Lamborghini’s chief technical officer Rouven Mohr has described its new V12 plug-in hybrid Revuelto flagship as providing probably the most visceral, dynamic driving expertise ever from the model.
“One of many growth targets for Revuelto was to have a really genuine, pure and linear driving behaviour, even when you exploit the boundaries of the automobile,” stated Mr Mohr.
“All of the expertise that is behind the scenes; the torque vectoring, the torque distribution from entrance to rear, rear-wheel steer – every thing, should not be acknowledged by the motive force – in any other case it is not nicely finished.
“The motive force has to really feel what the automobile is doing – whether or not the automobile is impartial, or the automobile is oversteering or understeering, it needs to be constant. We additionally need the motive force to have the ability to play with the automobile in Sport mode, even all the way down to drifting.
“For us at Lamborghini, it is completely necessary to have the management technique that enables the motive force to have this predictability within the automobile. We even have very excessive mechanical grip on the Revuelto with big tires – as much as 355s on the rear, so you might have to have the ability to really feel the reactions of the automobile in any scenario.
Mr Mohr firmly believes there has by no means been something just like the Revuelto to the diploma which has been achieved, no less than from a dynamic standpoint with a automobile on this class.
“I can guarantee you, you’ve got by no means pushed a automobile on this mid-engine class with this a lot energy and this degree of mechanical grip, or that’s so assured. Even after just some laps you’re feeling assured sufficient to begin taking part in with the automobile,” he stated.
Mr. Mohr agrees that with the Aventadorwhich the Revuelto replaces, you actually needed to be an skilled with the automobile, however with the extent of expertise growth during the last decade or so with software program, it has modified the parameters dramatically.
“The issues you are able to do with the dynamic management techniques is so spectacular, it simply places it in one other dimension altogether. It borders on magic, even,” he stated.
“It isn’t perfection as a result of that may be boring, so we had to verify the automobile nonetheless had a number of character – not simply with sound but in addition from the automobile’s reactions.
“The largest problem was to dial in a pure feeling into the automobile – particularly when you think about the general complexity of the drivetrain; three motors, a double-clutch gearbox mounted transversely, torque vectoring on the entrance as nicely, rear-wheel steering and lively dampers – it’s a must to set all this up in such a method that the motive force would not acknowledge any of the magic when all of it comes collectively.
“There are loads of parameters in which you’ll intervene and this seamlessness needs to be there it doesn’t matter what the extent of cost within the battery. It is a very advanced problem.”
Mr Mohr advised CarExpert the sound of the engine was an attention-grabbing space of ​​growth and one thing they needed to get proper given the Aventador’s trademark scream.
“For certain everybody was already in love with the previous V12 sound, however we discovered when you go construct to larger revs the crescendo of the engine will be improved with a sharper sound, so now it can rev out to 9500rpm,” he stated.
“We additionally employed loads of counter-measures on this automobile. To start with we solely selected a battery as giant as we required from a efficiency perspective, as a result of with Revuelto we’re not after vary.
“We wished weight-saving measures; the engine is lighter and we have now the lightest gearbox mounted transversely for this case – and we keep away from buffer. On high of that we have now rear-wheel steering and rear torque vectoring, in addition to a pure EV vary of between 10 and 15km”, concluded Mr Mohr.
The Revuelto continues to be being fine-tuned in preparation for its international dynamic launch later within the 12 months.
Dubbed the primary tremendous sports activities V12 Hybrid HPEV (Excessive Efficiency Electrified Car), the Revuelto is a technological tour de pressure boasting a 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine, paired with an eight-speed transverse gearbox and three electrical motors.
Whole system output is 1015 CV (747kW).
Going from standstill to 100km/h takes simply 2.5 seconds, whereas 200km/h comes up in lower than seven seconds. Prime velocity is claimed at greater than 350km/h.
