Meanwhile, work on the Aventador‘s replacement — whose name hasn’t been revealed — continues, and we hear it’s about a year from making its debut. Although it won’t look anything like the Sián, Lamborghini previously confirmed the model will arrive as a hybrid in order to offer more power than its predecessor without summoning a dark cloud of disapproval from regulators. Technical details about the gasoline-electric technology it will use haven’t been announced yet, but hybrid systems will play a large role in the company’s future range.
“This kind of hybridization will be fundamental in order to respect all of the rules, and to guarantee that our DNA is protected,” affirmed Maurizio Reggiani, the head of Lamborghini’s research and development department. He again stressed that getting rid of the V12 — or turbocharging/supercharging it — is completely out of the question.
Like every carmaker, Lamborghini was caught off-guard by the on-going coronavirus pandemic and the lock-downs enforced globally in a bid to prevent the disease from spreading. It shut down its historic factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, for seven weeks during the spring of 2020 so its annual output will be reduced, but the factory is reopened and running at full capacity. Looking at sales figures suggest the worst is already over.
“We had, in June, the best month of the last 15 months. We had the Asian market, which was leading, but Europe and the United States also performed extremely well. This was not just a short-term thing; July sales suggest we’re back at a speed that make the commercial operation pretty optimistic. Looking ahead, in 2020 the car industry will suffer — and it will suffer a lot — but I am expecting Lamborghini will suffer less than the majority of the car brands, and our sales outlook for 2021 is optimistic,” noted chief commercial officer Giovanni Perosino.
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