Lamborghini’s 10,000rpm V8 Is Here To Replace The Huracan’s V10

We’re all a little sad about the impending death of the Lamborghini Huracan, and with it all road-going V10 engines. This helps soften the blow, though: Lamborghini has divulged some information about the Huracan replacement’s powertrain, and it turns out that the end of the V10 doesn’t necessarily mean the end of high-revving drama.

The car – internally codenamed ‘634’ but widely thought to be called the Temerario – will feature a hybrid setup with a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8. According to Lamborghini, though, it has nothing to do with the 4.0-litre V8 found in the Urus and much of the rest of the VW Group empire – rather, it’s an all-new powerplant, developed specifically by Lamborghini.

Lamborghini’s twin-turbo 10k RPM V8

Indeed, the specs given by Lamborghini make it sound like something very different to any existing engines: it’ll make its peak power of 789bhp between 9000 and 9750rpm, and will go on to touch an incredible 10,000rpm redline. That’s a figure only highly specialised stuff like the GMA T.50 and Aston Martin Valkyrie can best, and certainly one that’s entirely unprecedented for a turbocharged engine.

Using metric horsepower, in which the engine’s output is a nice round 800hp, it also means a 200hp-per-litre specific output. It wasn’t that long ago that an engine capable of half of that was an engineering marvel.

Lamborghini’s twin-turbo 10k RPM V8

While that glorious rev limit is an incentive for the driver to properly exercise the car’s engine, they won’t necessarily have to work for its performance: peak torque is 538lb ft, and the engine will produce that between 4000 and 7000rpm, which should give the car a wide, tractable usage band.

The engine will be augmented by a trio of electric motors, which on their own make a peak of 148bhp and 221lb ft. Lambo hasn’t said what the total combined output of the car will be, but something on the right side of 900bhp is entirely possible. It’ll all be driven through a refined version of the Revuelto’s eight-speed dual-clutch automatic, presumably to all four wheels.

The car’s scheduled for a full reveal later in 2024, at which point we’ll hopefully also be treated to what should be an engine sound unlike anything else we’ve heard on a road car.