- A two-door, 2+2 from Lamborghini could be inspired by the Asterion.
- Many of Lamborghini’s chief rivals have two-door, four-seaters available.
- Lamborghini’s boss has ruled out a sedan and a smaller SUV for the brand.
Lamborghini has spent the better part of two decades thinking about the best way to expand its line-up. For several years, it appeared to be moving toward launching a sedan, previewing it with the Estoque concept in 2008. However, that model was killed in favor of an SUV, which would become the Urus we know today.
The Italian brand now sells the Temerario, Revuelto, and Urus, and had confirmed that the all-electric Lanzador would become its fourth model, launching before the end of the decade. But plans for that model were scrapped last month, forcing Lamborghini to go back to the drawing board to decide what form its next model should take.
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It has an idea of what to do next. While speaking with Car and Driver at the recent 12 Hours of Sebring, Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann said the company has no plans for a small SUV or a sedan, but that a grand tourer could make sense for it.
A 2+2 Future
“When we looked into the idea of the fourth model, we checked all the segments where we are not in and also the subsegments,” Winkelmann revealed. “We ruled out having a small SUV, and we also ruled out having a four-door sedan, because the segment is shrinking. If you sell [a sedan], you sell almost only long-wheelbase cars, which are not looking that good on our type of cars.”
“What was missing, or what is still missing, and what was at the beginning, the starting point of our company, is a gran turismo,” he added. “So the idea is a two-door 2+2 gran turismo.”
Although he failed to provide any more details about such a model, launching a sleek 2+2 would be a logical step for the brand, particularly given that rivals like Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Bentley all offer high-powered two-door, four-seaters. Lamborghini has considered a new GT car in the past, unveiling the hybrid Asterion concept in 2014, although it was only a two-seater.
