Lamborghini’s Active Camber Control Tech Is Ready, But It Needs RWD

We covered Lamborghini testing a new (and potentially game-changing) Active Wheel Carrier system back in 2023. The system would allow the vehicle to make camber and toe adjustments on the fly. The system Lamborghini tested enabled up to 6.6 degrees of toe adjustment in either direction and between 2.5 degrees of positive and 5.5 degrees of negative camber. The electric motors controlling the system could adjust both planes simultaneously and make adjustments at a rate of up to 60 degrees per second.

What does that mean in practice? Cars typically are not set up as aggressively as they could be to help prevent tire wear. The real-time adjustments allow a Lamborghini to achieve more performance and handling in a corner without compromising the tire’s longevity. Car and Driver saw lap times nearly five seconds per lap faster with the system engaged at Porsche’s Nardo test track. Even a professional Lamborghini driver was 2.8 seconds quicker.

CarBuzz spent some time speaking with Lamborghini’s Chief Technical Officer Rouven Mohr at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. During our chat, he noted that the Active Wheel Carrier system is one of the new technologies he’s most excited about (along with Lamborghini’s active aero systems). And he confirmed that the Active Wheel Carrier system is ready for limited production, with a significant caveat.

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Lamborghini’s Active Wheel Carrier System Is Ready For Production… In A Rear-Wheel Drive Car

Mohr confirmed to CarBuzz that Lamborghini’s Active Wheel Carrier System is “already ready now” for production at Lamborghini’s volume level. Furthermore, he explained that the question now was how “to allocate it based on the portfolio strategy.” In other words, Lambo’s new system is ready for rear-wheel-drive vehicles. But the company’s current lineup is all-wheel drive.

Mohr did not hint at a future product where Lamborghini would first add the system. But he did note that “the potential of the system is much bigger if you put two-wheel drive.”

So, A Rear-Wheel-Drive Lamborghini Car, Then?

Mohr’s comment naturally piqued our interest, as Lamborghini does not currently sell a two-wheel-drive car. Therefore, it’s unclear where the Active Wheel Carrier system would fit in the current lineup. A natural candidate would be a modified Temerario. Lamborghini stripped out the electric motors from the Temerario to create the Temerario GT3. However, Mohr also ruled out eliminating the electric motors in a non-racing context, as they are an essential part of the car.

Mohr Believes Lamborghini Is Only At “The Beginning” Of This Journey

Mohr told CarBuzz that while the technology may be ready for use in a production car, “we are still at the beginning” of what Lamborghini’s Active Wheel Carrier tech may be able to achieve.

Mohr believes that in the future, the Active Wheel Carrier system may be able to adjust to driver preferences, “adapt to your driving style,” and even “understand the emotional reaction of the driver.”

Whether the system can be ported to an all-wheel-drive setup while delivering such handling improvements remains to be seen. Given the insane horsepower levels of modern supercars, all-wheel drive is almost a necessity to utilize such power on the street without seriously violating speed limit laws. Then again, Chevrolet has a 1,000-hp Corvette turning the rear wheels, so perhaps we’ll see Lambo’s new tech in a street car someday.