New 2022 Lamborghini Aventador hybrid V12

 

Worried about the future of the supercar in this new carbon-crunched age of austerity? Fear not, for the burghers of Sant’#### are planning a replacement for the Lamborghini Aventador for 2022 - and it’s as outrageous as ever. CAR magazine has interviewed the bosses to get the inside line on what many enthusiasts consider to be the ultimate expression of supercarkind.

By plumbing in a new hybrid petrol-electric powertrain to the latest V12 engine, Lambo is confident it’ll hit the twin objectives of thrilling performance and better CO2 emissions and fuel economy. If they can pull this off, it’ll truly be a case of having your supercar cake and eating it.

How the next Lamborghini Aventador will go hybrid

For its wild shape, the next-gen Aventador will draw inspiration from the Terzo Millennio concept (below) - and the traditional Lambo wedge is alive and kicking, we’re assured. Our artist’s impression (main image, above) is a rendering of the likely design direction for Aventador 2.

The next Lamborghini V12 is likely to get a new name, likely inspired by the bullish world of Lamborghini folklore. Word is, the two-seater will be built on a new carbon chassis packaging three powertrain elements: the front axle drive unit with its two electric motors, a backbone centre section housing the batteries and the rear drivetrain assembly: a third e-motor, a new dual-clutch transmission and the good old V12.

Electric supercar boost: the tech specs

The existing V12 will be modified but, thankfully, remain naturally aspirated. Yes, even by early next decade, Lamborghini is confident it won’t have to fall back on turbochargers and their meddlesome noise reduction and lag.

The 6.5-litre V12 is already good for 759bhp in the current Aventador SVJ, but there’s always headroom for even more horsepower. And that’s before you add the estimated 400bhp of electric power from the e-motors… You read that right. The new Lambo range-topper is likely to top 1000bhp combined power output. It’s going to lightning fast.

Lamborghini cosies up to Porsche

Lamborghini might be under transfer from Audi ownership to a Porsche-shaped filing cabinet within the VW empire, but the supercar project is still on track. The Aventador replacement has been pushed back to 2022, but should survive the transition – it’s thought to be too far down the road to be killed by bean-counting suits. 

Its unique platform can’t be modified for integration into wider VW Group architecture, so Lambo’s flagship will almost certainly proceed as planned, according to CAR magazine’s sources.

Expect the current car’s rear-wheel steering to remain, sharpened by the latest predictive dynamics CPU, introduced on the Huracan Evo. ‘The Aventador represents our halo car,’ says CEO Stefano Domenicali. ‘The current model launched in 2011 and still sold 1200 cars last year. Of our [total] volumes it’s still a lot.’

The tech boss on the next Lamborghini Aventador

Talking exclusively to CAR, Lamborghini’s chief technology officer Maurizio Reggiani has given some great background on the new hero supercar.

‘The Aventador replacement will be naturally aspirated and a plug-in hybrid, because this is the best mix of emotion and DNA for Lamborghini. For the moment it is not a problem to be homologated worldwide.

‘For the new Aventador, I am confident we’ll be able to introduce the particulate filters we need for Euro 7 emissions. For these, it is not a question of turbocharging. Instead we will make the hybrid vehicle emotional, sexy, and what the customer will want to have. This is the challenge.’

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-shots/lamborghini/new-aventador-v12-hybrid-2022/

 

Thanks for the share. Interesting times ago for the company and it's vehicles. The hybrid was inevitable, I'll be curious to see how it all plays out. 

It is how they are going to go on a diet. 

Every car under the Audi wing are a little chunky 

Shouldnt we be getting close to a new V12 model by '22? But hybrid or turbo is probably going to have to happen. So I guess whatever there, time will tell how that is. 

I heard talk awhile back about the V12 being a lot smaller. I think it was 4 liters? It had something to do with China and their taxation on big displacement engines. But here it states they will keep the 6,5 liter V12 which tbh also makes sense since they launched that engine with the Aventador. A lot of R&D money gone if they replace it with a new engine only one model in its life? The V12 from the Miura stayed alive until 2010 ...

