When the final Audi R8 rolled off the meeting line in March, it took away with it the mighty V-10. The 5.2-liter engine is now utterly gone, as Lamborghini makes use of a completely completely different powertrain for the Huracan’s successor. Nonetheless, the brand new Temerario might’ve saved the high-revving naturally aspirated setup if the Italian unique model had agreed to make severe compromises.
Rouven Mohr, Lamborghini’s Chief Technical Officer, defined in an interview with Prime Gear journal why the V-10 is lifeless. Had the odd-firing engine caught round, output would’ve needed to lower by an enormous 20% to maintain up with more and more stringent rules. In its highest state of tune, the engine delivered 631 hp, so a V-10 Temerario would’ve had a little bit over 500 hp. That is roughly as a lot as an authentic Gallardo from over 20 years in the past.
Lamborghini Huracan’s V-10 engine
The brand new child Lambo solely misplaced two cylinders, however the Audi-owned marque based mostly in Sant’Agata Bolognese initially thought-about deleting no fewer than 4 cylinders. Sure, the Huracan alternative might’ve ended up with a V-6 as a substitute. Nonetheless, the higher-ups dominated out such drastic downsizing, fearing the clientele would’ve had a tough time accepting a six-cylinder mannequin when the 2 previous fashions had beefy V-10s.
From a technical standpoint, Mohr says they may’ve made a V-6 Temerario with the identical stage of efficiency because the V-8. In the end, they selected to not as a result of “we do not suppose that the V-6 is becoming to our model.” Rival corporations see issues in a different way since McLaren with the Artura and Ferrari with the 296 GTB have six-cylinder supercars. Aston Martin additionally wished to launch a mid-engined Vanquish with a V-6 however canceled the venture regardless of exhibiting an idea automobile in 2019.
Logic tells us it will’ve been cheaper for Lamborghini to stay to the tried-and-tested V-10, even in a watered-down kind. Mohr advised Prime Gear the brand new eight-cylinder engine necessitated an funding within the “excessive tens of tens of millions” and took about 5 years to develop. Which means work on Temerario’s combustion engine began in 2019 when the corporate was nonetheless pumping out special-edition Huracans.
Lamborghini Temerario’s V-8 engine
The brand new 4.0-liter fuel engine fitted with a pair of turbochargers produces 789 horsepower. Mohr says the engineers can extract one other 80 hp, taking the V-8 to 869 hp. As well as, Lamborghini can dial up the hybrid setup by tweaking the electrical motors, leading to a mixed output that might hit the 1,000-hp mark. The corporate’s CTO confirmed a “four-digit quantity is feasible.” That will successfully double the output the preliminary Gallardo had again in 2003.
Lamborghini is in no hurry to improve the Temerario, contemplating deliveries of the usual mannequin have not even began but. The order books opened in September, and the supercar has already generated a “very optimistic response from the general public.” Fashions carrying the raging bull are inclined to have an extended life cycle, 10 years within the case of the Gallardo and Huracan, so there’s loads of time to roll out hotter derivatives.
