Two V12 cars will be arriving later in the year.
[UPDATE] A teaser of the all-electric Lamborghini was shown briefly during the livestream that announced the electrification agenda. It is attached here. A few vague silhouettes of what might be the Huracan or Aventador replacements made an appearance.
It was 2014, when Lamborghini dominated the Paris Motor Show with the unveiling the Asterion. It paired a V10 naturally-aspirated engine with three electric motors to produce nearly 900 horsepower. The concept never saw production. It wasn’t until 2019, when the first electrified road-going vehicle from Sant’Agata Bolognese was released as the Sian FKP37.
Lamborghini plans to reduce CO 2 emissions to half by 2025. This will be accomplished by combining all three models, Huracan, Aventador and the Urus SUV. The company will introduce its first series production hybrid in 2023 to help it reach this goal. This will be the successor to the limited-run Sian, of which 19 roadsters and 63 coupes have been assembled.
In the next four year, a total investment of EUR1.5 billion (or $183.3B at current exchange rates), will be made to electrify product portfolio. The funds will be used to develop carbon fiber technologies to compensate the weight penalty resulting from the additional hybrid-related hardware. All three models will have some form of electrical assistance by the end 2024.
The lineup will expand to include a fourth model in the second half decade. It will be the first model that completely eliminates the combustion engine. Lamborghini has confirmed that a pure EV will launch after 2025. It is not clear if it will be a sports car with two doors or something more practical like the SUV. We are still waiting to see the sedan recipe from the Estoque, which will be used for the road-going counterpart.
Although electrification is inevitable because Lamborghini wants to comply with stricter emissions regulations to avoid heavy fines, purists need not worry. It vows to place performance as its “absolute priority” when adding hybrids and an electric model.
A pair of supercars powered by V12 will be revealed later in the year. Lamborghini will celebrate the combustion engine in 2021-2022 with vehicles that evoke the company’s “glorious past and iconic products of the past and present”.
Although nothing is yet official, the Countach LP500 celebrates its 50th year anniversary this year. Perhaps one of the V12 models will be named in honor of the legendary supercar. It would be the second Miura Homage, which was unveiled in 2016 at Aventador to commemorate half a century of what many consider to be the first supercar.