Lamborghini Temerario: Huracán successor to debut at Monterey Car Week on 16 August

The wait to meet the Lamborghini Huracán’s replacement is nearly over. Everything points to it being called Temerario (code name 634), with the full reveal scheduled for 16 August during Monterey Car Week (California, USA).

Monterey Car Week debut

It will not be an easy role to fill. After all, it is taking over from Lamborghini’s most successful supercar ever, and until a couple of years ago it was also the brand’s best-selling model - although the Urus SUV has since moved ahead.

Plug-in hybrid power for the Huracán successor

Even so, the Huracán’s winning formula will not be carried over unchanged into the Temerario. Lamborghini’s new “weapon” will do without the glorious naturally aspirated V10; in its place will be a twin-turbo V8 combined with three electric motors. Yes - like the recent Revuelto, it will be a plug-in hybrid.

10 000 rpm

This V8, however, is not set to behave like a typical turbocharged unit, because the limiter will only arrive at an astonishing 10 000 rpm.

You can count on one hand the naturally aspirated engines that reach those kinds of revs… As for turbo engines in production cars capable of spinning that high, this may genuinely be a first.

So what do we already know about it? On its own, the 4.0 V8 twin-turbo with a flat-plane crank will produce 800 cv between 9000 rpm and 9750 rpm (!) and torque peaks at 730 Nm, delivered consistently from 4000 rpm to 7000 rpm. How much the three electric motors will add to “fatten” those figures is still unknown - as are details of the battery and its range.

It looks like a Lamborghini

Beyond that, little to nothing has been confirmed about the Lamborghini Temerario. Even so, several test prototypes have already been spotted in southern Spain, giving a clearer sense of what to expect.

And, as you would anticipate, it looks like… a Lamborghini. Since the Countach - first shown as a concept in 1971 - Lamborghini has shaped its supercars around the same proportion set (typical of a mid-rear-engined car) and silhouette.

Always extremely low and wide, with a forward-set cabin and a wedge-like profile, the new Temerario is expected to separate itself from its predecessor and other Lamborghinis through its graphic details. The hexagon seems to set the tone for these elements, visible in the front lighting signature as well as the shape of the rear lights.

It also distinguishes itself from the Revuelto by moving away from the “Y” motif that has defined the brand’s designs in recent years - a shift we already started to see with the latest Urus update, which was also electrified.

Expectations for the Huracán successor are high, particularly after what Lamborghini achieved with the Revuelto, which has been widely praised and whose production is sold out… until 2026. All that remains is to wait for 16 August.