Lamborghini Sián, the electrification of the bull-badged brand's cars is already a reality

The Lamborghini Sián is proposed as the production hybrid car of Lamborghini

Recently we reported in an article that Lamborghini had rejected the idea of producing electric cars. On the contrary, hybridisation of its models or of new proposals was being considered.

This confirmed a rumour that had been circulating for years, that Lamborghini was working on the successor to the Aventador and that this car would be a hybrid.

The rumour mill was wrong on that point, but right that, with the Aventador as the reference, Lamborghini would present its first hybrid car before 2020: the Lamborghini Sián.

Lamborghini Sián, hybrid and brutal

Because as well as being a hybrid sports car, it is the most powerful car ever built by Lamborghini. Its 819 CV place it above any previous production model, including the hitherto most powerful Lamborghini, the Aventador SVJ, from which it inherits its petrol-fuelled combustion engine.

The basis of this car is the aforementioned Lamborghini Aventador, in architecture, proportions and styling, but it represents the evolution from traditional mechanics to the new era of automotive electrification.

The step from the Lamborghini Aventador, whose V12 engine now features a new titanium valve system that raises its output to 785 CV, to the Lamborghini Sián, which keeps the same combustion unit but is paired with a light hybridisation system, or mild hybrid, whose electric motor adds 34 CV, bringing total power to 819 CV.

The 48 V electric unit feeds its work into the gearbox and dispenses with the traditional battery, storing electricity in a supercapacitor instead.

Using this device allows it to save weight compared with lithium-ion batteries, as a reduction in ballast of up to three times relative to the battery is claimed.

This electrical system not only adds performance to the car itself, ensuring greater responsiveness in this spectacular Lamborghini hybrid, but also becomes the star player in situations such as parking or reversing.

This mechanical configuration means the Lamborghini Sián reaches a top speed of 350 km/h and accelerates from 0 to 100 in under 2.8 seconds.

An aggressive, daring look

Although it carries unmistakable echoes of the Aventador, the new Lamborghini borrows some styling and aerodynamic solutions already seen on models such as the Centenario or even the Terzo Millennio prototype, yet, knowing the Lamborghini Sián is going into production, it looks even more aggressive than the concept car.

The greatest inspiration comes from the former electric prototype from Lamborghini, the Terzo Millennio, at the front and rear. Although the rear light clusters have not been replicated on the Lamborghini Sián, which features three lights at each end, the front lights are very similar and display a kind of luminous triangle, or a lightning bolt falling from the sky and forking towards the ground.

Unlike the models built by Lamborghini, whose names are taken from bullfighting, Sián is not the name of any memorable fighting bull. It is a word taken from the Modenese dialect, native to this manufacturer’s home region, meaning beam of light or lightning bolt, in reference to the contribution of electricity in this car.

A new limited edition

Only 63 units will be produced, as the side spoilers clearly show. And it is not only the limited production run: we are sure this car’s value will rise exponentially over the years, both because of its small production and because it is Lamborghini’s first hybrid car.

It will also do so because of the price of the Lamborghini Sián: €3.3 million.

63 Lamborghini Sián at a cost of €3.3 million, already reserved and allocated to illustrious Lamborghini clients, which the rest of us mere mortals will be able to see up close if we attend the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, where it will be on display as one of the most notable cars at the event, if not the most notable.