Lamborghini has revealed the Revuelto SV, the sharpest and most uncompromising version yet of its V12 hybrid flagship. Limited to 1,963 units in reference to the year the company was founded, the new SV follows one of Lamborghini’s most famous traditions: taking an already extreme twelve-cylinder supercar and making it faster, more focused and more serious.
For Lamborghini, the V12 has always been more than an engine. It is a central part of the brand’s mythology, stretching from the 350 GT through the Miura, Countach, Diablo, Murciélago and Aventador. The Revuelto carried that naturally aspirated bloodline into the hybrid age in 2023, combining a 6.5-litre V12 with three electric motors. Now the SV turns that formula into something more aggressive.
As the badge suggests, SV stands for Super Veloce. The V12 itself remains unchanged at 825 PS, revving to 9,500 rpm and producing 725 Nm of torque. The extra punch comes from the electric side of the powertrain, lifting total system output by 50 PS to 1,065 PS. Torque rises to a huge 1,425 Nm, while the battery grows from 3.8 to 7.3 kWh. Lamborghini says the new battery can deliver up to 190 kW and, more importantly, provide power up to four times more consistently on track.
The result is 0-100 km/h in 2.4 seconds, 0-200 km/h in 6.7 seconds and a top speed beyond 345 km/h. Those numbers are outrageous, though they are not dramatically different from the standard Revuelto. The real focus of the SV is not simply acceleration, but agility, braking and how effectively it turns hybrid muscle into speed that can be used repeatedly.
That is where the aerodynamic changes come in. The Revuelto SV gains a fixed rear wing, a reshaped front splitter, revised underbody work and additional cooling ducts. Lamborghini claims 80 per cent more downforce than the standard Revuelto, alongside a 60 per cent improvement in downforce efficiency. The aero balance has moved forward, while brake cooling has improved by 12 per cent, all with the aim of making the SV sharper on turn-in without making the rear axle nervous at high speed.
The chassis changes are just as significant. While the standard Revuelto uses electronically controlled MagneRide dampers, the SV switches to passive, mechanically four-way adjustable dampers inspired by GT3 racing. That means the best setup for a smooth track, bumpy road or wet surface requires human input rather than a simple mode change. It is a more purist approach, and Lamborghini claims it brings a 17 per cent gain in agility and a 10 per cent increase in lateral grip.
New road-legal Bridgestone Potenza Race R tyres, lighter centre-lock wheels measuring 20 inches at the front and 21 inches at the rear, and a new Pilota driving mode with five-stage traction control complete the harder-edged package. This is not simply a Revuelto with a larger wing and more power. It is Lamborghini trying to pull its heaviest, most complex flagship closer to the feel of a race car.
The brakes have been upgraded too. Larger CCM-R Plus carbon-ceramic discs measure 420 mm at the front and 410 mm at the rear. Lamborghini says the Revuelto SV can stop from 200 km/h in 110 metres, with 11 per cent more maximum deceleration, 23 per cent better heat dissipation and 12 per cent lower disc temperatures compared with the standard car. A 6D sensor near the car’s centre of gravity monitors longitudinal, lateral and vertical movement, as well as pitch, roll and yaw rates, helping the control systems fine-tune braking, stability control and torque vectoring earlier and more accurately.
Despite the extra battery capacity, aero hardware and braking upgrades, Lamborghini quotes the same 1,772 kg dry weight as the standard Revuelto. Carbon door panels, racing seats and lighter wheels help compensate for the additional hardware, while the power-to-weight ratio improves from 1.75 to 1.66 kg per PS. The result is a 1:41.6 lap time at Hockenheim.
On paper, the Revuelto SV does not win every battle. The Ferrari 849 Testarossa is quoted with 1,050 PS, a sub-2.3 second 0-100 km/h time and a 1,570 kg dry weight, while the Ferrari F80 and McLaren W1 sit in another hypercar league altogether. But that is not really the point. The Revuelto SV’s appeal is more specific: no direct rival combines a naturally aspirated V12 revving to 9,500 rpm with electric all-wheel torque vectoring and a chassis deliberately tuned for feedback and track work.
The standard Revuelto already marked a major shift for Lamborghini, proving that the company’s most famous engine could survive electrification without losing its role as the emotional centrepiece. The SV now asks a different question: can a heavy hybrid supercar be made to feel genuinely uncompromising?
From the specification, Lamborghini has clearly tried. The Revuelto SV is not just more powerful. It is more aerodynamic, more mechanically adjustable, more focused under braking and more serious in its intent. If the standard car brought the V12 into the hybrid age, the SV appears designed to make that future feel louder, sharper and far more committed.
