Occasions are nonetheless powerful within the auto business, however some producers are faring higher than others. Lamborghini is in that group, although on this occasion, faring higher would not actually cowl it. With practically 8,000 gross sales already within the books for 2022, the Italian supercar model is at the moment on tempo to have a document gross sales 12 months. And if you would like a brand new Lambo, an order positioned right this moment will not be crammed till 2024.
Particularly, Lamborghini not too long ago reported 7,430 complete gross sales via the primary 9 months of 2022. That is a rise of 6.8 % in comparison with final 12 months, which by the way stands as the present best-ever 12 months for the corporate at 8,405 gross sales. Moreover, Lamborghini says there’s at the moment a backlog of recent automobile orders stretching 18 months, so except one thing drastic occurs within the waning days of 2022, final 12 months’s document is bound to fall.
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It ought to be no shock that the Urus is the dominant raging bull in Lambo’s lineup, from a gross sales perspective anyway. The SUV clocked 4,834 gross sales all by itself via Q3 2022, accounting for nicely over half the corporate’s complete gross sales. It is a year-over-year enhance of seven %, however do not depend out the Huracan. The V10 supercar had 2,378 patrons, considerably fewer than the Urus. However percentage-wise, Huracan gross sales are up much more at 11 % versus 2021. The steadiness of 2022 gross sales to date go to the Aventador, which ended manufacturing twice after Lamborghini misplaced a slate of Ultimae trims within the sinking of the Felicity Ace cargo ship.
Lamborghini is not the one high-end automaker seeing document income. Rolls-Royce had a document 12 months in 2021 with 5,586 models offered. Ferrari additionally set a document with 11,155 gross sales final 12 months, and thru the third quarter of 2022 was on observe to set one other document with practically 10,000 models already delivered. Now that the Purosangue SUV has arrived, Ferrari might flirt with 15,000 annual gross sales subsequent 12 months.