Lamborghini is expected to unveil the highly anticipated successor to the Aventador soon, but that doesn’t mean it can’t undergo some last-minute testing. In fact, spy shots of the upcoming hybrid halo car have been captured on snowy roads, indicating that the automaker is taking advantage of the winter weather for testing purposes.
Although this Lamborghini is pretty unlikely to be used in this kind of weather when it is finally in customers’ hands, the automaker must still ensure that this kind of testing takes place. According to Rolls-Royce (stick with me here), cold weather testing is also useful from a dynamics perspective, because the low grip surface highlights certain driving characteristics. It’s kind of like the super slow-mo of automotive testing.
Despite still being under camouflage, these new photos do provide some insight into the car’s design. At the back, for instance, we see the aggressive diffusers, which will provide the car with valuable underbody downforce.
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In another shot, meanwhile, we get a pretty good view of just how thin the flying buttresses that extend from the roof, down to the rear haunches really are. A close-up of the side window, meanwhile, gives a view into the cabin, where an oblong digital instrument cluster can be seen, with a large gauge in the middle.
These photos serve to further corroborate the allegedly official sketches that were leaked and posted to Instagram recently. In combination with the design drawings from a patent application, we now have a very good idea of what this car will look like when it’s finally unveiled.
We also have many hints about what will be going on under the hood. We know that Lamborghini will stick with a V12 for this upcoming model, and that it will be naturally aspirated. However, this time around it will also work alongside electric motors, though the degree to which the automaker will hybridize the car is unknown.
With an unveiling expected in the coming months, we hope to soon know more about the powertrain, to finally get an unfettered view of the car, and to learn what it will be called.
