The Lamborghini Temarario. Photo: Lamborghini
Lamborghini has revealed the successor to the Huracan and it’s a very different kettle of fish.
The name’s Temerario, which is Italian for daredevil or reckless. Interestingly, it's one of the few instances in recent history that Lamborghini did not name its car after a bull.
To start, the Huracan’s legendary fire-breathing V10 is gone. In its place, we have a hybrid twin-turbocharged V8. Keen Lamborghini fans will know that this makes the Temarario the company’s first-ever turbocharged car.
The motor is incredible and is claimed to be a completely new ground-up design and entirely unrelated to the Urus’. It’s a 4-litre hot vee V8, which means the turbos sit in the middle of the V for better throttle response.
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It also has a flatplane crank, which means it revs, and boy does it. The redline is set at 10,000rpm and its peak power of 789hp only comes on between 9,000 and 9,750pm.
Crucially, this means the Temerario’s V8 will rev even higher than the Huracan’s V10 and should do good things for the car’s noise. Lamborghini’s CEO Stephan Winkelmann assured customers that “The sound is incredible” and goes on to say that “It has to be recognisable as a Lambo”.
This motor is supplemented by three electric motors – one between the engine and gearbox, and the other two on the front axle. Combined, the electric motors and V8 will produce 907hp and 800nm of torque. The transmission is an eight-speed dual-clutch.
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It’s important to point out that the electric motors are there to improve efficiency at low engine loads and to boost performance when the customer wants absolutely everything the car has to give. The Temarario cannot run on its electric motors alone.
The claimed performance is naturally ballistic. Lamborghini claims 0-100km/h in just 2.7 seconds and a top speed of over 340km/h.
Lamborghini has made the Temarario more comfortable too, which should please its mostly rich middle-aged clientele. There’s more headroom and luggage space (112 litres now), and buyers will be able to opt for “comfort” seats that feature 18-way adjustability and are both heated and ventilated.
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The interior, like so many cars these days, is filled with digital displays. There’s a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster for the driver, a narrow widescreen 9.1-inch one for the passenger, and a central 8.4-inch display for your infotainment. Needless to say, it supports wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
It was inevitable that the Huracan’s replacement would have to resort to some form of hybridity, but if the success of the hybrid Revuelto is anything to by (three years of orders in the books, according to CEO Winkelmann), then the Temarario should have nothing to fear. On paper, the V8 sounds like it will be amazing, and the added practicality should be welcomed by longtime customers.
Availability and pricing
Lamborghini hasn’t announced pricing of the Temarario yet, but reports say it should start at around US$300,000. Expect it to cost around S$1.5 million when it reaches our shores. Deliveries will start in the second half of 2025.
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