When your brand is bound inextricably by a single product designed more than 50 years ago, it can be difficult to do something radically different, and what counts as radical is far more permissive. In this context, the 2025 Lamborghini Temerario is a big step for a company whose ethos revolves around the Countach.
What’s a Temerario?
It’s OK to be skeptical. At first glance, this is yet another low-slung, wedge-shaped supercar from a marque known for almost nothing but. While there are several individual elements you can tie to the Revuelto hypercar and Urus SUV, the Temerario (Italian for “daredevil,” the company says) charts a new direction for Lamborghini design as it takes over for the discontinued Huracán.
What jumps out more than anything are the softer, more organic curves hiding behind the sharp character lines punctuated with a repeating hexagonal motif inspired by the 1967 Marzal concept. Also of note are the new slimline headlights and their surrounds that make us think of the Ferrari 296 GTB and 12Cilindri, and which are a major departure from the direction set by the Huracán and Revuelto. We also acknowledge the return of the big side inlet from the Gallardo that the Huracán eschewed. From the rear, we get a lot of 1960s Le Mans cars from the exposed engine (an idea cribbed specifically from the Revuelto) to the almost fully exposed tires and plethora of venting around the single center-exit exhaust. Despite the truncated tail, the Temerario is 5.5 inches longer than the outgoing Huracán Tecnica.
It needs all those inlets and outlets to both feed and cool the new twin-turbo plug-in hybrid 4.0-liter V-8 powertrain we exclusively reported on back in 2022. Lamborghini has embraced forced induction with verve, planting a pair of turbochargers in the engine’s vee that blow into intercoolers mounted behind the scoops atop the rear fenders and vent through outlets around the taillights. So far, so supercar, but here’s where things get wild: The V-8 (the first in a Lamborghini sports car since the company discontinued the Jalpa in 1988) spins to 10,000 rpm and makes 789 hp from 9,000 to 9,750 rpm and 516 lb-ft of torque from 4,000 to 7,000 rpm.
Helping it achieve those numbers is a thin axial-flux electric motor sandwiched between the engine and eight-speed dual-clutch transmission (also cribbed from the Revuelto), providing 148 hp and 221 lb-ft. It’s joined by two other electric motors Lamborghini hasn’t elaborated on, but we’re confident they’ll be fitted to the front axle as they are in the Revuelto. All working together, Lamborghini says the combined powertrain puts out 907 hp and 590 lb-ft, allegedly good for a 2.7-second 0–62-mph time on the way to a top speed exceeding 211 mph.
All the Aero
The scoops and vents don’t just serve the powertrain, either. Reaching 200 mph and beyond requires smart aerodynamics, so the Temerario has plenty of such tricks up its sleeve. The biggest are the vortex generators and diffuser under the car, but others include S-ducts around the headlights, flow-through daytime running lights, a roof shape designed to channel air to the center of the rear wing, and vents at the rear wing’s leading edge to direct air over the ends. Lamborghini boasts of 118 percent better “aerodynamic efficiency” than the Huracán EVO.
That’s just the standard aero. The Temerario will also launch with an optional Lightweight Pack that’s as much about aerodynamics as it is about weight. It adds a carbon-fiber composite front splitter with winglets, recycled carbon-fiber underbody panels, carbon-fiber composite side skirts, carbon-fiber rear hatch and wing, plus Gorilla Glass windows all around except the little triangles behind the doors, which become polycarbonate. All totaled, it saves 27.9 pounds and bumps “aerodynamic efficiency” to an alleged 158 percent of the Huracán EVO while increasing aerodynamic load by 56 percent over the base Temerario.
To those weight savings, you can also add a Carbon Pack that includes a carbon-fiber rear diffuser, side intake caps, and door mirrors, all of which combined knock another 4 pounds off the curb weight. Carbon-fiber wheels will also be available, but Lamborghini isn’t saying anything more about them now.
Step Into My Office
The interior is indistinguishable from the Revuelto’s in pictures, and that’s by design to create continuity between products. Because the car is entirely new and shares nothing with the Huracán, taller customers will enjoy more interior space thanks to a new all-aluminum chassis that’s both trimmer and 20 percent stiffer in torsion.
New castings and extrusions introduced on the Revuelto, combined with a 1.6-inch-longer wheelbase, open an extra 1.8 inches of legroom compared to the Huracán and 1.3 inches of headroom. The door sills, meanwhile, are 0.9 inch narrower for easier entry and exit. Despite the extra space, Lamborghini claims the Temerario still has the lowest roof height in its class. We assume a small lithium-ion battery will be mounted in the tunnel between the seats as it is in the Revuelto and will offer a few miles of pure electric range to satisfy combustion engine bans in some international cities.
As with its big brother, the Temerario features three screens including the instrument cluster, infotainment, and a slim passenger display popularized by Ferrari. Lamborghini promises the graphics will be much better than those seen in the Huracán and feature several animations as well as augmented-reality navigation. We bet they’ll look a lot like the Revuelto’s screens, if they’re not identical. The steering wheel also appears to be exactly like the Revuelto’s, replete with knobs for controlling various vehicle functions mixed in with all the buttons.
More to Come
A number of questions remain unanswered. We don’t know when the car will go on sale or what it will cost, and a number of specs are still TBD, including its curb weight. But the entry-level Lambo’s future is more than secure in the Temerario.
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