'Swan song': How automakers are saying goodbye to internal combustion engines
ABC News
Sports cars with V-10 and V-12 engines are in high demand.
Walk into a Lamborghini dealership and brace yourself for the bad news.
The wait time for the new Huracan STO supercar, a track weapon with a conspicuous carbon-fiber wing, air ducts and shark fin, is at least a year. Same goes for the Italian marque's brawny Urus sport utility vehicle. The Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae, the automaker's last supercar with a naturally aspirated V-12 engine, sold out instantly when it was revealed last July.
Lamborghini, Cadillac, Porsche and Mercedes are building some of their best sports cars before hybrid powertrains and electric power rule the road. Industry watchers say consumers are racing to buy performance cars with mighty V-8, V-10 and V-12 engines for one reason: a boycott of electrification.
"After 130 years of internal combustion engines, these companies have to write one last love letter to the industry, to their fans, and go out with a bang," Tyson Jominy, vice president of data and analytics at J.D. Power, told ABC News. "Battery cars cannot replicate the sound, vibration and feeling of an ICE sports car."
