When the Huracán went out of manufacturing, it signaled just one factor: The following mannequin was coming quickly. We actually didn’t have to attend lengthy, because the Lamborghini Temerario was revealed in August 2024 throughout Monterey Automotive Week in California. Labelled by the corporate because the very essence of a “Fuoriclasse” (Italian for “Excellent”) supercar, the Temerario is the primary of the turbo V8 hybrids which were developed to supply extra energy, however be extra environment friendly about it, than the vaunted and well-respected V10 that got here earlier than.
That, nevertheless, is only one side of the automotive that’s set to outline a brand new technology, even a brand new period, for Lamborghini, so let’s take a deeper dive into the specs, the tech, and the brand new stuff!
Notice: The entire pictures used on this in-depth look are from Lamborghini Media
Design & Aesthetics
Within the easiest phrases doable, the Temerario is a Lamborghini. What we imply by that’s that it continues the traditional wedge form, the aggressive angles and sharp edges, and being the type of automotive that’s a pc background or poster on a wall. Whereas it could look small in footage, the reality is that at 4,706 mm in size, 1,996 mm in width (excluding mirrors), and a peak of 1,201 mm, it’s marginally greater than the Huracán it replaces.
On prime of that, because of a brand new all-aluminum body that’s not solely 20% extra torsionally stiff than its predecessor but additionally makes use of much less welding and supplies, the Temerario is available in at a really spectacular 1,690 kg (3,726 lbs) dry. Actually, it might proudly boast about utilizing fairly actually 50% much less supplies in comparison with the Huracán.
The outside design of the Temerario is All Lambo, All Day, that includes the signature hexagon-shaped daytime operating lamps that double as aerodynamic parts. The bodywork, designed from the bottom up, is formed to enhance high-speed stability, cooling efficiency, and braking effectivity. This makes it 118% extra aerodynamically environment friendly than even the Huracán Evo.
Beneath, you may need noticed in footage that it has a reasonably large diffuser. That is because of some improvement of the Lamborghini WEC Hypercar, which translated throughout to the brand new automotive to make it a lot extra environment friendly with underbody air. The diffuser is a full 70% bigger when it comes to aerodynamic floor space, and combines with a concave roof profile to handle the air above and under the automotive to slice into it on the entrance and add important downforce to the rear of the automotive.
The entrance splitter, facet skirts, and rear wing are all designed to work along with lively aero parts which are adjusting in real-time to the automobile’s dynamics. In impact, a couple of hundred occasions a second the on board pc is sensing what the automotive is doing and the way the air might be higher used, and may provide as much as 350 kg of downforce, at speeds as much as 300 km/h. Which means that not like earlier Lamborghini’s, there must be completely no entrance finish carry whenever you’re giving it some stick.
Energy & Efficiency
The thundering coronary heart of the Temerario is a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 engine, a very new design from Sant’Agata Bolognese, producing 789 hp at a positively howling 9,000-9,750 rpm. It’s a technical achievement that’s price drooling over, such because it comes with a flat-plane crankshaft, it revs to 10,000 rpm, and is made out of forged aluminum, with titanium elements and even “Diamond-Like Carbon,” a completely new approach of utilizing carbon in supercars.
On prime of that, the hybrid system contains three electrical motors, one for every entrance wheel and a 3rd within the transaxle. When all the things is working at most energy, the output of the Temerario is a close to hypercar degree 907 hp. As effectively, with all the things spinning in anger, 590 lbs-ft of torque is sort of definitely going to plant you deep into the seats. In fact, it comes with launch management, which can catapult the Temerario from 0 to 100 km/h in a mere 2.7 seconds, with a prime velocity estimated at 213 MPH (343 km/h).
Whereas all of the straight line stuff is effectively and good, The Temerario’s efficiency isn’t simply meant for drag racing. With its new high-strength aluminum area body, the automotive’s dynamics have been sharpened over the Huracán, turning it right into a corner-hungry, apex-hunting monster. The suspension system, paired with the superior e-4WD system and superior torque vectoring, ensures that the supercar doesn’t have any kind of oversteer or understeer till you move the restrict of the tires. Which might be arduous, as even a number of the check drivers couldn’t get it to interrupt free in probably the most aggressive, road-hugging mode of its 13 totally different driving mode combos.
The braking system is equally next-gen, with carbon ceramic discs measuring 410 mm on the entrance and 390 mm on the rear. That is the primary third technology carbon-ceramic system that Lamborghini has applied and contains regenerative braking help from all three electrical motors, making certain that the Temerario can come to a lifeless cease sooner and in a shorter distance than even the Huracán STO. The automotive’s aerodynamics additionally come into play, with air brakes that deploy at excessive speeds whenever you push arduous sufficient on the brakes.
Expertise & Innovation
Lamborghini has not skimped on tech, equipping the Temerario with their Human Machine Interface (HMI) system. The inside comes with three shows: a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, an 8.4-inch central touchscreen, and a 9.1-inch passenger display, all designed to combine seamlessly into the “Really feel like a pilot” cockpit. Wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto come commonplace, alongside a Sonus Faber audio system for those who don’t like a V8 howling at over 9,000 RPM.
The Temerario additionally introduces the Lamborghini Imaginative and prescient Unit (LAVU), a system with three cameras for efficiency evaluation and recording laps at tracks. Mixed with Lamborghini Telemetry 2.0, this turns each drive right into a data-rich expertise, giving actual time data on lap occasions, efficiency evaluation, and even adjusting the lively aero throughout 150 totally different racing circuits that come within the reminiscence banks as commonplace. Talking of reminiscence, the “Reminiscences Recorder” characteristic permits for as much as two minutes of off-track recording, performing each as a touch cam and a system that for those who had a very good few corners in a canyon, it can save you that recording for later..
