Car companies around the world are transitioning to electrification, which is already an irreversible and inevitable trend, even those supercar brands are no exception, including Lamborghini. If you want to buy a brand new Lamborghini sports car without electric motors, you'd better raise money this year. Because this year will be lamborghini's last V12 pure gasoline engine Aventador.
Recently, Lamborghini CEO Stephen Winkelmann said in an interview with European Automotive News that this year will be the last time the company will only provide internal combustion engines. In addition, sales figures for 2021 were announced, with a total of 8,405 vehicles delivered, of which nearly 60% belonged to the sales of Urus SUVs, and global sales were 5,021.
Lamborghini said the Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae incorporates the best features of all previous versions and is powered by a 6.5-liter V12 naturally aspirated engine that can burst out at a staggering 769 horsepower (574 kW)/8500rpm maximum power. Winkelmann bluntly stated that Ultimae was "the ultimate, purest, and most timeless naturally aspirated V12 Lamborghini." It is the last of its kind: it offers the maximum power performance that Lamborghini currently expects. The V12 engine, combined with our unrivalled flagship design DNA. ”
Under the overall planning of the Volkswagen Group, the future of the Italian car manufacturer is definitely based on electric vehicles. Winkelmann said they are still working on the final design of the Lamborghini EV. Lamborghini has invested heavily in this transition, allocating 1.5 billion euros (about 10.7 billion yuan) for the transition to plug-in hybrids. According to the plan, Lamborghini's first plug-in hybrid models will be released as early as 2023, while the pure electric Lamborghini will be launched in 2025.