Lamborghini's newest flagship, the 2027 Revuelto SV, is engineered to be brutally quick, yet a first drive at Italy's Vallelunga Circuit reveals a car that inspires confidence rather than dread even when pushed to triple-digit speeds through fast corners.

During testing, a journalist following one of Lamborghini's professional development drivers discovered that Turn 1 at Vallelunga, a leftward kink that appears to demand caution, can be taken flat-out at speeds exceeding 150 mph in the SV. The following corner, a tighter right-hand sweeper called Curva Grande, proved trickier at first, with early attempts at braking causing the rear end to squirm and the car to be overslowed. After coaching from the lead driver over radio to brake less and trust the chassis earlier into the turn, the SV settled smoothly onto its suspension and held its line through the apex at roughly 120 mph without drama, demonstrating the car's composure well beyond what most drivers would instinctively attempt.

The SV badge, short for "super veloce," has long marked Lamborghini's most extreme flagship variants, a lineage stretching from the 1971 Miura SV through the Diablo, Murciélago, and Aventador before arriving at the Revuelto. Notably, the Countach never received SV branding due to naming conventions of its era.

Compared with the standard Revuelto, the SV trades the active three-position rear wing for a fixed carbon-fiber unit and swaps the original battery pack, built from 108 rectangular cells, for a new design using 168 cylindrical cells. That change nearly doubles energy capacity, from 3.8 kWh to 7.3 kWh, enabling stronger and more sustained hybrid performance. The SV's three electric motors now contribute up to 255 horsepower, combining with the 6.5-liter V-12's 814 hp and 535 lb-ft to produce a total of 1,050 hp and 1,051 lb-ft of torque — gains of 49 hp and about 18 lb-ft over the regular Revuelto.

Visually, the SV distinguishes itself with revised bodywork beneath the fixed wing, a redesigned front splitter with sharper blade-like elements above it, new standard titanium-alloy center-lock wheels replacing the non-SV's five-lug setup, and carbon-fiber trim on the interior door panels.

The result, according to the drive, is a hybrid V-12 Lamborghini that pairs intimidating numbers with genuinely usable, confidence-inspiring handling — making the Revuelto SV the most capable version yet of Lamborghini's flagship driver's car.

Source: MotorTrend

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