Lamborghini to offer new supercar, two other hybrid models, from late next year
LAMBORGHINI has confirmed that its all-new Revuelto V12 supercar, a plug-in-hybrid replacement for Lamborghini’s Aventador, will arrive in Australia in the third quarter of 2024, and will be closely followed by two other hybrid models – an all-new replacement for the Huracan and a plug-in hybrid version of the Urus SUV.
Speaking to Australian automotive media at the Urus Performante’s Sydney unveiling, Oceania area manager, Peter Crombie-Brown, said that while he expects first Australian deliveries of the Revuelto V12 hybrid to arrive in the third quarter of 2024, local pricing for this all-new flagship is yet to be announced but will happen “shortly, because we want to start getting cars allocated to customers, which will hopefully be quite soon.”
As for whether the Revuelto’s manufacturer list price will be a six- or seven-figure sum, Mr Crombie-Brown said he was unsure of what its price will be, though didn’t discount it nudging the $A1 million mark.
“Pricing is the last thing that we generally release to the dealers … six or seven figures, I have no idea (yet),” he said.
To achieve Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann’s promise of transitioning to hybrid offerings in every model during the brand’s 60th Anniversary year, the next step beyond the just-announced Revuelto is the imminent replacement for the nine-year-old, V10-engined Huracan.
“If everything is going to (transition) to hybrid by 2024, they’ll start to announce that there’s a next-generation (Huracan) soon,” said Mr Crombie-Brown, though he confirmed that no one outside company insiders knows what the Huracan replacement will be called.
“To be brutally honest, I did not know what the name of the V12 (Revuelto) was until I got to Italy (for the global unveiling). They do a really good job of not telling anyone.”
If the Revuelto foreshadows its future supercar sibling, however, then there’s a strong chance the all-new Huracan replacement will continue with a V10 petrol engine combined with a plug-in hybrid system.
Mr Crombie-Brown admitted he isn’t sure what direction the brand will take with its future plug-in hybrid variants – whether they will be downsized in both engine capacity and cylinder count.
“But, if you look at the car that we just launched (the Revuelto), it’s still running a naturally aspirated V12, so they worked very hard to design that engine, to make sure everything (is up to supercar standards),” he said.
“With the upcoming models … (Lamborghini’s future drivetrain plans) will be released shortly.”
The third hybrid in Lamborghini’s 2024 line-up is arguably the easiest to predict, given the shared engineering DNA with other Volkswagen Group models – a plug-in-hybrid version of the Urus SUV.
While the plug-in hybrids of several related SUVs feature a reduced cylinder count (such as the V6-engined Volkswagen Touareg R, Audi Q7/Q8 e-quattro and Bentley Bentayga Hybrid), the Urus’s spiritual cousin – the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid – features a plug-in-hybrid version of the Porsche-engineered 4.0-litre twin-turbo petrol V8 already familiar to Urus owners, producing total system outputs of 500kW and 900Nm.
As with current petrol V8 Urus models, expect Lamborghini’s version of this range-topping plug-in hybrid to exceed the Turbo S E-Hybrid’s outputs – pointing to a likely power figure of 515kW-plus and greater than 900Nm of torque.
In the Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid, the V8’s 500kW/900Nm outputs are good enough for 0-100km/h in 3.8 seconds, a standing 400m time of 12.0 seconds and a top speed of 295km/h, as well as an electric-only range of 47km.
Keyword: Revuelto hybrid due Q3 2024, pricing imminent