Lamborghini teases Gallardo successor – Cabrera?

Just a day after Lamborghini announced that production of its Gallardo had come to end, the Italian automaker has started teasing a replacement.

We’ve known that a replacement for the Gallardo was coming soon, thanks to numerous prototype sightings, but this is the first official recognition that a new Lamborghini supercar is brewing.

Lamborghini has launched a new web site called HexagonProject.com, teasing a new model that is most likely successor to the Gallardo.

The microsite greets us with “LISTEN TO YOUR INSTINCT. Discover the roar of the new creature from Lamborghini.

Beneath the inscription is an engine starter button similar to that fitted to the Aventador, which you can press using a mouse click. This unleashes the sound of what’s likely to be the Gallardo replacement, a new supercar everyone is calling the “Cabrera”.

Another inscription, “That will be just the beginning”, suggests that more teasers will be coming.

The all-new model is rumoured to weigh less than 1,500kg. It is expected to sport an updated version of the Gallardo’s 5.2-liter V-10, with output increased to about 600 horsepower, indicating a likely tag of LP 600-4 appended to its name.

Designed to fill the entry-level slot in Lamborghini’s lineup, at least until a planned SUV arrives, the Cabrera will be an evolution of the Gallardo, made more hardcore in almost every way.