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Lamborghini used Monterey Automobile Week to indicate just how far its Ad Personam customization program can go along with the debut of the brand new Temerario Tricolore. Revealed at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, the special configuration celebrates Italian design, craftsmanship and national identity while giving the brand’s newest hybrid supercar a rather more personal character. Lamborghini says the project marks the return of the Tricolore name 15 years after the Gallardo LP 550-2 Tricolore appeared in 2011, linking certainly one of the brand’s newer electrified models with a well-known piece of its past.
The outside treatment is where the Temerario Tricolore really stands apart. Lamborghini Centro Stile combined Blu Marinus Shiny across the lower portion of the body with Bianco Monocerus over the upper surfaces, then added glossy Nero Noctis accents to the mirrors, wheels, engine cover and rear sections. Rosso brake calipers provide one other splash of color, while a green, white and red graphic on the hood makes the Italian connection obvious without overwhelming the remainder of the design. It’s a daring combination, but on a Lamborghini, subtlety has never exactly been the predominant objective.
The cabin receives the identical level of attention through Lamborghini’s Ad Personam program, which is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. Nero Ade upholstery is paired with Rosso Alala contrast stitching, while Tricolore lettering appears on the door panels and a custom silhouette of the Temerario is worked into the rear cabin trim. In keeping with Lamborghini Chairman and CEO Stephan Winkelmann, the automotive is supposed to show how customers can use Ad Personam to go well beyond simply selecting paint and fabric, turning the personalization process right into a more complete design exercise.
Underneath all of those bespoke details, the Temerario Tricolore retains the formidable hybrid powertrain present in the usual Temerario. Its 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 works with three electric motors to supply 920 CV, or about 907 horsepower. The combustion engine can spin to an eye-opening 10,000 rpm, while Lamborghini quotes a 0-to-62-mph time of two.7 seconds and a top speed of 343 km/h, or roughly 213 mph. In other words, the Tricolore treatment could also be focused on craftsmanship and visual identity, but it surely remains to be attached to one of the crucial technically ambitious cars Lamborghini has ever built.
What makes the Temerario Tricolore interesting is that it feels less like an easy special-edition paint package and more like a showcase for where Lamborghini wants personalization to go next. The corporate has been steadily expanding Ad Personam into something closer to a collaborative creative process, and this automotive makes that direction especially clear. With its unmistakably Italian color scheme, hand-finished interior details and 907-horsepower hybrid drivetrain, the Temerario Tricolore manages to have fun Lamborghini’s heritage while still looking firmly planted within the brand’s electrified future.
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