Lamborghini Revuelto review

It’s always interesting up at this end of the market. The Revuelto lists at £446k. Lord. That’s a lot of money. The Aventador started at around £275,000 and an SF90 with very similar technical make-up and performance starts at £375,000. Although it’s hard to get out of the showroom having spent less than half a million and the XX adds about £300k to that. They’re all basically charging what they think they can get away with for cars that are in high demand but limited supply. We suspect they’ve also priced it to keep volumes down and exclusivity up, which will ensure future residuals and, in turn, reflect well on the rest of the range.

Those residuals: what’s interesting is that the market has received the Revuelto very well indeed. ‘Used’ cars are already popping up for sale and they’re big money, £800-900,000. Mainly because whoever is prepared to stump that up gets to dodge the waiting list, but we know buyers at that end of the market want a V12.

Don’t for a moment think Lambo will be throwing everything in for free either. It’s a vast amount of money, which either makes Lamborghini look very greedy, or shows huge confidence in a product which is naturally much more costly and complex to engineer and build.

Equipment: Lambos have always been more about personalisation than cutting edge tech, but Sant’Agata has had to bow to the inevitable and fit a complete ADAS system for the first time: blindspot warning, active cruise, lane departure and keep, rear cross traffic alert. It’s all here. And can all be disabled.

There is of course a staggering range of trim, options and colours available. Apparently one-in-five early orders have selected purple paint. It’s never been a car for shrinking violets. Unless Shrinking Violet is a colour choice, of course.