Does Lamborghini’s Fenomeno live up to the hype?

{"text":[[{"start":5.8,"text":"What would you give to get your hands on Lamborghini’s new Fenomeno roadster? The hybrid V12, the latest creation from the Italian carmaker’s limited-edition Few Off programme, will be the most-powerful open-top Lamborghini ever produced. Just 15 will be built, priced at about €5mn (plus taxes). The catch? Customers have already been hand-picked. Lamborghini loyalists were invited to buy the car off-plan, for delivery in the first half of 2028. “These customers have an average of 25 Lamborghinis – some have 300 to 400 cars in all,” says Marco Pochettino, who heads up the marketing of the Few and One Off series. "}],[{"start":45.849999999999994,"text":"Not that these cars need much marketing. Last year, the Fenomeno coupé caused a sensation when it was launched at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering during Monterey Car Week in August 2025. Limited to 29 units and priced at €3mn, sales here are also a done deal. "}],[{"start":null,"text":"

"}],[{"start":63.699999999999996,"text":"Buyers are typically collectors. “We have a scoring [system] in our CRM,” says Pochettino. How many Lamborghinis do you have, and since when have you been a Lamborghini customer?” When a customer sold one of their exclusive One Off cars they were struck off the list for the latest launches."}],[{"start":80.8,"text":"“With the Fenomeno roadster, we are continuing the dream of many Lamborghini enthusiasts,” says Automobili Lamborghini’s design director Mitja Borkert. “The Fenomeno looks expensive, it looks exclusive – that was the mission when we designed this car.”"}],[{"start":null,"text":""}],[{"start":96.7,"text":"Certainly, the full-scale mock-up looked phenomenal at its April unveiling. In Lamborghini’s signature Blu Cepheus paintwork, with red lower-panel accents, the roadster is far more aggressive and angular than the 2023 Revuelto hybrid sports car it’s based on, with a distinctive long tail to aid downforce. The carbon-fibre engineering, meanwhile, is lightweight in the extreme; although the roadster required extra structural bracing and roll-over protection bars, it is only a few kilos heavier than the coupé."}],[{"start":128.55,"text":"“This sits as a GT hypercar, not a track car,” says Pochettino. “All recent Few Off cars are registered and ready to go on the road, but most travel less than 300 miles a year.” The performance will be profound. The 6.5-litre V12 hybrid engine produces 1,080CV (around 1,066hp) and launches the car to 100kph in 2.4 seconds, and to 200kph in 6.8 seconds. Flat out, it will reach more than 340kph. “The carbon tub is an adaptation of the Revuelto’s structure,” says Pochettino, “but the front and rear subframes are entirely new.” "}],[{"start":null,"text":""}],[{"start":169.3,"text":"The Fenomeno remains a driver’s fever dream, but at the Lamborghini HQ in Sant’Agata Bolognese a spin in the Temerario is a suitable, though less rarified (priced from £259,000), substitute. The baby Lamborghini super sports car replaces the Huracán and its V10 engine with a new V8 hybrid that revs to 10,000rpm in a mechanical scream. If this is the Lamborghini starting point, will the roadster deliver diminishing returns?"}],[{"start":200.3,"text":"The Few Off programme was launched in 2007 with the Reventón – a brooding V12 hyper-sports car that took inspiration from the F-22 Raptor fighter jet. For Borkert, too, aeronautics are an inspiration. “The Fenomeno roadster represents the ‘feel like a pilot’ philosophy,” he says. “The Jumbo 747 and Concorde are true design icons because they are recognisable from far away. There are thousands of cars in the world, but there are very few that when you see the silhouette you can tell what it is. But you can with a Lamborghini – and that is the gift.”"}],[{"start":240.75,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1778377070_2898.mp3"}