Key Points
- Record power for the Fenomeno: 1,080 hp total from a hybrid system combining a 6.5-litre V12 and three axial-flux electric motors, with 0-100 km/h in 2.4 seconds and a top speed exceeding 350 km/h.
- 2027 Revuelto SV in development: The hardcore variant of the V12 flagship, currently undergoing testing at Imola, is targeting a power output between 1,200 and 1,400 hp with full competition-spec aerodynamics.
- Locked-down market: The Fenomeno is already sold out across its run of 44 total units at approximately €5 million each; the Revuelto SV will be limited to 1,963 units, a tribute to the year the brand was founded.
Sant'Agata raises the bar: the Fenomeno redefines the hypercar concept
There are moments when a manufacturer stops competing with others and starts competing with itself. Lamborghini appears to have reached exactly that point with the Fenomeno, the new few-off flagship presented by Stephan Winkelmann to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Lamborghini Centro Stile. This is not a car in the commercial sense of the word: it is an engineering manifesto packaged in forty-four examples — twenty-nine Coupés and fifteen Roadsters — all allocated before the spotlights of their respective debuts had even switched on. In this segment, the market does not wait.
The heart of the Fenomeno is an extreme plug-in hybrid system. The combustion engine is the celebrated naturally aspirated 6.5-litre V12, a unit that Sant'Agata has refined over decades and which here produces 835 hp. Three axial-flux electric motors are added to this, bringing the total system output to 1,080 hp, equivalent to 795 kW. The kinematic result is predictable in direction, less so in its brutality: the sprint from zero to one hundred kilometres per hour is dispatched in 2.4 seconds, while the Coupé variant exceeds 350 km/h at the top end. The Roadster, unveiled in May 2026 with a livery paying tribute to the iconic Miura, accepts an aerodynamic compromise that brings its ceiling down to 340 km/h — a figure that in any other context would be considered utterly unreasonable.
On the structural front, the Fenomeno adopts a multi-technology carbon fibre monocoque chassis paired with a long-tail body profile, a solution that maximises aerodynamic efficiency at high speed without sacrificing downforce. The visual language is what Lamborghini defines as Hyperdesign, built around the principle of Feel like a pilot: an ergonomic philosophy that places the driver at the centre of the visual and functional architecture — not as a luxury passenger, but as the active operator of a high-performance system. At approximately €5 million per unit, the Fenomeno is not a car one buys: it is an asset one acquires, and the elite collector market knows this all too well.
2027 Revuelto SV: the track calls, Sant'Agata answers in secret
If the Fenomeno is the celebration, the 2027 Revuelto SV is the declaration of war. Lamborghini is quietly developing a radically more extreme version of its current flagship, with testing sessions documented at the Imola circuit and closed-door previews reserved exclusively for VIP clients. The communications strategy is deliberately opaque: no official announcements, no press conferences — only the methodical progression of a project that leaks through sightings and industry whispers.
The base architecture remains that of the 6.5-litre hybrid V12 from the standard Revuelto, but the planned upgrade is anything but incremental. The most credible projections place the total power output in a range between 1,200 and 1,400 hp — a quantitative leap over the already formidable 1,015 hp of the production version that demands a thorough rethink of every dynamic system. Mule prototypes spotted in the wild feature a large fixed carbon rear wing, an enlarged front splitter and a completely redesigned diffuser: geometries that speak the unmistakable language of maximised aerodynamic downforce, not road-going compromise.
The redesign does not stop at the bodywork. The chassis is the subject of a targeted structural intervention aimed at withstanding the stresses of a kerb-riding setup, with stiffened suspension and a tune conceived for the track rather than Grand Touring. Equally critical is the update to the torque vectoring software on the front axle: with a power increase of this magnitude and a significantly higher aerodynamic load, the torque management electronics become the arbiter between control and chaos.
The planned production run of 1,963 units — a number far from coincidental, recalling the year the brand was founded — positions the Revuelto SV in a different dimension from the Fenomeno: not a collector's object, but a car to be driven, used, and taken to the track. It is arguably one of the last high-displacement expressions of the V12 before European regulatory restrictions render this engine architecture economically unsustainable even for the ultra-premium segment. Lamborghini knows this, and is building its legacy accordingly. Deliveries of the Revuelto SV are expected to begin in 2027, with prices that, according to insiders, will sit significantly above those of the standard Revuelto.