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title: "Lamborghini Essenza SCV12: An 830-HP Track Car That Might as Well Exist Only on YouTube as Far as You’re Concerned"
description: "Like Ferrari's XX cars, however, owners don't actually take these home."
date: "2020-07-29"
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# Lamborghini Essenza SCV12: An 830-HP Track Car That Might as Well Exist Only on YouTube as Far as You’re Concerned

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After [months](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32155/the-sound-of-lamborghinis-new-830-hp-v-12-hypercar-is-better-than-coffee>) of [tantalizing and teasing](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32758/blink-and-youll-miss-your-first-look-at-the-v-12-lamborghini-squadra-corse-hypercar>), Lamborghini finally unveiled its latest track-only hypercar: the Essenza SCV12. Limited to just 40 units and representing the most extreme performance Lamborghini has to offer, it's a spiritual descendent of cars like the Miura Jota and Diablo GTR. Naturally, it gets the most powerful Lambo V12 ever, a naturally aspirated 6.5-liter pumping out 830 horsepower to the rear wheels thanks in part to something the company calls "aerodynamic supercharging."

Using the racing [Huracan](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/35147/florida-man-used-ppp-loans-to-buy-lamborghini-huracan-evo-feds>)-inspired dual-inlets and center rib in the front hood, the Essenza funnels cool air into the ram-air roof scoop, which increases pressure in the intake manifold and ultimately increases power. In short, [the Essenza SCV12 makes more power the faster it goes](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/34294/how-aerodynamic-supercharging-makes-the-lamborghini-scv12-more-powerful-as-it-goes-faster>).

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*Lamborghini*

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*Lamborghini*

![message-editor%2F1596034788254-566086.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1596034788254-566086.jpg>)
*Lamborghini*

![message-editor%2F1596034791586-566087.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1596034791586-566087.jpg>)
*Lamborghini*

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*Lamborghini*

Lambo's newest track toy manipulates the air in more traditional ways as well, boasting better aerodynamic efficiency and downforce than a GT3 car—making 2,645 pounds of downforce at 155 mph, to be exact. Its carbon-fiber monocoque frame houses a sequential six-speed transmission that's both directly connected to the car's rear push-rod suspension and acts as a structural part of the chassis. Even though it didn't really have to, Lamborghini Squadra Corse apparently developed the SCV12 to comply with FIA prototype safety regulations.

![message-editor%2F1596034866127-566090.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1596034866127-566090.jpg>)
**Lamborghini**

Speaking of things ripped from real racing cars, the Lambo Essenza's steering wheel is clearly Formula 1-inspired. It's fitted to a cabin that brings Lamborghini's "Y" design motif (most prominently seen in its headlights and taillights) to life in a pretty big way, forming the entire shape of the load-bearing dash design.

Magnesium wheels measuring 19 inches up front and 20 inches in the rear are wrapped in Pirelli slicks and are mounted over Brembo brake discs and calipers.

![message-editor%2F1596034881028-566093.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1596034881028-566093.jpg>)
*Lamborghini*

![message-editor%2F1596034891632-566092.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1596034891632-566092.jpg>)
*Lamborghini*

Like Ferrari's FXX, 599XX, and FXX-K programs, the Essenza SCV12's "owners" don't actually get to drive or even flatbed their cars home. Instead, cars are kept at a dedicated hangar in Sant'Agata and given their own personalized garage space with 24/7 webcams that let their owners check in at any time. Starting in 2021, Lamborghini will hold a series of events at race tracks around the world, letting SCV12 owners experience their cars the way they were meant to be experienced.

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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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