Lamborghini has found yet another reason to make the Temerario look even more dramatic. Unveiled at The Quail during Monterey Car Week, the Temerario Tricolore is a bespoke configuration created to celebrate Italian craftsmanship, design and identity. It also marks the return of the Tricolore name to a Lamborghini supercar for the first time since the Gallardo LP 550-2 Tricolore of 2011.
Created by Lamborghini Centro Stile and finished in collaboration with the company’s Ad Personam personalisation department, the Temerario Tricolore is less about adding more power and more about turning the standard car into something considerably more special.
It also arrives as Lamborghini celebrates 20 years of its Ad Personam programme, which allows customers to go considerably further than simply picking a colour from a brochure. In this case, Lamborghini has treated the entire car as one cohesive design project.
Italian colours, Lamborghini attitude
The exterior is where the Tricolore theme immediately makes itself known. The lower portion of the car is finished in Blu Marinus Shiny, while Bianco Monocerus covers the upper surfaces, including the upper sections of the doors and front fenders. The contrast gives the Temerario an almost two-tone racing appearance, while the deep blue paint brings out the car’s sharp body lines. Lamborghini has then added Nero Noctis details to the exterior mirrors, wheels, engine cover and rear sections. Red brake callipers provide another splash of colour, but the most obvious reference to Italy comes from the dedicated green, white and red graphic on the bonnet.
It is a relatively restrained approach by Lamborghini standards. There is no giant Italian flag plastered across the side, thankfully. Instead, the colours have been integrated into the design without overwhelming the car itself.
The treatment also highlights the Temerario’s new design language, including its sharp front-end surfaces, hexagonal daytime running lights, exposed engine and functional aerodynamic elements.
The Tricolore treatment continues inside
The cabin receives the same attention to detail. The interior is upholstered in Nero Ade, with Rosso Alala contrast stitching providing a clear connection with the exterior. Lamborghini’s hexagonal design motif is repeated inside, creating a visual link between the cabin and bodywork. There are also several bespoke touches that you will not find on an ordinary Temerario. A silhouette of the car has been incorporated into the rear cabin trim, while Tricolore lettering is embroidered into the door panels.
The idea is not simply to throw a few special badges into the cabin and call it a limited edition. Lamborghini says every material, graphic and colour has been selected as part of a single composition, which is precisely where the Ad Personam programme earns its keep.
920 bhp of hybrid Italian fury
Thankfully, Lamborghini has not forgotten the bit that usually matters most to people buying a supercar. The Temerario Tricolore retains the standard model’s advanced hybrid powertrain, combining a newly developed 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 with three electric motors. Together, the system produces a rather healthy 920 bhp.
The combustion engine itself is capable of revving all the way to 10,000rpm, which should ensure that the Temerario sounds considerably more interesting than your average hybrid. Lamborghini says the engine delivers immediate response and a distinctive sound character throughout the rev range. Performance is suitably serious, too. The Temerario can accelerate from 0 to 100kph in 2.7 seconds and has a top speed of more than 340kph. So while the Tricolore treatment is primarily about design and personalisation, there is absolutely no shortage of performance underneath it.
A new chapter for an old Lamborghini tradition
The Temerario Tricolore follows in the footsteps of the Gallardo LP 550-2 Tricolore, which was created in 2011 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification.
Fifteen years later, Lamborghini has brought the colours back for an entirely different era. The new Temerario is part of Lamborghini’s fully hybrid line-up, yet the Tricolore manages to connect that technology with the traditional ideas of Italian craftsmanship and design that have defined the company since its creation in Sant’Agata Bolognese. And perhaps that is what makes this particular Temerario interesting. It is not trying to reinvent the car. Instead, Lamborghini has taken an already wild 920 bhp hybrid supercar and given it a layer of history, national identity and bespoke craftsmanship. Because apparently 920 bhp wasn’t Italian enough already.
