A new Lamborghini doesn’t come along very often. Always ahead of the curve, Lamborghini doesn’t need to design new models to keep up with the competition.
The Huracán still looks like something aliens bring to Earth in some future Hollywood movie. But it’s 10 years old, and the engineers at Lamborghini headquarters in Sant’Agata Bolognese have its successor ready.
Meet the 2025 Lamborhini Temerario.
It has two fewer cylinders than the Huracán. But hybrid power more than makes up for their absence. Lamborghini hasn’t revealed pricing, but we expect it to start at nearly $300,000.
4 Liters, 3 Electric Motors, 2 Turbos, 1 Fast Car
Under the hood lurks a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that makes 789 horsepower on its own. A trio of electric motors boost that to 907 hp and 538 lb-ft of torque. Yes, two turbos and three electric motors. You expected restraint?
Lamborghini built the connecting rods out of titanium and cast the engine block from a special grade of aluminum developed for motorsports, not consumer cars.
Power goes through an 8-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission to all four wheels.
The total, Lamborghini says, is good for a zero-to-60 time of 2.7 seconds and a top speed of 210 mph.
Sculpted Sound
Engineers worried that turbocharging and hybrid assistance would compromise the sound buyers expect from a Lamborghini. So engineers routed the exhaust, partly based on how it sounded from inside the cabin. “The sound engineers also manage to transport the pleasantly sporty acoustics into the interior and at the same time emphasize the desired frequencies by means of lightweight body parts and panels,” the company says.
But the sound is artificially amplified, as well.
Hexagons Everywhere
The Temerario wears the iconic angry wedge look of every modern Lambo. Pronounced air vents high on the shoulder line give it more of an hourglass shape than its predecessor.
Most car designers are working with exceptionally thin headlights now that LEDs make that possible. But the look is more menacing on a Lamborghini. This car has narrowed its eyelids at you.
Hexagonal daytime running lights are all-new and like nothing else we’ve seen. Lamborghini says, “The hexagon concept can be found as the main design theme throughout the car: on the main bodywork, the side air intakes, the taillights, and in the remarkable hexagonal exhaust pipe.”
The Interior Concept? ‘Feel Like a Pilot.‘
Inside, Lamborghini says, designers aimed for a jet cockpit feel. “The combination of digital screens and mechanical and physical buttons, such as the iconic start button or the racing car-inspired steering wheel, results in the unique experience of ‘pilot interaction,’” says design lead Mitja Borkert.
Lamborghini has consented to a few creature comforts it might not have 10 years ago. Eighteen-way electrically adjustable sport seats are heated and ventilated.
The hexagonal theme continues inside. It appears in the air vents, shifter, and even the tiles on the 8.4-inch central touchscreen. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard.
Some high-end cars in 2024 have begun offering separate passenger entertainment screens. Lamborghini has its own take on the concept. The passenger (or “co-pilot,” according to company press releases) gets their own tiny slit of a screen. But it doesn’t show movies or play video games. It displays only “driving information and vehicle functions,” Lamborghini says. Your entertainment is the ride itself.
