"While mainstream vehicles usually get comprehensive updates every few years, low-volume exotics tend evolve more gradually. Supercar platforms often remain unchanged for a decade or more, with manufacturers instead focusing on what can be tuned, massaged, added, or subtracted to keep their lineups fresh. Every once in a while, though, a performance car debuts that truly earns the label "all-new," and the Lamborghini Temerario is one of them."
"As the replacement for the Huracán, Lamborghini's best-selling sports car to date, the Temerario has big shoes to fill. At first glance, it might seem like a more subdued affair than its predecessor, but the Huracán debuted in a similar fashion before wilder iterations like the STO and Sterrato were introduced to the lineup. During a technical briefing late last year, Lamborghini sales chief Frederick Foschini noted that the Temerario's streamlined look is intentional."
"The team sought to increase downforce by more than 100 percent compared with the Huracán Evo through the car's core design, rather than relying on big wings, splitters, and other racy aerodynamic bits. Designers were also tasked with creating an all-new car that was distinctive yet instantly recognizable as a Lamborghini. Judging by the number of heads this car turned during my time with it, I'd say the company was successful."
The Lamborghini Temerario replaces the Huracán and uses a new V8 hybrid powertrain producing more than 900 hp, replacing the V10. The exterior is streamlined to increase downforce by over 100 percent versus the Huracán Evo through core design rather than large wings and splitters. The car is longer, wider, and taller and rides on a new all-aluminum spaceframe that is more than twenty percent stiffer. Interior packaging improves head and legroom. Designers aimed for a distinctive yet instantly recognizable Lamborghini identity while maintaining a restrained initial styling that can be followed by wilder variants.
Read at Ars Technica
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