ESTORIL, Portugal: The Estoril, Portugal race circuit played host recently to the Lamborghini Temerario for its global driving launch event, with the world’s media, dealer partners and even some owners taking the wheel for the first time.
Over 15 days, new Temerario super sports cars including lightweight Alleggerita versions covered hundreds of laps on the 4.36km track to test its outstanding dynamic qualities of the high-performance electrified vehicle, while also trying out the new Drift mode and launch control.
Almost 100 media arrived in Portugal to drive the new Lamborghini, which was designed and built in Italy’s Sant’Agata Bolognese.
Equipped with an 4.0-litre, V8 twin-turbo engine coupled with three electric motors, the Temerario outputs an overall maximum power of 920ps and 800Nm torque: moreover, the combustion engine provides maximum power output of 800ps between 9,000 and 9,750rpm; 730Nm of torque between 4,000 and 7,000rpm; and is the first and only production super sports car able to reach a maximum 10,000rpm.
With its new hybrid powertrain, Temerario delivers a sublime dynamism from 13 driving modes that set up the car for every environment.
Drivers enjoyed the adrenalin of the straights and an opportunity to test Launch Control, with the Temerario living up to its potential acceleration of 0-100kph in only 2.7 seconds, as well as 0-200kph in under 7.3 seconds and a top speed of 343kph.
But the Temerario’s numbers don’t stop there, as proved in the 13 corners of the 4.36km-long Estoril track where Ayrton Senna tested the V12 F1 Lamborghini engine in 1993.
The all-new design accommodating the new hybrid powertrain increases the aerodynamic load particularly at the rear, producing a +103% increased downforce compared to its predecessor, increasing to +158% in the Alleggerita version.
The Alleggerita lightweight package, available from launch, reduces the car’s weight by over 25kg through body and interior components, with a +67% overall aerodynamic load efficiency.
A new eight-speed dual clutch transmission is more compact, achieves faster shift times and in full electric mode the Temerario reduces CO2 emissions by up to 50% versus its forerunner.
Delegates in Estoril could even relive their driving experiences more than once, via the Lamborghini Telemetry 2.0 app that provides lap times; sector analysis; reference times for more than 150 of the world’s race circuits; and even combines car data with the driver’s heart rate though Apple Watch integration.
Guests could choose the specification of a new Temerario, with more than 400 body colors and liveries offered through Lamborghini’s Ad Personam program, including upholstery options in fine leathers and the new ultralight Corsa-Tex fabric in Dinamica microfiber.
Sitting in the increased head-height of the Temerario’s spacious new cabin, occupants could sound out the Italian artistry of Sonus faber’s audio system, developed exclusively for Temerario.
The setup integrates seven independently driven speakers powered by 750W Class‑D Dual DSP amplifier and tuned to Sonus faber’s Natural Sound philosophy for lifelike timbre and an absence of listening fatigue with a frequency response from 30 Hz to 30 kHz.
That bandwidth reaches into thunder‑like low frequencies while preserving crystalline highs.