I dont seem to understand why they would keep the same displacement V12 and make it a hybrid with DCT when the current 6.5L V12 already does 0-62mph in 2.8s. I always thought they would make the displacement smaller due to increasingly stringent emissions regs and make up for the powerloss with electrification.

On 4/26/2019 at 2:40 AM, martz said:

I dont seem to understand why they would keep the same displacement V12 and make it a hybrid with DCT when the current 6.5L V12 already does 0-62mph in 2.8s. I always thought they would make the displacement smaller due to increasingly stringent emissions regs and make up for the powerloss with electrification.

Perhaps building a new non-awd powertrain would free up a lot of room and they can keep the same V12 and not have to develop a whole new one.

On 4/30/2019 at 3:15 AM, lambornima said:

Perhaps building a new non-awd powertrain would free up a lot of room and they can keep the same V12 and not have to develop a whole new one.

 

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According to the report, the Lamborghini Aventador replacement is delayed again until 2024 with the next Huracán coming a year later. The reason? Audi, the company that owns Lamborghini within VW Group, doesn't want to spend the money to update the Aventador's V12 engine to Europe's new emission standard. Instead, the German automaker would rather invest in hybrid V8 engines for both supercar models, which would mean Lamborghini's flagship supercar might not feature a V12 engine.

 

https://www.motor1.com/news/363702/lamborghini-aventador-replacement-delayed-2024/

Hold on tight to your NA V-12's....once they leave home, their gone!

2024 -2019 = 5 years. 

This leaves open the potential for numerous different letter combinations for the variants to fill the years up to 2024. Lamborghini can't rock up to Geneva or Monterey each year without a shiny new variant.

Having a bit of fun letter options could be:-

SS

SSV

SSV-J

SV-R

GT

GTR

Strangely it could transpire that collectively all the Aventadors with the addition of a letter in the name end up being more numerous than the good old 2011 -2015 LP700

Anyone seen this yet?

 

3 hours ago, APB said:

Anyone seen this yet?

 

Fixed it. Had to be logged into the board to see it first. Should work for everyone now.

Thanks ^

Higher res from Twitter.

render

8 hours ago, a007apl said:

render

I like the looks.

September 9th is the official unveil. Will be displayed at Frankfurt from 12th to 22nd of September. 

On 8/24/2019 at 3:54 AM, APB said:

September 9th is the official unveil. Will be displayed at Frankfurt from 12th to 22nd of September. 

 

On 8/22/2019 at 3:50 PM, APB said:

Thanks ^

Higher res from Twitter.

Guessing LB48 sets the tone for new AV - at 63 units doubt anyone will test it's performance. Love the LE's based on standard models out of Lamborghini. 

back to the clean look...from all the wings, orfices, vents etc....now we go full circle Yikes!!

19 hours ago, RDW said:

back to the clean look...from all the wings, orfices, vents etc....now we go full circle Yikes!!

I would not trust any pictures or press magazines - while some pictures are in the ballpark it's not reality the car isn't yet reality. 

The aero good or bad works and it's what is breaking record ring times. Keep in mind Lambo is not adding cheap turbo power and still performing with 

Ferrari Mclaren Porsche like the GT2RS just add water to the turbo's and or  pork batteries it's a horrible direction in comparison. 

A 2 3 400 lb battery hybrids need to be driven as that  size batteries is too large for a trickle charger - P1 918 etc batteries are failing at 100k+ per. 

 

 

 

 

22 hours ago, Nuvolari612 said:

I would not trust any pictures or press magazines - while some pictures are in the ballpark it's not reality the car isn't yet reality. 

The aero good or bad works and it's what is breaking record ring times. Keep in mind Lambo is not adding cheap turbo power and still performing with 

Ferrari Mclaren Porsche like the GT2RS just add water to the turbo's and or  pork batteries it's a horrible direction in comparison. 

A 2 3 400 lb battery hybrids need to be driven as that  size batteries is too large for a trickle charger - P1 918 etc batteries are failing at 100k+ per. 

 

 

 

 

It is ...

On 8/30/2019 at 4:25 PM, a007apl said:

It is ...

 More to come tomm.

hypercar?

Not a replacement of the Aventador but there'll be only 63 units - the new Lamborghini 'Sian'.

Aventador + Sexto Elemento + Centenario + Some News = IT