The tech doesn’t cease there. The Temerario employs a collection of linked applied sciences, from adaptive cruise management with lidar and radar sensing cease & go, lane departure warning, and blind spot detection. It even encompasses a 360-degree digital camera system so that you received’t scrape the bumper on a parking spot bollard, and may guarantee the encircling space is evident earlier than doing probably the most tough duties in a Lambo: Reversing (which has a reversing digital camera devoted for it as effectively!).
The automotive’s battery administration system works in tandem with regenerative braking to optimize power use. It’s not the biggest battery at 3.8 kWh, with your entire pack throughout the central tunnel to optimize weight distribution, however it’s a fast-charge-fast-discharge fashion battery. This implies whenever you want it, it provides you with full energy, and whenever you brake arduous, it can regenerate that energy extremely rapidly.
For many who crave connectivity, the Temerario is the primary Lamborghini that may provide OTA (Over-The-Air) updates for each software program and firmware throughout the automotive. The automotive additionally helps NFC know-how for keyless entry and begin, and may even register with an app to let you make your smartphone your key.
All stated and accomplished, the Temerario is sort of probably probably the most technologically superior Lamborghini road automotive… ever.
Supplies & Development
The Temerario’s chassis is a kind of stuff you would possibly name “An engineering marvel.” It encompasses a new composition of high-strength aluminum alloy shaped by way of high-pressure castings, which reduces the variety of welds wanted by over 80% in comparison with the Huracán. This not solely lowers weight but additionally improves the automotive’s structural integrity, as a number of joins are forged as an alternative of linked. The usage of hole castings with skinny closed inertia profiles, a way that was first used on the Revuelto, permits for advanced shapes that weren’t doable even 5 years in the past in automotive manufacturing.
Inside, Lamborghini has chosen supplies which are each purposeful and aesthetic. Carbon fiber isn’t simply there to look fairly, it’s used extensively for weight-saving, from the central console to door panels. Leather-based and Corsatex by Dinamica suede are employed for soft-touch however resilient surfaces, with choices for nearly each inside element to be both naked carbon or wrapped within the suede and leather-based. The seats, which come as commonplace with the leather-based and Corsatex suede, are carbon fiber stress shaped, and provide 18-way adjustment.
The Temerario can be the primary Lamborghini to make use of 3D printing for some inside elements just like the air vents. That is notable as a result of 3D printing permits for rather more advanced shapes to be made than conventional pc aided manufacturing permits. On prime of that, the supplies used for the 3D printing provides to the load financial savings of the automotive.
Customization & Personalization
With the Temerario, Lamborghini deliberate for it to be totally customizable by way of their Advert Personam program. From the outset, clients can select from over 400 physique colours, get a customized colour made, and may even choose particular liveries. The wheels are available in three designs – forged, cast, or carbon – with varied finishes to match every buyer’s preferences. The Alleggerita bundle takes customization even additional, providing weight discount by way of carbon rims, a titanium exhaust system, and light-weight physique elements, dropping the automotive’s dry weight by an extra 55 lbs.
Inside customization is equally as spectacular. Shoppers can choose from a rainbow of colours for the leather-based, go for carbon fiber accents all through, and even add the 3D-printed air vents and some different inside touches to make it futuristic and excessive tech. From brake caliper colours to the stitching on the seats, each element may be tailor-made to replicate every consumer’s private fashion or racing aspirations.
Furthermore, the Temerario additionally has bundle choices, which means it may be fitted with issues like a time-attack, track-specific suspension setup, or extra aggressive aerodynamics. It principally implies that regardless of the consumer desires inside motive, the consumer can get. That is nearing Rolls-Royce ranges of personalization, which is one thing we predict makes the Temerario a very particular automotive.
The Lamborghini of the Future is Right here
Typically in automotive journalism, the road “X automotive isn’t just a automotive, it’s a (factor/emotion/reminiscence right here). We had been anticipating a lot the identical from Sant’Agata Bolognese when the Huracán was discontinued, and boy had been we unsuitable.
The Lamborghini Temerario isn’t only a automotive, it’s a return of Lamborghini to its “let’s see what we will do if we get correctly psychological with it” kind of automotive design. They went positively mad with it (in one of the simplest ways doable), making it approach overpowered (907 HP in 1,690 kg, or 0.5 HP per kilogram) for its measurement but additionally giving it a hybrid powertrain that does a posh dance to to maintain the automotive AWD always. They’ve fitted probably the most spectacular V8 turbo engine this facet of Cosworth to the factor, after which turned all of it as much as 11!
With the Temerario, and it is a fairly daring assertion we’re making, Lamborghini is again. The true Lamborghini. The Lamborghini that will get drunk at a celebration, falls over a hedge, stumbles dwelling and has a chilly bathe, then goes out once more and pins it down the empty freeway. Not that we advise you try this, but it surely’s just about what each journalist on the market has stated, though not as crudely, about their first visits with the automotive.
We don’t have any driving impressions from them but, as none have truly accomplished a correct evaluate for it, so once they do publish their movies and articles, you may be sure we’ll hyperlink them right here as with all of our in-depth guides.
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On the Nürburgring doing tire testing, you possibly can see in some pictures the lively aero beneath the automotive activating to supply downforce.
