Review: Lamborghini Joins the 1,000-Horsepower Club With the Revuelto
The Revuelto became Lamborghini’s most powerful car ever thanks to its status as the company’s first plug-in hybrid. Its L545 6.5-liter V12 mid-mounted internal combustion engine, which is also new for this model, produces 814 horsepower on its own, but bolstered by three electric motors, the total output is cranked to 1,001 hp and 793 lb-ft of torque.
How big of a deal are those numbers? Consider that Sant’Agata Bolognese’s final naturally aspirated V12, as deployed in the Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae, boasted 769 hp and 531 lb-ft of torque. Those are objectively insane numbers, but they pale in comparison to the Revuelto, which has now replaced the Aventador as the automaker’s flagship production model.
All that thunder shoots the new hybrid from 0 to 62 mph in only 2.5 seconds and all the way to 124 mph in under seven. Top speed is somewhere north of 217 mph, but you’re going to need to find a track with a helluva straightaway to max that out.
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