Lamborghini Revuelto

Closing out a half century of purely gasoline-powered V12 cars going back to the brand's earliest models, Luxury Italian sports car designer Lamborghini has ...

The plug-in replacement for Lamborghini’s other, less expensive supercar, the V10 powered Huracán, will be revealed later. In the Revuelto, the engine points towards the back to make room for battery packs. Two more electric motors power each of the car’s front wheels, providing all-wheel-drive. Front-wheel-drive low-speed cruising will be fully electric, while high-powered aggressive track driving will employ all available power from the V12 engine and the electric motors. From there, engine power was rerouted through spinning driveshafts to the back wheels or, in many newer models, to all four wheels. The car, whose price is as yet undisclosed, will offer driving sensations ranging from loud and viciously punchy to smooth and silent.

The Lamborghini Revuelto is the company's hybrid V12 successor to the Aventador. It has a total system output of 745kW of power.

Inside the Revuelto has a “spaceship” design with a pronounced carbon-fibre central section. The Lamborghini Unica mobile app allows owners to remotely view things like the fuel level, battery charge, electric range and exact position when parked. The Revuelto is the brand’s third V12 model to have a transverse-mounted transmission. There are also two NACA ducts located in front of the rear wheels. The Italian carmaker claims the battery pack can be fully recharged in 30 minutes when charging at 7kW. It’s also the Italian carmaker’s lightest V12 too, weighing in at just 218kg.

The successor to Lamborghini's iconic Aventador flagship is here – and it's named after a particularly terrifying Spanish fighting bull (or a popular breakfast ...

The list of other Lambos named after fighting bulls is long, and includes models like the Islero, the Espada, the Jarama, the Gallardo and the Urus. The first Lamborghini model to receive a bull-inspired name was the Miura back in 1966, named for a particularly ferocious and large breed of bulls which was, in turn, named for the surname of their breeder, Antonio Miura. Finally, the 1990 Lamborghini Diablo's namesake was a bull that survived for hours in an epic bullfight in Madrid in 1869. The Lamborghini Murcielago, meanwhile, was named after a bull from the late 1800s that allegedly survived 24 jabs from a matador and fought so valiantly its life was spared. Revuelto was named for his 'unruly' nature and was considered something of a revolution in the sport back in his heyday. The Aventador was named after a bull that fought in Spain's 'Plaza de toros de Zaragoza' in 1993, and was presented with an award for 'outstanding courage'.

Revuelto is the next big Lambo, and it'll arrive packing V12 hybrid power.

The 110kW/150Nm rear electric motor is used to power the rear wheels in conjunction with the V12, provide electric AWD in low-grip situations, and as a replacement for the reverse gear in the eight-speed gearbox. Stiffer anti-roll bars (11 per cent front, 50 per cent rear) are combined with a 10 per cent faster ratio for the electronic power steering than the Aventador Ultimae. More technological innovations for Lamborghini sees extensive use of carbon fibre in the Revuelto’s chassis. The Revuelto’s massive 410mm front carbon ceramic brake rotors are clamped by ten-piston calipers. [Sián](/advice/lamborghini-sian-supercapacitor-explained) and [Countach](/features/50-years-of-lamborghini-countach)), the name Revuelto comes from a bull. This allows the new eight-speed dual-clutch transmission to sit transversely behind the engine to accommodate the electrical gubbins. Lamborghini doesn’t claim an electric driving range; expect it to be less than 20km. Lamborghini claims the new ‘L545’ is its lightest-ever V12, too. This time, a particularly angry one from the 1880s. We haven’t heard it yet, but the massive twin hexagonal exhaust outlets are promising. The steering wheel and controls all feature familiar Lamborghini shapes and design language. The ‘L545’ 6.5-litre V12 would have no trouble scrambling eggs on its own.

The 217-mph electrified Revuelto puts out 1001 horsepower and boasts 13 driving modes, but it can manage only 8 miles on battery power alone.

The Revuelto promises to be more agile as the tempo increases and a good deal friendlier than its predecessors on the limit. Although the Revuelto has an electric range of about eight miles and can be driven silently in Città mode, Lamborghini is clear that the tech exists primarily to heighten the car’s performance and high-speed dynamics. But the new car, Mohr says, is more approachable and accessible. To give you some idea how small this pack is, the car can be fully charged in just 30 minutes on a 7-kW power supply, but the battery pack is more likely to be replenished under regenerative braking. But this particular hybrid is dedicated to expanding the car’s dynamic bandwidth as much as it is tidying up its emissions or reframing a V-12 hypercar in a more socially acceptable way. Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann claims that the company is on a path marked by four things: sustainability, digitalization, urbanization, and geopolitics.