Lamborghini Centenario Might Be Based On The Aventador, Winkelmann Says

A new limited edition supercar signed by Lamborghini is just around the corner and it seems that the model will be based on the Aventador, rather than the Huracan.

Lamborghini boss, Stephan Winkelmann, told PistonHeads: “You will have to wait and see. But usually when we go into the very limited car numbers we pick the Aventador as the base.”

The supercar won’t have unique hardware, as Winkelmann confirmed, and it will use the platform of “one of our existing cars“, but “in terms of performance and in terms of innovation, it will be a completely different car.”

The first time we heard about the “Centenario”, a supercar that will celebrate 100 years since the birth of Ferruccio Elio Arturo Lamborghini, was back in September, when reports indicated towards an LP 770-4 moniker, suggesting 770PS (759hp) from the 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine of the Aventador. A couple of weeks ago, the Lambo boss confirmed, in another interview, that the company will introduce a special edition supercar at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show.

Winkelmann continued to talk about other products in the Sant’Agata Bolognese automaker’s lineup, like the new Huracan LP 580-2, mentioning that anything cheaper might happen, but not in the near future: “we’ll see, but nothing soon like that.”

A possible rear-wheel drive Aventador is out of the question as this model “will always stick to four-wheel drive“, because the V12 engine’s torque will make the car “very tricky with only rear-wheel drive“.

Turbocharging might be the next step for Lamborghini and “there is a time when electric cars are better than others“, added Winkelmann. “A car like the Urus is far more suitable for let’s say a first attempt at hybridization than one of our super sports cars“, said the Lambo boss when asked about a possible rival for the McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari, who confirmed that the SUV will be launched with a V8 turbo, but it might get a hybrid as “a second engine“.

The third model in Lamborghini’s lineup, after the Huracan and the Aventador, the Urus, is expected to raise the company’s sales to 5,000 – 6,000 units annually, but the idea is “to always sell less than demand“, as Winkelmann believes.

This might be one of the last interviews Stephan Winkelmann gives, as the head of Lamborghini, as a new report says that he will take over Audi’s Quattro GmbH division with Ferrari’s ex F1 Team Principal, Stefano Domenicali, to succeed him as the new head of the “raging bull”.

Note: Lamborghini Veneno Roadster pictured