THE Lamborghini Aventador , released in 2011, should meet a successor next year. It won't happen anymore. The new super sports car started by being postponed to 2021, but now, according to Automobile Magazine, we will only have a successor to the Aventador in 2024, and probably… without V12.
Just recently, no more than half a year, Maurizio Reggiani, the constructor's CTO (technical director), in an interview assured a long future of the V12, thanks to electrical assistance — how is it that in such a short time we are now equating the end of the V12 ?
What's more, when Lamborghini is going through an excellent moment of form, thanks to the success of the Urus, which, by itself, practically doubled the manufacturer's sales — however, it's not enough.
This is said by Herbert Diess, the leader of the Volkswagen group, who wants to raise Lamborghini's profits to values much closer to archrival Ferrari. An ambitious goal, considering the diversity of Ferrari's income sources that extend beyond car sales. Licensing Ferrari branded products continues to be extremely profitable.
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A goal that collides with an Audi, effectively the owner of the Lamborghini brand, which is going through a more complicated phase of its existence, facing rising costs and loss of profitability, which led its new president, Bram Schot, to review and scrutinize all the plans for a rapidly changing future.
Will it make sense to invest millions and millions in updating the Aventador's legendary V12 to meet future emissions standards, even stricter than the Euro6D (enters into force 2020)? According to Automobile Magazine, Audi is reluctant, leaning towards the use of a hybrid V8 — as we can already see in the new Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid.
A new Lamborghini Aventador without V12 ? From our point of view, it would be to remove from the Lamborghini halo model its essence, the reason for its existence, its identity… Does it make sense?
Ferrari, now an independent manufacturer, will continue to bet on the V12 — one of the elements that has always defined it, just like Lamborghini — although it has to electrify it for reasons not only related to emissions, but also to reach new ones. performance thresholds, as we saw in LaFerrari; just like the statements made by Reggiani a few months ago, that he intended to follow the same path.
Lamborghini officials are now struggling to keep the Aventador's V12 in its stable; the Huracán's V10 seems to be hopelessly lost, with the original Porsche V8 (which already equips the Urus) being the most likely choice for its successor.
Source: Automobile Magazine.