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Top Gear
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Wanna go racing? Meet the new non-hybrid, V8 Lamborghini Temerario GT3
Motorsport It's the first competition car designed entirely in house at Lamborghini. Bit mad, too Skip 11 photos in the image carousel and continue reading This might be the first competition Lamborghini designed and developed entirely in-house at the company's Sant'Agata factory, but it's the latest in a short line of mad customer racing cars. Welcome to the new Temerario GT3. Built for minted customers who fancy a crack at one of the most enjoyable motorsport series going, the Temerario GT3 lifts much from its road-going sibling, including that brand-new 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 powerplant already designed using a motorsport mindset. Advertisement - Page continues below Lambo's binned all the hybrid drive of course, because GT3 cars aren't allowed any. That all-new V8 has also had a few tweaks, including a new set of (smaller) turbos and compressors, a new airbox, and less power. It's come down from the road car's 800bhp to a much more manageable 550bhp, subject to balance of performance. It'll still rev out like a lunatic, mind, right up to 10,000rpm, and it's been tweaked to deliver all of its plentiful performance across a broader rev range. Lamborghini has bolted on a custom exhaust supplied by a company called Capristo. One to listen out for. You might like The GT3 gets special KW dampers and quick-change suspension, 18in Ronal AG wheels, a custom hydraulic steering rack, better electronic architecture, new software, new interior switchgear, a 'more complete' data logger, and a new steering wheel designed with input from Lambo factory and customer drivers. Looks fairly spectacular, too, especially clad in glorious tricolore . The carbon composite bodywork is said to 'reduce the base weight of the car as far as possible', and while no weight figure has been supplied, remember this too is subject to BoP. Also remember there's no hybrid gubbins either, so it'll be significantly lighter than standard. Advertisement - Page continues below Aero has naturally played a big part – quite literally in the case of that giant rear wing – to both better downforce and better cool the engine and brakes. There are single-piece front and rear ends, while the rear diffuser, engine cover and bonnet all get quick release systems. The floor too, comes in four separate bits (for obvious reasons), and Lambo's pit crew can hose in fuel at a greater rate because even the tank design has been tweaked. Naturally, there's a roll cage, and a front and rear subframe setup that allows for quick disassembly and reassembly in the pits. Lot of weight riding on the Temerario GT3's rear wing. Its predecessor, the Huracán GT3, won 96 championships around the world during its career. 'The Temerario GT3 is the first racing derivative of the Temerario project, further emphasising Lamborghini's strong belief in motorsport as a key tool for promoting our road cars,' said Lambo boss Stephan Winkelmann. And technical boss Rouven Mohr reckons it'll be fast out of the box… and easy to live with. Just like the road car. 'We are confident that it will be competitive in terms of lap time, while also nice to drive in a wide range of conditions, including at night and in the rain,' he said. Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. Look out for your regular round-up of news, reviews and offers in your inbox. Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox. 'The development team has worked hard to ensure the car has a wide operating window, and that the teams are better able to work on it.'
Auto Blog
25-06-2025
- Automotive
- Auto Blog
The Most Powerful Lamborghini Ever Will Also Be One Of The Rarest
Revuelto Won't Be The Angriest Bull Much Longer In March this year, Lamborghini revealed the V12-powered Revuelto with an astonishing 1,001 horsepower, but it seems that figure is already soon to be eclipsed. If a report from The Supercar Blog is accurate, a new supercar is coming as 'the most powerful Lamborghini ever made.' The publication claims that the new vehicle will be based on the Revuelto but will carry a new name: Fenomeno. If that name sounds familiar, you may have seen that Sant'Agata applied to trademark the term in Europe, according to a filing unearthed by CarMoses back in April. The Supercar Blog says that Lamborghini recently hosted a private preview of the Fenomeno for some of its most elite customers, and that one of the clients who saw it described the Fenomeno as 'a car that will change everything.' 0:05 / 0:09 2025 Ford Maverick: 4 reasons to love it, 2 reasons to think twice Watch More Expect Fenomeno To Look Unlike Revuelto The same client reportedly told TSB that the radical new supercar will harken to the past with a design inspired by one of the most iconic models in the brand's back catalog. It can't be the Countach because that's already been reimagined for the modern age, which potentially leads us to the Diablo, the Miura, and the 350 GT (though the latter was a front-engine car). However, shortly after the Countach LPI 800-4 arrived, company CEO Stephan Winkelmann told Autocar that he doesn't want to reimagine the past again, saying, 'I'm not in favor of redoing cars. I look at the Miura and think it's great, but I think we really need to be focused on the future and we want to look back and say we were the ones who made new icons, not just copied old ones.' Similar sentiments were shared by the head of service for Polo Storico, Lamborghini's in-house restoration department, when he told The Drive in January that the company is 'not interested' in restomods and continuation cars. Thus, we can safely assume that the Fenomeno will be something entirely new, with only a little infusion of inspiration. Lamborghini wants its classics to remain special. At the same time, overdoing the nostalgia can indicate to buyers that a new car isn't all that novel. Thus, we can expect this new Lambo's styling to give a nod to the past without being defined by it. One Of The Rarest Lambos Ever This Way Comes The final rumor claimed in the report is that the Fenomeno will be limited to just 29 examples, making it one of the rarest Lambos ever, behind only the Sesto Elemento (20 units), Veneno (13 units as a coupe plus nine in roadster form), Miura SVJ (3 units), and Diablo GT1 Stradale (2 units). The latter was part of an abandoned project, and there's a chance it may be the inspiration for this new Fenomeno. Let's assume that the Fenomeno will be revealed imminently but only reach production in 2026. If we subtract the number of units rumored for production from 2,026, we arrive at 1,997, and 1997 was the year in which the Diablo GT1 Stradale was produced. That's some seriously acrobatic arithmetic to justify our presumption, but until we receive official word from Sant'Agata, we'll have to keep playing the guessing game. Whatever the truth, this likely won't be the only Raging Bull stampeding towards us; the CarMoses report we mentioned at the outset revealed another new, yet-to-be-assigned Lambo name: Armero… About the Author Sebastian Cenizo View Profile
