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Lamborghini’s Revuelto supercar is simply weeks out from beginning deliveries, however manufacturing facility racing driver Andrea Caldarelli already had an opportunity to check one at an empty Vallelunga circuit.
Video launched by Lamborghini on Friday exhibits Caldarelli’s expertise behind the wheel of the 1,000-hp plug-in hybrid.
The Revuelto is the newest within the line of Lamborghini V-12 supercars, and Caldarelli is among the many confirmed drivers to pilot Lamborghini’s new SC63 LMDh race automotive subsequent 12 months. He’ll contest the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship, within the GTP class, however the SC63 may even compete within the Hypercar class of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship.
“The Revuelto is a very extraordinary supercar which is able to expressing unusual energy but additionally wonderful drivability on the monitor,” he mentioned after taking a spin.
The Revuelto made its debut in March, and whereas it could seem just like its Aventador predecessor, it represents a ground-up redesign that along with electrification features a new carbon-fiber tub, a brand new 8-speed dual-clutch automated transmission, and a newly developed V-12. Lamborghini’s plant in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, additionally wanted to be upgraded to accommodate manufacturing of the automotive.
The powertrain consists of a 6.5-liter V-12 and trio of electrical motors. Two of the electrical motors are on the entrance axle and work independently, and the third is built-in with the rear-mounted transmission. Lamborghini quotes efficiency numbers of two.5 seconds within the 0-62 mph run and a high pace of 218 mph. A 3.8-kwh battery additionally means a small electrical vary is feasible. An analogous setup, seemingly with a twin-turbocharged V-8 as an alternative of the V-12, is anticipated to characteristic in plug-in hybrid successor to the Huracán due late subsequent 12 months.
Lamborghini hasn’t saying pricing for the Revuelto within the U.S., however in different markets the automotive is priced from about 500,000 euros (roughly $530,000). Deliveries are scheduled to begin within the fourth quarter of 2023. Anybody seeking to take supply higher be ready to attend (or pay hefty markups on the used market) because the automotive’s manufacturing run for the subsequent two years already has been allotted.
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