LAMBORGHINI ASTERION

The smokin’ Asterion LPI 910 4 is a significant departure for the Raging Bull brand. Why? Well, it’s a (gasp!) plug-in hybrid, it skims the vaunted 1,000 hp figure and its interior was actually designed with roominess and ergonomics in mind. Last but not least, this is the first non insane Lamborghini since the Miura.

The Asterion’s near 1,000-hp all wheel drive plug in hybrid ness comes courtesy of the Huracán’s 610-hp, 5.2-liter V10. It joins three electric motors two at the front wheels and the third, an integrated starter and generator between the V10 and the seven-speed dual clutch transmission. The motors total 300 hp. Lamborghini claims that the Asterion can hit 60 mph in exactly three seconds, on its way to 200 mph. The Asterion can run on electricity for 32 miles and can do 57 mpg. Its 910 hp puts it right in the middle of the Porsche 918 Spyder (875 hp), McLaren P1 (903 hp), and Ferrari LaFerrari (950 hp). Like those, the Asterion manifests the hybrid drivetrain as a go fast tool two powertrains, need we remind, are almost always faster than one.

Lamborghini calls the Asterion its hyper-cruiser, and it could be produced today, according to the automaker, “using technologies available and drawing on Lamborghini’s own expertise.”