By LAWRENCE TAN
Following Ferrari’s green initiatives, Italian rivals
Lamborghini will embark on their eco-friendly drive with a planned hybrid model
of the Gallardo in 2015 (the same year Maranello will roll out their eco-green
drive), its CEO Stephan Winkelmann told German Automobilewoche magazine
in an interview.
But before you get all too excited about an all-electric
Lambo, Winkelmann says Sant’Agata outfit has no plans to emulate parent company
Audi or go the way of Mercedes Benz’s upcoming fully electric SLS AMG roadster.
Instead, the electric motor on board the hybrid Gallardo
would serve merely to generate enough power to cope with city traffic, so the
V10 or V12 gasoline engine will still deliver the performance that is demanded
of this Raging Bull.
However, Winkelmann reveals that the hybrid Gallardo could
be used as a test-bed before full implementation of hybrid technology for the
company’s other models like the Murcielago.
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