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There it sits exuding exotic Italian menace: The Lamborghini Sián, one of only 63 coupés being made and sold out despite its reported mega-money price tag (there will be 19 roadsters too). The name means “flash” or “lightning bolt” in the Bolognese dialect and you can imagine it arriving on the pointy end of some cataclysmic meteorological event, Marvel-superhero style.
There is a degree of science fiction to the Sián. Well, science fact, to be more accurate. Although it’s still powered by Lamborghini’s magnificent 6.4-litre, naturally aspirated V12—one of the world’s great engines—it also sees a venture into hybridisation for the first time. And it’s doing so in a very Lamborghini way. Rather than a conventional battery pack, the Sián uses a supercapacitor to provide the highest power possible via the lightest solution. What you get is a car that will rampage its way to 100kpmh in 2.8 seconds and top speed of 349kmph. An elite handful of contemporary hypercars, including the Buggati Chiron, McLaren Speedtail and the spectacularly ludicrous Hennessey Venom F5, can eclipse that, but a Lamborghini isn’t just about daft numbers; it’s about how it deploys them and even more about its looks. On which basis the Sian doesn’t even have to turn a wheel to garner maximum Insta “likes”, this is an almost cosmically outrageous-looking car.
The hybrid element is a drop in an 808bhp ocean, designed more to smooth out the shifts in its previously unruly transmission than anything else. When it comes down to it, this is about generating drama. And once you get used to its size, and that you’re basically strapped into the pointy end of a four-wheeled missile, well it’s an amazingly friendly thing to drive.
[Via GQ Middle East]
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