Although its Executive Director, Stephan Winkelmann, states that “the combustion engine should last as long as possible”, Lamborghini will also bet heavily on electrification.
To begin with, under the “Direzione Cor Tauri” plan, which corresponds to an investment of 1.5 billion euros (the largest ever in Lamborghini history), the Sant'Agata Bolognese brand plans to electrify by 2024 , the three models that make up its range.
In the first phase (between 2021 and 2022) this plan will focus on the “celebration” (or will it be farewell?) of the combustion engine in its “purest” form, with Lamborghini planning to launch two models with V12 engine without any type of electrification, later this year (2021).
In a second phase, that of the “hybrid transition”, which starts in 2023, the Italian brand plans to launch its first hybrid model for series production (the Sián is of limited production) which will culminate, at the end of 2024, with the electrification of the entire range.
The company's internal objective, at this stage, is to start 2025 with a range of products that emit 50% less CO2 emissions than they do now.
The first 100% electric Lamborghini
Finally, after all the phases and goals already revealed, it is for the second half of this decade that the most intriguing model of this offensive is “kept”: the first 100% electric Lamborghini.
It will be the fourth model in the portfolio of the brand founded by Ferrucio Lamborghini, and it remains to be seen what type of model it will be. According to British Autocar, this unprecedented model will use the PPE platform developed by Audi and Porsche.
But as to the format it should take, there is still no information, where we can only speculate. However, given the likely recourse to the PPE, rumors point in the direction of a two-door, four-seat GT (a spiritual heir to the Espada?).
It's not the first time the GT 2+2 hypothesis has been discussed at Lamborghini. Former Lamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali had already mentioned it in an interview in December 2019: “We wouldn't make a smaller SUV. We are not a premium brand, we are a super sports brand and we need to be at the top”.
“I believe there is room for a fourth model, a GT 2+2. It is a segment in which we are not present, but some competitors are. This is the only format I see making sense”, he reinforced. Is it this one?