{"id":61665,"date":"2026-08-26T17:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/lamborghinis-ceo-is-not-worried-about-chinese-cars-says-they-lack-emotion\/26\/08\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:30:55","slug":"lamborghinis-ceo-is-not-worried-about-chinese-cars-says-they-lack-emotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/lamborghinis-ceo-is-not-worried-about-chinese-cars-says-they-lack-emotion\/26\/08\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamborghini\u2019s CEO Is Not Worried About Chinese Cars \u2014 Says They Lack Emotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Chinese automakers are producing some astonishingly powerful performance cars, but Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann isn&#8217;t losing sleep over them. Despite increasingly outrageous horsepower figures and acceleration claims, he believes China&#8217;s electric supercars still lack some of the qualities that make a Lamborghini special.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Speaking with Auto Express;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;evdesc:context_link_tap;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Speaking with Auto Express&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yEventDescription&quot;:&quot;context_link_tap&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoexpress.co.uk\/lamborghini\/370284\/lamborghini-ceo-no-chinese-car-brand-threat-us\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking with Auto Express<\/a> at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Winkelmann was asked whether he&#8217;s lost any sleep over the emerging Chinese automakers building some seriously fast cars. His answer was straightforward: &#8220;We don&#8217;t see this as a threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">His reasoning largely comes down to powertrains. Most of China&#8217;s headline-grabbing supercars are electric, while Lamborghini stays committed to combustion engines paired with plug-in hybrid technology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-secondary pb-5 dark:bg-tertiary md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full items-center justify-center\" id=\"_R_4h5epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_4h5epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_4h5epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body hidden dark:bg-tertiary [&amp;:has(iframe[height='0'])]:mb-0 [&amp;:has(iframe[height='0'])]:pb-0 md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex hidden w-full items-center justify-center\" id=\"_R_8h5epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_8h5epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_8h5epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Winkelmann believes that distinction gives Lamborghini something enormous horsepower figures can&#8217;t necessarily replicate. Chinese manufacturers, he argued, currently can&#8217;t compete with Lamborghini when it comes to &#8220;the performance of our cars, the sound and the emotion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-mb col-body heading-text-style font-bold charcoal-color\">China Is Producing Some Seriously Fast Cars<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">The comments come as Chinese manufacturers push rapidly into territory traditionally occupied by European exotic-car brands. Denza, for example, recently unveiled the Z, an electric performance car claimed to produce a staggering 1,583 hp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Denza says the Z can accelerate from 0-62 mph in under two seconds and potentially reach 217 mph. BYD&#8217;s YangWang brand has also demonstrated that Chinese automakers are increasingly interested in chasing supercar performance rather than limiting themselves to mainstream EVs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Those numbers certainly deserve attention. Still, Lamborghini&#8217;s argument is that performance statistics represent only one part of what customers expect when spending supercar money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-secondary pb-5 dark:bg-tertiary md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_595epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_595epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_595epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Sound, mechanical character, throttle response, and the drama surrounding an exotic combustion engine are central to Lamborghini&#8217;s identity. That&#8217;s particularly relevant when the company still has a V12 powering its flagship Revuelto, even if electrification now plays an important supporting role.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-mb col-body heading-text-style font-bold charcoal-color\">Lamborghini Isn&#8217;t Ready For A Full EV<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-2.5\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;expand&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;image-lightbox&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;lightbox-open&quot;}\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-modal=\"true\" aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span class=\"[&amp;_p]:inline\"><\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: Lamborghini.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Lamborghini previously planned to introduce its first fully electric production vehicle before the end of this decade. Those plans have since been pushed beyond 2030 as the company reassesses customer demand and the maturity of EV technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Winkelmann said he feels &#8220;very well&#8221; about delaying the company&#8217;s first EV, adding that customers have supported the decision. Lamborghini will instead concentrate on plug-in hybrids while keeping combustion engines alive for as long as regulations and market conditions allow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Product director Stefano Cossalter has also said that any future electric Lamborghini would need to be a &#8220;masterpiece in terms of performance.&#8221; Simply producing another extremely powerful EV clearly isn&#8217;t enough for the company.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-mb col-body heading-text-style font-bold charcoal-color\">Chinese Supercars Aren&#8217;t Standing Still<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Lamborghini may have another reason to keep watching China, however. Not every Chinese performance project will rely exclusively on batteries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-secondary pb-5 dark:bg-tertiary md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_6d5epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_6d5epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_6d5epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Great Wall Motor has been developing a mid-engined supercar powered by a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 paired with a plug-in hybrid system. It will use a carbon-fiber monocoque and target established European exotics such as the Ferrari SF90 Stradale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">A Chinese supercar combining competitive performance, an internal-combustion engine, and sophisticated chassis engineering could present a different challenge from today&#8217;s ultra-powerful EVs.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-mb col-body heading-text-style font-bold charcoal-color\">Performance Isn&#8217;t The Whole Supercar Equation<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-2.5\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/b75491dbc9d0b04440de217a85858e191a4b8d31c10ce8b230991ff5654ae33a\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w976%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fguessing_headlights_178%2F9e85cc7fb6cb06aed28a1f7cffdcc2f8.jpg\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;expand&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;image-lightbox&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;lightbox-open&quot;}\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-modal=\"true\" aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span class=\"[&amp;_p]:inline\"><\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: Lamborghini.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">Winkelmann didn&#8217;t completely dismiss the possibility of Chinese manufacturers eventually becoming serious competitors. Asked about the future, he acknowledged that circumstances can change, adding: &#8220;I always say, never say never.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">That caveat is important, as Chinese automakers have demonstrated an ability to develop vehicles and technology remarkably quickly, and today&#8217;s relatively unknown performance brands could become considerably stronger over the coming decade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-secondary pb-5 dark:bg-tertiary md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_795epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_795epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_795epb4inpqknpf9mtbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 min-w-0 leading-7 break-words md:leading-8 col-body text-[18px] charcoal-color\">For now, Lamborghini is betting that customers still want the noise, theater, and mechanical character associated with an Italian supercar rather than simply the quickest acceleration figure. 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