Lamborghini teases Huracán successor’s engine note

The next super sports car is expected to be unveiled sometime this summer.

Lamborghini V8 engine
Lamborghini shared this image of its all-new twin-turbo V8 engine. – Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. photo

Lamborghini has released a teaser video previewing the engine note its Huracán super sports car’s successor.

The video is titled “From 10 to 10K” drawing to the fact that traditionally Lamborghini’s smaller super sports cars feature a V10 engine. The new car will drop the V10, to be replaced by a hybrid V8 that will spin up to 10,000 rpm.

The new car is expected to be unveiled sometime this summer. Until then, we can listen to it.

In the teaser, we get treated to the V10 sound first, followed by the engine note of the hybrid V8.

The car will sport a twin-turbo 4-litre V8 engine that is entirely new, and designed by Lamborghini at Sant’Agata Bolognese.

Based on information Lamborghini provided back in May, the engine has a maximum power output of 800 CV (789 hp) available between 9,000 and 9,750 rpm, and a maximum engine speed of 10,000 rpm.

Maximum torque of 730 Nm (538 lb.-ft.) is delivered between 4,000 and 7,000 rpm.

“The twin-turbo V8 combines the high linearity of progression that made the Lamborghini V10 famous with the high power and specific torque of a new-generation turbocharged engine,” the automaker said in its news release in May.

The rear electric system was designed and developed for the new V8 and will be positioned between the combustion engine and the dual-clutch gearbox. The electric system includes the inverter as well as the axial electric unit.

It is capable of generating high torque and power values, with a maximum of 300 Nm (221 lb.-ft.) and 110 kW at 3,500 rpm, while keeping compact dimensions and low weight, Lamborghini said.

“Another crucial element of the design process was to define the sound, to give the new powerplant a unique and distinctive character and deliver the driver an unparalleled driving experience,” the automaker said in the release. “The characteristics of the new V8 intensify in a crescendo that at high revs reaches its peak in terms of volume and frequency content and this, in harmony with the vibrations transmitted to the chassis by the flat-plane crankshaft, creates an all-encompassing sensory experience.”

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