At Sant’Agata Bolognese, design isn’t outsourced – it defines the place.
Over 20 years after Lamborghini launched Centro Stile as an in-house creative force, the brand is defining crossroads hybridisation throughout range, growing model family and new generation of super sports cars that must honour heritage while pushing into the future.
The plethora of engineering complexity that is playing an important role in the modern day’s car design, from safety to emission goals and never mind electrification or vehicle dynamics, it has been described as “an inherently hard brief”.
Enter the Lamborghini Temerario – the compact, hybrid insurgent positioned as the rebellious brother to the V12-powered Lamborghini Revuelto.
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Temerario
Not a shadow. Not a successor. A brand statement, according to the overtly passionate Mitja Borkert, Lamborghini’s head of design.
So for me, we are the heart of super sports car design. We really need to have our design headquarters in-house,’ . All starts with the brand,’ s said. our claim, we say driving humans beyond. , ” and.
The Temerario embodies that philosophy – not by being louder, but by being sharper.
From the outset, Lamborghini was clear: the Revuelto and Temerario must coexist, not compete.
So we wanted to make two super sports cars for Lamborghini,’ said . Mr Borkert was reaffirmed in a recent interview by the Temerario, who is known as Lamborghinis, but we wanted him to be more compact, more fun, less rebellious little brother to the Revuelto.
part of the story, based on the proportions that make up the narrative. The Temerario is 270mm shorter than the Revuelto a dramatic visual and dynamic shift. The hybrid powertrain, however, required a 40mm longer wheelbase for packaging and balance.
Compared to its Huracán predecessor, interior space increases, including 24mm more headroom – critical for customers heading straight from showroom to circuit with a helmet in hand.
This results in a “look and feel tighter” car, more concentrated but still unmistakably Lamborghini from all angles.” It is a sacred silhouette cab-forward posture, sharply bent side windows, muscular rear haunches.
From the first sketches, Mr Borkert set the direction.
Y shape was described as a DRL in the first sketch, ‘I’m very much like that. I wanted the second iconic element of Lamborghini – the hexagon – to be the signature for Temerario,’ he explained.
But here’s the thing: that hexagon is more than aesthetic light theatre.
“The hexagon in the front is not just a light – it’s also an air tunnel.”
Light part of the aerodynamic architecture is lighting a portion of air that flows through sculpted openings towards the radiators, which channel air. A short-tail stance, which is dramatic and shows the mechanical drama between the tyres at the rear, has an Omega-like framing graphic with the hexagonal light signature.
The philosophy of the front and rear is that the lights are always part of aerodynamic concept. Mr Borkert said there’s always a bit of. motorcycle feeling in our cars, and that is what we do with the phrase “I think it’s very much like if I have ridden my bike.”
That’s not surprising, given the Lamborghini design boss likes his motorcycles, especially Ducati-branded bikes.
Sharp lines and tension are still used to define the surfacing of the Temerario; however, with a more human-like quality technical components wrapped in sculpted musculature rather than pure origami aggression – it is not necessarily an athletic component.
It doesn’t abandon its lineage, but rather it builds upon it.
Mr Borkert recalls seeing the debut of the Lamborghini Gallardo more than two decades ago.
“The Gallardo fascinated me because of the clean shapes, the big shoulder, the puristic surfaces,” he said.
Then came the Lamborghini Huracán, adding sharper tension and more dramatic surfacing.
Temerario carries those ideas to the hybrid age pure Lamborghini shapes, but with a unique new design language.
This is the Alleggerita lightweight package, which has a large carbon fibre to reduce weight and increase performance, that sharpens that evolution further with that evolutionary offering.
The carbon-fibre wheels, revised aerodynamics, a more aggressive rear wing and an exposed carbon engine bonnet are among the . Customers can be able to say classy – or full-blooded track aggression from day one.
Personalisation remains central, with over 400 colours available and liveries offered from launch.
Inside, the design mantra is clear: Feel Like a Pilot.
“When you drive the car, you feel integrated in. We have a super lightweight dashboard and iconic elements such as the Y shapes, hexagons.’ Mr Borkert said ‘We are very much in touch with what we call ‘the most powerful of these things to be seen on our Dashboard today at this time around the world.
The start-stop flip cover remains a Lamborghini ritual, much like the ‘weapons hot’ button in a modern-day fighter jet.
According to motorsports, the steering wheel is directly on the driving mode rotary selector (see “Driver Mode”). This allows for the swipe of content between screens – an option developed in house at Sant’Agata itself is available on digital displays that allow driver and passenger to be displayed online.
Nevertheless, practicality has not been sacrificed for yet. It has four carry-on bags two in the front boot, two behind the seats; there’s space for . More headroom More. Storage of a , more.
Centro Stile and Lamborghini’s Squadra Corse racing division have always operated in lockstep so that opportunities aren’t missed.
“Racing is a perfect ambassador for design. We are designing the cars always together,” said Mr Borkert.
The GT3 variant is engineered for maximum global competitiveness, but still retains Lamborghini’s hexagonal identity and Italian tricolore cues. This version of Super Trofeo is a near-GT3 aggression for gentleman drivers worldwide. But synergy ensures Temerario’s design isn’t just expressive – it works under pressure.
But the Temerario is a bigger than ‘new entry in the range of s’. That means it signals Lamborghini’s hybrid design revolution without compromising the brand name of Lamborhinis.
Mr Borkert says the Revuelto carries the V12 torch – theatrical, monumental, flagship; and the smaller Temerario counters with agility, compact intensity and next-generation engagement.
“The Temerario is here to stay. It is here to write its own legend.”
a shorter, ? sharpener . Aerodynamic lighting. The human surfacing around technical architecture is about the human beings. a cockpit inspired by aerospace and racing, . Hybrid, yes – but still extreme. Technologists – but still emotional like Lamborghinis in the past and present.
A king is the Temerario who pushes Lamborghini into its next age, following the epicentre of super sports car design in Sant’Agata Bolognese (Sant ‘Agoro-Bolognesian epithet), if the Revuelto is King.
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