Lamborghini has published a retrospective marking 55 years of its Super Veloce badge, tracing the lineage from the 1971 Miura SV to the Revuelto SV that debuted at The Quail during Monterey Car Week in August. The company defines each SV as a limited-production variant of its V12 flagship with more power, less weight, and sharper chassis tuning than the standard car, and it counts five models under the badge to date: the Miura SV, Diablo SV, Murciélago LP 670-4 SV, Aventador SV, and Revuelto SV. Chairman and CEO Stephan Winkelmann noted that he has personally introduced three of the five, the Murciélago SV, the Aventador SV, and the Revuelto SV.
The Revuelto SV is the first Super Veloce to use a hybrid powertrain, pairing the naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12 with three electric motors for a combined 1,050 hp (1,065 CV) and 1,051 lb-ft (1,425 Nm). Lamborghini says the car posts the highest performance figures of any production model it has built, and production is limited to 1,963 units, a reference to the company’s founding year. Tunerzine covered the full technical breakdown when Lamborghini revealed the Revuelto SV at The Quail, including its GT3-derived passive dampers, CCM-R Plus brakes, and new Pilota drive mode.
The Miura SV of 1971 opened the line with a 3.9-liter V12 rated at 380 hp (385 CV), a 0-62 mph time of roughly 5.5 seconds, a top speed above 174 mph, and a production run of 150 cars. The Diablo SV followed in 1995 with a 5.7-liter V12 at 503 hp (510 CV), rear-wheel drive, and an 88-pound (40 kg) weight reduction over the standard car, running 0-62 mph in about 4.5 seconds. The 2009 Murciélago LP 670-4 SV was the first all-wheel-drive Super Veloce, carrying a 6.5-liter V12 at 661 hp (670 CV), shedding roughly 220 pounds (100 kg), and reaching 0-62 mph in around 3.2 seconds.
The 2015 Aventador SV carried a 6.5-liter V12 rated at 740 hp (750 CV), reached 0-62 mph in 2.8 seconds, and was limited to 600 coupes. The full retrospective, including Lamborghini’s model-by-model summaries, is published on Lamborghini’s newsroom.
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