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The Lamborghini Fenomeno, the marque's most powerful V-12 model to date.
'We give adrenaline a shape,' says Mitja Borkert, Lamborghini's design director, regarding the Fenomeno.
Though the interior roughly mimics the Revuelto's cockpit, it adds a few delightfully, and absurdly, sinister elements.
The new hard-shell racing seats have a retro-modern styling and feature strategically placed pads.
The Fenomeno's airflow management allows for an improvement of 30 percent in both aero load and cooling compared to that of the Revuelto.
The Fenomeno's widened and lengthened body—when compared to the Revuelto—has been designed in a very graphical way, with fewer lines, broad shoulders and surfaces, a long tail, and a peaky front.
The car is claimed to cover zero to 62 mph in 2.4 seconds on its way to a top speed of 217 mph.
Only 29 examples are being built for Lamborghini's most valued customers, along with one more for the automaker's museum.
Each Fenomeno starts at $3.5 million.
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