Lamborghini Revuelto review: hybrid hypercar driven
July 18, 2024 by Darren Cassey
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The Revuelto takes Lamborghini’s flagship hypercar into the hybrid age – it’s ludicrously fast and eye-wateringly expensive, but you’ll still find parts from the Audi spares bin
What’s good
- Hilariously fast
- Easy to drive at normal speeds
- Glorious V12 engine remains
What’s not so good
- Stupidly expensive
- Totally impractical
- Sluggish infotainment
Wowscore: 10/10
Is the Lamborghini Revuelto a good car?
This is the Lamborghini Revuelto, the replacement for the ancient Aventador at the top of the Italian car maker’s range. Even Lamborghini has had to work on reducing emissions, so its flagship hypercar is now a plug-in hybrid – there’s no downsizing here, though, because you still get a screaming V12 petrol engine to go with your electric motors.
It’s a bit like saying you’re on a diet then ordering a Coke Zero with your supersized Big Mac meal.
Currently there’s only one real alternative to the Lamborghini Revuelto, and that’s the Ferrari SF90, another circa-1,000hp hybrid hypercar. If you don’t care about electrification you might consider the McLaren 750S, and if straight line speed is all that matters, perhaps the all-electric Tesla Model S Plaid.
Where the Lamborghini has all those cars beat, even the exotic stuff, is sheer drama. The design is quintessential Lambo, with a low-slung mid-engined design, aggressive headlights and huge cooling vents to keep everything from overheating. There’s a massive diffuser at the rear and quad-exit exhausts, while the engine bay is open so you can see the V12 in all its glory.
Inside it’s similarly dramatic, with sharp lines on the dashboard and a swooping centre section that perches the infotainment screen above a small storage area. The screen itself is annoyingly slow and clunky to use, though, and there are a few sneaky Volkswagen Group parts, such as the cruise control stalk from an Audi, which feels cheeky for a car that costs about £450,000 before you even start ticking option boxes.
Storage is pretty much non-existent. There are no door bins, and the cupholders fold out above the glovebox, which looks cool but isn’t the most convenient setup. The driver’s seat doesn’t go back very far either, which makes life tricky if you’re over six-feet tall. Things don’t get much better in the boot, which is under the bonnet up front and is just 112 litres, so you’ll have to pack light if you go on a road trip.
Speaking of which, the Lamborghini Revuelto is an absolute joy out on the open road. It’s ridiculously quick, as you’d expect with 1,015hp, and you can put the engine responsiveness into its sportiest settings while turning the suspension to its softest setup, which makes it much better to drive on bumpy British roads. With its launch mode engaged, we got from 0-60mph in 2.47 seconds, a fraction quicker than its claimed time.
Compared with the old Aventador, the Revuelto is much, much easier to drive around town. The brakes are annoyingly grabby at low speeds, but the suspension deals brilliantly with bumps. You would never know it had so much power and it will happily cruise around on electric power for short distances. However, visibility is pretty poor, which can make it nerve-wracking to drive in tight areas, particularly because it’s anything but small.
There are a few minor issues with the Lamborghini Revuelto, then, but in terms of doing what it was built for – namely going very, very fast indeed – it absolutely excels.
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