At a time when many super sports cars have committed themselves to electricity, Lamborghini is delaying the impending retirement of its naturally aspirated V12 engine with a complete package of electric motors. The interested customer therefore has all the options, because either the Lamborghini Revuelto hums almost silently from the villa area for up to 13 kilometers so as not to annoy the neighbors or coaxes the new star from Santa Agatha to reach 0 speed in seven seconds or a top speed beyond that 350 km/h. While the competitors sometimes use up to 2,000 hp on and off the racetrack, the northern Italian is more discreet, at least on paper. If the V12 naturally aspirated engine and the three electric motors (one on each front wheel and one on the rear axle) step into the breach together, the 4.95 meter long hyper all-wheel drive can draw on up to 746 kW / 1,015 HP and 725 Nm, which are suitable for the The pilot feels significantly more when he applies full throttle. A clear plus point is the eight-speed dual clutch transmission, which replaces the previous seven-speed version of the Aventador.
The Revuelto propulsion is simply spectacular, because it goes from a standstill to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds, after 7.0 seconds the 200 mark races past and the roaring flounder only slows down beyond 350 km/h. Thanks to its sophisticated aerodynamics and excellent handling, it can not only shine in a straight line – on the contrary. Rouven Mohr, Chief Technical Officer of Lamborghini: “On a lap around Nardo, the Revuelto with the same tires is three seconds faster than an Aventador SVJ.” With its monocoque and carbon fiber body elements, it looks as martial as you would expect from a Lamborghini. Inside, the Revuelto offers leather or Dinamica bucket seats and a 12.3-inch instrument panel. In the center console, the driver looks at an 8.4-inch digital screen for infotainment and then, for the first time, the front passenger has their own 9.4-inch display. Even though the interior could be more spacious, the Revuelto offers 2.6 cm more headroom and 8.4 cm more legroom.
The driving modes (Cittá, Strada, Sport and Corsa), the battery programs (Recharge, Hybrid, Performance), the elevation of the vehicle nose and the angle of the rear spoiler are adjusted using four small rotary controls on the steering wheel spokes. “This means that the driver has 13 different basic settings available depending on the driving scenario and driving style,” says Mohr. The maximum power varies depending on the driving mode selected: 180 hp in Cittá mode, 886 hp in Strada mode, 907 hp in Sport and a total of 1,015 hp in the Corsa program when the battery program is in the performance setting. In this context, Matteo Ortenzi, head of the Revuelto product line, makes it clear that it would have been entirely possible to have a larger battery for a range of 100 km to use: “But this would have increased the overall weight of the vehicle by at least a hundred kilos, and the aim was to offer an electric supercar to reduce emissions and improve performance, rather than an ordinary plug-in hybrid to build.”
While the 6.5 liter V12 naturally aspirated engine with 825 hp thunders behind the heads of the two occupants, two 110 kW / 150 hp axial flow electric motors hiss on the front axle, each delivering an additional 350 Nm of torque. The three electric motors are brought to life by a small 3.8 kWh battery, which can be charged in 30 minutes via a 7.4 kW socket, through regenerative braking or directly from the V12 engine. Much more impressive: if you turn off the V12, you can see almost 9,500 tours on the digital display while your ears cheer and goosebumps cover your arms – fantastic.
The power delivery of the V12 naturally aspirated engine with the corresponding electric support is anything but surprising and still more than impressive. Slightly narrower and lower than its predecessor of the same length, the Lamborghini Revuelto cannot disguise the weight increase of 160 kilograms, especially on a race track. The eight-speed dual-clutch transmission is heavier than the previous seven-speed automated variant; There is also a lithium-ion battery and three electric motors that the Aventador did not have on board. The almost 2.0-tonne car is much more agile in the corners, not least thanks to its rear-axle steering, and the electric boost has a positive impact on fuel consumption. There is no exact data yet, but with a reduction of around 35 percent, the WLTP consumption of the newcomer would be around 12.5 liters per 100 km despite significantly more power.
But it’s not just about the brutal thrust. The braking performance made possible by the large ceramic discs is even more shameless than the propulsion that enchants you. The significantly higher downforce thanks to the magical aerodynamics ensures that the Revuelto sticks to the road at almost unreal speeds. Rouven Mohr: “We limit the intervention of the stability control system to the maximum and avoid selective wheel braking, which makes driving less and less smooth. And finally, we create electric torque vectoring by slightly increasing the power on the inner wheel at the entrance to the curve and doing the same on the outer wheel.” The rest is done by the Bridgestone Potenza sports tires in the format 265/35 ZR20 at the front and 345/30 ZR21 at the rear and the significantly better engine-gearbox combination.
