Lamborghini: the next five years

2014: Definite‘LP724’

The Gallardo’s replacement long rumoured to be called the Cabrera will be unveiled at Geneva next year. It’s being developed alongside the next-gen Audi R8 and will use a carbon and aluminium structure. Power will come from a V10 capable of passing EU6 tests and likely to produce at least 600bhp. The car will also get the revised first-generation R8’s twin-clutch transmission. Whether there will be manual versions is unknown.

 

2014: Maybe Aventador SV

We know there’s a hotter version of the Aventador coming: Lambo told us as much as the car was launched, admitting that the V12’s 690bhp was the least the engine would produce. It’s a safe bet we’ll see a version boasting at least the 740bhp of the Veneno. It should be lighter, too. But what will it be called? The familiar Super Veloce is our bet.

 

2017: Definite Urus

Lamborghini’s controversial SUV has obvious business relevance – the company reckons it’ll sell between 3000 and 4000 of them a year. The final car will be spun off the architecture that underpins the next Porsche Cayenne, Audi Q7 and the production Bentley 9F.It’s likely to be powered by a twin-turbo V8 with at least 600bhp.

      

Never Front-engined GT/ diesel engines

Despite speculation that Lamborghini was planning a front engined GT car similar to the Estoque concept (pictured), the firm has no plans to produce one. ‘It [the speculation] was invented out of the blue,’ Stephan Winkelmann.

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