We are effectively living in a post-horsepower world. As the roster of production cars offering quadruple-digit output figures continues to expand and a growing number of garden-variety vehicles now offer straight-line acceleration that would have been exclusively supercar territory a decade ago, serious thrust is quickly becoming an expectation rather than a rarefied experience. This trend might seem like an existential dilemma for an automaker with a legacy built on face-melting performance, but Lamborghini has never really been the type to obsess over the numbers. Sure, the Aventador SVJ set a production car lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 2018, but the company has always championed emotional impact above all else. At the press launch for the Aventador SVJ, Maurizio Reggiani—Lamborghini's chief technical officer at the time—made a point of telling the assembled journalists that despite increasing headwinds from emissions regulations, Lamborghini would continue to produce a supercar with a naturally aspirated V12 for as long as it possibly could. "I will fight it to the end!" he declared to boisterous applause. Bradley Iger At almost two tons, the Revuelto is no lightweight, despite extensive use of composites. At almost two tons, the Revuelto is no lightweight, despite extensive use of composites. Bradley Iger Bradley Iger Bradley Iger Bradley Iger Bradley Iger Bradley Iger Bradley Iger Reggiani has since retired from the company, but the Revuelto is proof that keeping a high-winding V12 in its flagship model has remained a priority for Lamborghini. Although it's the Italian automaker's first series production sports car to feature a hybrid system, the centerpiece of Sant'Agata's latest showstopper is undoubtedly still the howling 6.5 L naturally aspirated V12 situated just behind its occupants' heads. A brand-new engine That displacement figure may look familiar to fans of the Aventador, but the new L545 engine was developed in-house and largely from scratch for the Revuelto. Offering up 814 hp (607 kW) and 535 ft-lb (Nm) of torque on its own, the new power plant is both the lightest and most powerful V12 that Lamborghini has ever produced. It's matched up with a trio of electric motors—two axial flux units powering the front wheels and another radial flux unit for the rear that's mounted above the Revuelto's new eight-speed dual-clutch transmission, the latter of which is now positioned behind the V12 instead of in front of it. This results in a total system output of 1,001 hp (746 kW) and 793 ft-lb (1,075 Nm) of torque. But as impressive as the new hybrid powertrain is, it's just one piece of a much larger puzzle.