdvertisementImages: Jack HarrisonFactfileEngine 6499cc V12, plus three electric motors; 1001bhp @ 9250rpm; 793lb ft @ 6750rpmTransmission eight-speed auto, 4WD0-62mph 2.5 secsTop speed 217mph+Mpg 23.8Price £452,040We hope you enjoyed reading. Please click the ‘Follow’ button for more super stories from Classic & Sports Car.
