Lamborghini SC63 Hypercar Revealed At Goodwood

Lamborghini has unveiled the SC63 for 2024 World Endurance Championship competition at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and the hypercar looks absolutely spectacular. As with all the other entrants in the Hypercar class, the power output is limited to no more than 500 kilowatts, or 670 horsepower, but how each team achieves that is entirely up to them, so long as they all use the same gearbox and one of a very short list of approved chassis options.

In the case of the Lamborghini SC63 - whose name references the 10-year-old Squadra Corse racing division and the year in which Lamborghini was founded - that means a V8 resides in a Ligier-developed monocoque.

The engine is anall-new 3.8-liter twin-turbo V8, which could well find its way into the Huracan successorwith a redline as high as 10k. However, the turbos are arranged in a cold vee configuration for easy servicing and cooling of the turbines, and it's unclear if the Huracan will also adopt such a configuration. Regardless, Lamborghini says that for this motorsport application, the setup finds the best balance for tire grip, weight balance, drivability, and longevity.

As for the monocoque, Lamborghini is the first to use one designed and built by Ligier, which gave the Italian automaker freedom to specify much of the design, "including the development of the pushrod front suspension design, overall weight distribution, and ease of service for critical parts of the car." One of these is the bell housing, which sits between the rear of the engine and the front of the gearbox, where it bolsters torsional rigidity and houses the electric motor.