Brooks Weisblat of DragTimes recently had the opportunity to drive a Revuelto. As expected of Brooks, he squeezed out everything the 1,001-horse supercar could offer from a standstill, posting a best of 2.58 seconds to 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour) without rollout.
Including a foot of rollout, which makes a world of difference, Weisblat's Dragy showed 2.35 seconds on a public road in pretty awful conditions for a naturally aspirated V12. Had it been cooler, less humid, and a drag strip drenched in VHT, oh boy! It goes without saying that Brooks can hardly wait for his very own Revuelto to be delivered in a matter of weeks.
It's also pretty obvious that Lamborghini plans a quicker version à la Aventador Super Veloce Jota, which still is the fastest Lambo at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. Back in July 2018, the Aventador SVJ LP 770-4 clocked a very impressive 6:44.97 on Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires with Marco Mapelli behind the wheel.
That's pretty close to the 992.1-gen Porsche 911 GT3 RS and the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series. The fastest road-legal cars at the Green Hell – at least for the time being – are the 991.2-gen Porsche 911 GT2 RS Manthey Performance Kit with a 6:38.835 and the Mercedes-AMG ONE with a staggering 6 minutes 30 seconds.
Gifted with a 9,500-rpm screamer of a V12, the Revuelto is advertised with a different engine from that of the Aventador. It's codenamed L545 versus L539 for the Aventador, though their displacements and fuel injection systems are similar. Think 6,498.5 cubic centimeters and multi-point injection instead of direct injection.
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The areas where Lamborghini made improvements over the Aventador's engine? Think new block casting to the freer-flowing intake and exhaust, lighter crankshaft, and upgraded valve gears. Weighing 17 kilograms (37 pounds) less than its predecessor, the L545 is joined by a transversely mounted transmission of the dual-clutch variety with eight forward gears.
Said transmission incorporates one of three electric drive units, which are powered by a high-voltage battery instead of a supercapacitor in the Aventador-based Sian and Countach. The battery is relatively small at 3.8 kilowatt hours, giving the Revuelto a laughable 10-km driving range. That's 6 miles at best, under which the rear-biased raging bull is driven by the front wheels only.
A plug-in hybrid rather than a self-charging hybrid, the first road-going Lamborghini to exceed 1,000 mechanical horses also happens to be stiffer than its forerunner. The carbon-fiber monocoque, carbon front structure, aluminum rear subframe, and mostly carbon bodywork come together to improve torsional stiffness by 25 percent, namely from 35,000 to 40,000 Nm.
Aero trickery also makes it better on downforce, with the Revuelto generating 66 more compared to the Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae. Pricing? That would be a little over $600,000 or just around $110,000 more than the Aventador.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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