The Nürburgring isn’t the benchmark anymore. Lamborghini has no plans to send the new Revuelto SV around the Nordschleife for a record run, even though both of its predecessors made their names doing exactly that. The new reference point is Hockenheim, where the 1,065-horsepower hybrid has already lapped the GP circuit in 1 minute 41.6 seconds.
Revuelto line director Alessandro Farmeschi explained the switch to MotorTrend. Lamborghini will keep using the Nürburgring for testing — just not for the marketing record. The reasoning is simple: a Hockenheim time is easier for owners to actually relate to, since the layout is shorter and far less specialized. And the gap here is genuinely enormous — the official length of the Nordschleife is 20.832 km, against just 4.574 km for Hockenheim’s GP configuration.
That’s a sharp reversal of approach. The Huracán Performante lapped the Nürburgring in 6:52.01 back in 2016, and the Aventador SVJ followed in 2018 with 6:44.97. Back then, Lamborghini held up both numbers as direct proof of what its most track-focused production cars could do. Now the same company has decided to change the rules of the game.
But the new record comes with a catch — and a fairly awkward one. Lamborghini initially called 1:41.6 the fastest time ever set by a production car at Hockenheim. The problem is that the Mercedes-AMG One has lapped the same circuit in roughly 1:38.6 — almost three seconds quicker. After MotorTrend pressed the point, the Italian company had to clarify: it’s a record among production “super sports cars,” while it classifies the AMG One as a low-volume hypercar. In other words, the Revuelto SV’s claim to fame rests less on the stopwatch and more on a carefully chosen category.
Still, the Revuelto SV itself clearly wasn’t built just for a headline: 1,065 hp, 1,425 Nm of torque, 0-100 km/h in 2.4 seconds, manually adjustable dampers derived from GT3 racing hardware, and a dedicated Pilota mode. Lamborghini has even specified recommended suspension settings for smooth, rough, and wet track surfaces. The Nordschleife isn’t going anywhere in the development program — only its role is changing. For now, it’s a proving ground. Not a public leaderboard.
