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New Delhi: With EV becoming the natural choice for the way forward, even Lamborghini finds themselves complying with increasingly strict emission laws, which is why most of its road-going models are now hybrids. That doesn’t mean every car with the Lamborghini logo will have a hybrid system for its combustion engine. The brand’s racing machines still come, ignoring the electrical drivetrains completely.
After the Temerario GT3, the new Super Trofeo is also an ICE machine coming without hybridisation, and Lamborghini has come up with effectively a rear-wheel-drive version of their Huracan successor. The raging bull is already hinting at a street-legal RWD special edition, but as of now, this is purely for the track.
For the second iteration of the Temerario race car is designed for Lamborghini’s Super Trofeo series, a one-make championship launched in 2009. While the Gallardo and Huracan Super Trofeo models came with a naturally aspirated V10, the latest racer gets a twin-turbo V8. In Super Trofeo tune, it makes 641 horsepower and which stand 148 bhp less than the street car’s gas engine.
Power is sent to the rear wheels with a six-speed sequential gearbox, replacing the dual-clutch eight-speed automatic that is in the road-going Temerario. The Super Trofeo shares the Hoer transmission and many components from the GT3, which makes 577 bhp depending on the course of the balance of performance adjustment for fair competition.
Apart from not being a hybrid powertrain and the new transmission, the Temerario Super Trofeo gets a very aggressive body kit crowned with a big rear wing. While the brand haven’t shown the inside of the car, Lamborghini have mentioned that the track-only model comes with a lawfully integrated FIA-compliant roll cage and a Dinamica Infinity-covered dashboard.
The Dinamica Infinity-covered dashboard is claimed to be the first application of the “PES mono-component” which is a non-woven suede in the motor world.
Additional upgrades over the standard Temerario are a 12-point adjustable traction control system, a Capristo exhaust, BMC air filters, and KW suspension. Lamborghini haven’t disclosed weight, but the GT3 version weighs almost 1,300 kg, 390 kg lighter than the standard one.
All of this is down to the all-wheel drive hybrid configuration, along with added sound insulation, comfort features, and other road-legal requirements. Of course, it is only about time before a stripped-down RWD that is road legal comes forth, which has been hinted at by CEO Rouven Mohr as well.
Much like the Huracan eventually became the STO, the equivalent Temerario is quite likely not far away either. Lamborghini even teased earlier an off-road-oriented model, which suggests a high-riding Sterrato-like version that might follow. The Super Trofeo is unlikely to go racing before 2027.
