Lamborghini Revuelto Drive Review : Bull Run [YIC2024]

The Lamborghini Revuelto rocks and rages to the head-banging beats of its elemental hybridised V12.

There’s no excess like Lamborghini’s excess, especially when it comes to the Raging Bull’s technological tour de force, the Revuelto.

In its plug-in hybrid supercar (which sees the fruition of the technology developed for the limited edition Sián FKP 37), Lamborghini’s flagship 6.5-litre V12’s mighty performance is further boosted by three electric motors, which sees it capable of rustling up a storming bull-run.

In a sign of the times, the Revuelto led the charge for Lamborghini’s production hybridised range at its launch.

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Since then, the repertoire has been bolstered by the Urus SE and upcoming hybrid-V8-engined Temerario, the replacement to the Huracan.

The Revuelto’s hard stats are inspiring, as it dishes out a combined output of over 1000hp, as well as boasts a top speed in excess of 350km/h and a 0-100km/h sprint time of 2.5secs.

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However, with Lamborghini being Lamborghini, you can be sure the Revuelto has plenty of emotional appeal to go with the empirical, because there’s more to such cars than merely being fast.

There’s an operatic sense of drama to the Revuelto that should be familiar to devotees of the Raging Bull.

Such theatrical automotive art-pieces aren’t “beige”, or NPC appliances to commute in, but deserve, no, they demand a reverence that begins the moment you bow your head in respect to slip under its scissor-doors and into the cockpit.

The electric brigade has always been keen to gain entry into the rarefied super-sportscar club with click-baity 0-100km/h times, but merely being fast isn’t enough, even if these videos bait the clicks and impress fanbois.

Most folks see things in black or white, so to a lot of them, it’s either ICE or EV, as opposed to treating them as the mobility alternatives they really are.

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This author likes EVs, but as fuss-free A-to-B-C transport. Like many petrolheads, I still get my driving kicks from ICE, but I don’t see any reason why the two can’t co-exist, especially if hybrid petrol-electric technology is used to give our favourite sportscars a shot in the arm.

Life is best enjoyed in 50 shades of grey and with hybridised petrol-electric sportscars like the 992.2 GTS, 296 GTB and Revuelto, the traditional car brands aren’t so much capitulating as they are tapping on electrification to give their emotional ICE engines an evocative boost.

The Revuelto is the polar opposite to the other V12 in our year-end round-up, the Ferrari 12Cilindri. Where the Ferrari delivers a classically pure nat-asp V12 driving experience, the Lamborghini has turned to hybridisation as a steroid shot for its monumental V12.

Different approaches for sure, but equally potent in their own right.

This big bull has a huge street presence and isn’t a car for wall-flowers or people hoping to speak softly.

People will look, so make it worth their while, and we certainly achieved that aim with the test-car’s Giallo Countach colour.

With the demo’s level of options, the Revuelto’s lofty S$2.68m base-price swells to S$3.1m, a huge chunk above the Aventador S it replaces.

This HPEV (High Performance Electrified Vehicle in Lamborghini’s lingo) was presented to the world in 2023, Lamborghini’s 60th anniversary year, but the demo car for Singapore has only just been made available in 2024.

The Revueolto’s design elements are an evolution of the iconic V12 machines from through the years, but naturally retains the legendary "Gandini Lines". It also inherits elements of the Countach, Diablo, Murcielago, Aventador and even the Sián FKP 37 and Terzo Millennio concept.

There’s plenty of detail to take in, even from the outside, such as the exposed exhaust tailpipes and exposed V12 engine mounted in the mid-ship of the car.

On the inside, the ergonomics are designed around the fighter-jet cockpit concept, with interface accessed via three screens.

Even the passenger enjoys a glimpse of the proceedings via a 9.1-inch display.

We’ve always wondered how EV drivers feel when they enter a tunnel, because petrolheads treat them as veritable temples of sound.

The Revuelto is a super-sportscar you’ll actively sniff out tunnels in, because of the fabulously obnoxious wall of sound it creates during full-throttle runs. It almost makes you feel sorry for the EVs running down their batteries as they try to keep up – in their perfect, sterile silence.

Is the hum of an appliance enough to get you off your behind and running to check out what’s driving by?

Or would you rather be moved (both literally and metaphorically) by a rock and raunchy V12 super-sportscar that is the Revuelto?

It gives you a naughty, delicious thrill to be at the helm of something as elemental as the Revuelto. We enjoy such forbidden fruit, especially in a climate where the society-at-large is sold on an electric dream and frowns on such petrolhead pleasures.

Naturally, with both petrol and electric powertrains, it’s got even more driving modes to toggle between (with the controls centred around the steering wheel), including an all-electric one.

However, the Revuelto’s magnificence comes from the way everything works seamlessly as one to deliver a focused message of ballistic forward (or sideways!) propulsion.

The Revuelto’s platform has an 80mm longer wheelbase than the Aventador, but you’d be hard-pressed to tell.

Combined to the rear-steer system, it has keenly-honed, pointy reflexes to take sharp, incisive chunks out of your favourite corners, in a dynamic demonstration that elevates it beyond the Aventador S.

It isn’t just a grand tourer for posh cross-country journeys, but a scalpel-sharp instrument that administers devastating smackdowns when the gauntlet is thrown.

Steering and brakes offer sublime weighting, while seat-of-pants feel coupled to the four contact-patches serve-up intimate levels of communication between man and machine.

The Lamborghini Revuelto isn’t merely a derivative of its predecessor, but is fully-charged to lead the bull-run for the brand, as this big splash in the market serves as precursor to the next generation of hybridised Raging Bulls.

Lamborghini Revuelto
Engine 6498cc, V12
Power at rpm 825hp at 9250rpm
Torque at rpm 725Nm at 6750rpm
Electric Motor 3.8kWh
System Power 1015hp
Transmission 8spd dual-clutch auto
0-100km/h 2.5secs
Top Speed >350km/h
Price est. S$3.1m (as tested)