In the world of Lamborghini, it’s a big deal anytime a new model shows up branded SV. Since the brand’s founding 63 years ago, there have only been five Super Veloce (SV) models, not counting the subject of this here review. All have been V12s.
First came the Miura SV; there was no Countach SV for who knows what reason. Then came the Diablo SV, Murciélago SV, Aventador SV, and finally the much-loved, mustachioed Aventador SVJ. Don’t think the SVJ counts? Fine, then there have only been four.
Regardless, meet the 2027 Lamborghini Revuelto SV, the Italian super sports car brand’s most track-focused, mid-engine, scissor-door, big fat V12 fantasy object yet.
Pros
Brutally Quick
Brutally Capable
Brutal Stopping Power
Cons
Very Expensive (What Did You Expect?)
A Touch Heavy For A Track Car
What Makes It An SV?
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Super Veloce translates to super-fast. Fittingly, new Lambo Chief Technical Officer, Fermin Soneira, prefaced his comments concerning the differences between the regular Revuelto and the SV by emphatically stating every change made was to increase performance. There were no other types of changes made.
He also freely admitted that he only joined Lamborghini in July of this year, meaning his predecessor, Rouven Mohr, now the CTO of Lamborghini’s parent company, Audi, oversaw the transformation of the Revuelto into the SV. And what a transformation it is.
Weirdly, the epic, 6.5-liter V12 remains the same, kicking out 814 horsepower and 535 pound-feet of torque, all with a lovely 9,500 rpm redline. The battery, however—remember, all Revueltos are hybrids—has effectively doubled in capacity, growing from 3.8 to 7.3 kilowatt-hours, still feeding the same three motors, one on each front wheel and another in between the engine and eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.
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That change alone adds an extra 49 horsepower to the system’s output, bringing the total to a fat 1,050 hp. That might not sound like a huge jump until you clock that torque rises from a healthy 793 lb-ft in the standard car to an outrageous 1,051 lb-ft here in the SV. Same motors and everything.
Again, all of the Revuelto SV’s extra shove comes from a bigger, better (Lambo switched from pouch-style to cylindrical cells) battery. Lamborghini says the power output of the battery is now 190 kilowatts (up from 140), recovers 23 percent more energy from braking, and is four times as consistent in terms of supplying full power under track conditions.
All that added grunt has Lambo claiming the SV is 0.1 of a second quicker to 62 mph, and 0.3 seconds quicker to 125 mph. In American terms, we’re probably looking at a drop in the 0-60 time to 2.1 seconds and a scalding quarter-mile time of 9.4 seconds with a trap speed above 150 mph. At least. Those numbers make the SV about as quick as… the Lamborghini Temerario. What a wild world.
Even better than the acceleration is the stopping power. Soneira referred to the massive brakes as CCMR+, which means carbon-ceramic matrix race plus. That actually means Brembo uses the same sort of long carbon fibers they do for F1 car brakes, along a zircon caliper insert.
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Those numbers make the SV about as quick as… the Lamborghini Temerario. What a wild world.
Couple those upgrades to a vented rotor bell and new cooling channels and the Revuelto SV features 11 percent better deceleration, and 23 percent more effective heat dissipation, which leads to 12 percent lower disc temperatures. Put another way, the SV has 3.4 MW of braking power, compared to 2.7 MW in the “base” Revuelto, and 2.5 MW in an F1 car.
Before you say anything, the Revuelto SV weighs about 2,600 pounds more than a 2026 F1 car.
The suspension is mostly all new, including passive, adjustable (both high- and low-speed settings for compression and rebound) KW dampers, new springs, retuned anti-roll bars, and on the rear lower control arm you will find a new damper connection point. This means 12 percent less camber loss, i.e., more tire contact patch.
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Speaking of tires, the impressive, asymmetrical Bridgestone Potenza Race R meats are not only SV-specific, but they’re also semi-slick and sized 265/35/ZR20 up front and a whopping Countach-esque 345/30/ZR21 out back. These new-fangled Potenzas heat up quickly, great news for those of you hanging around the exits of cars & coffees. There’s also a new 6D ECU/brain that not only controls all aspects of the Revuelto SV’s performance, but can also predict grip levels, wheel slip, and side-slip angle.
Revised aero means the Revuelto SV offers 80 percent more downforce, including 100 percent more downforce on the front axle. Much light-weighting has taken place, but because of the battery, the SV weighs about the same as the normal car. Funny story: no Lamborghini people could remember if it weighs exactly the same as the normal Revuelto, or if the SV is in fact 11 pounds lighter.
They said they’d tell me by the end of the day and then never did.
Please let me tell you that 11 pounds don’t matter, especially considering a Revuelto weighs just under 4,300 pounds. I will add that, because of the new suspension bits, the SV does have less unsprung weight than the regular car. Which is good. The price? $749,667 to start, which I’m not wealthy enough to have a relevant opinion about.
So? How Does It Drive?
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I still find track-only Lamborghini press launches ridiculous, and mind you, this is somehow my tenth. You hop off a plane fully jetlagged and jump right into a mighty (and mighty expensive) supercar you’ve never driven before, often on a race track you’ve never driven before, and follow a madman (I mean instructor) around the unfamiliar race track as fast as you can.
Case in point, I hit 165 mph, and then 170 mph, on my first lap! So yes, the added power and double helping of torque means the Revuelto is freaky fast/quick. But we knew that part just reading the specs. What surprised me most about the big, mid-engined bull was how pointable, controllable, and fun it was on Rome’s Vallelunga Circuit.
Out of the 15 laps I got on the 2.5-long track, all of them occurred in Corsa Mode, Lambo-speak for track mode. Meaning I can’t comment on how the Revuelto SV behaves in any of the other three modes (EV, Strada, Sport). With a caveat.
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If you’re in Corsa, you can activate a new setting called Piloti by pushing the little racing helmet icon on the lower right side of the steering wheel for 2.5 seconds. Then push it quickly a second time to confirm.
Piloti is lifted from Lambo’s GT3 racing program, and when activated, it puts the ABS system into race mode, changes up the stability control to deal with running over curbing, and further loosens up the traction control compared to the relaxed ESC settings found in Corsa. When you first activate Piloti, you are in stage 3, which is the middle setting. This allows for power oversteer in second-gear corners.
Want extra handcuffs? Twist the little knob down to 2 or 1. Want more freedom (meaning oversteer in third gear)? Twist it clockwise to 4 or 5. In fact, 5 is essentially traction control off unless you go basically sideways.
Given the massive power and torque of the Revuelto SV, Piloti set to 3 seemed just fine to me, especially as low-speed slides are easy to catch. The car responded brilliantly to left-foot trail braking, especially in combination with the two front motors that grip up the front end just so, even while the ferocious V12 tears at the rear tires.
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What surprised me most about the big, mid-engined bull was how pointable, controllable, and fun it was on Rome’s Vallelunga Circuit.
Actually, speaking of tires, these Bridgestones are incredible. Grip, grip, and more grip. We even had one lap with some light rain, and the SV was still stuck to the tarmac.
More impressive than the tires are the massive CCMR+ brakes. Literal wow. I’ve spent time on tracks with Aventador SVs and SVJs. The weak link was always the brakes. No more. Not only are they incredibly effective, but I never detected a moment of either long pedal or fade. That’s wild for such a heavy vehicle with so much power.
If you’re on the fence about which Revuelto to buy, I feel strongly that the improved brakes of the SV do in fact tip the scales. Just an incredible example of great engineering by Lamborghini.
The Revuelto SVs have built-in telemetry, which can then be downloaded to a new app that’s just for SV owners called Unica. It’s available both on phone and desktop. You can not only edit together video from the car’s three built-in cameras, with data and a track map, but you can compare your times to other Revuelto SV drivers.
Lamborghini did that for us, and yours truly somehow managed to pop off the fastest lap of the day. That fact, plus $21, will get me the Hailey Bieber Smoothie at Erewhon, I know, I know. Though it did make for some brilliant smack-talking sessions once the track went cold and the drinks flowed. I can see a group of SV owners digging all that Unica offers.
Verdict: This Bull Has Bite
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Most importantly, I can see the eventual 1,963 owners (production is capped) loving their Revuelto SVs.
As stated earlier, Lamborghini promised that every single change made compared to the standard car was done to increase the SV’s performance, and I discovered no reason to doubt the assertion. Quicker, better handling, with insane brakes and a menacing V12, it’s safe to say Lamborghini nailed the assignment.
Need further proof? In the hands of hot shoe Marco Mapelli, the Revuelto SV went around the Hockenheimring 5.7 seconds quicker than he did in an Aventador SVJ. Nearly 6 seconds around a 2.8-mile race track is a huge Delta. In fact, Marco went so quick that Lamborghini is claiming that he set the production supercar lap record, with a time of 1:41.6. That’s true, if you discount the McLaren Senna and AMG One (Lambo says the AMG One is a hypercar).
Just know that if you show up to your local track day with a Lamborghini Revuelto SV, you’re most likely ending the session as the king or queen. Surely that’s worth the money.
Revuelto SV Competitors
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| Lamborghini Revuelto SV | |
| Engine | 6.5-Liter V12 Hybrid |
| Motor | Dual Axial Flux Front / Single Radial Flux Rear |
| Battery | 7.3 Kilowatt-Hours |
| Output | 1,050 Horsepower / 1,051 Pound-Feet |
| Transmission | Eight-Speed Dual-Clutch |
| Drive Type | All-Wheel Drive |
| Speed 0-60 MPH | 2.1 Seconds (est.) |
| Maximum speed | 214 Miles Per Hour |
| Weight | 3,896 Pounds (est.) |
| Seating Capacity | 2 |
| Base Price | $749,667 |
| On Sale | Now |
