Lamborghini brings Tricolore colours to the Temerario after 15 years
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Lamborghini has revived the Tricolore name after 15 years, bringing the colours of the Italian flag to its latest supercar. The Temerario Tricolore is not a faster or more powerful technical derivative, but a one-off design created through a collaboration between Lamborghini Centro Stile and the Ad Personam personalisation programme.
Tricolore returns after the Gallardo
Lamborghini unveiled the Temerario Tricolore alongside the Revuelto SV at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering during Monterey Car Week. The company describes it as a bespoke configuration celebrating Italian design, craftsmanship and national identity.
The last Lamborghini to wear the Tricolore name was the 2011 Gallardo LP 550-2 Tricolore, created to mark the 150th anniversary of Italian unification.
On the new car, then, “Tricolore” does not denote a new powertrain or chassis setup. The focus is squarely on design and personalisation.
Blue, white and the colours of the Italian flag
The Temerario Tricolore uses a two-tone paint scheme. The lower section of the body is finished in gloss Blu Marinus, while the upper surfaces are painted Bianco Monocerus white. Gloss Nero Noctis black appears on the mirror housings, wheels, engine cover and across parts of the rear and upper bodywork.
Red brake calipers provide additional contrast, while a green, white and red graphic on the bonnet makes an explicit reference to the Italian flag. Lamborghini says the deep Blu Marinus appears visually lighter in direct light, helping to emphasise the Temerario’s side profile and muscular rear haunches.
The same theme continues inside. Nero Ade upholstery is paired with Rosso Alala contrast stitching, Tricolore lettering is embroidered into the door panels, and Lamborghini has added a bespoke silhouette of the car to the rear section of the cabin.
The 677 kW hybrid powertrain is unchanged
Mechanically, the Tricolore is identical to the standard Temerario. Its 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 works with three electric motors to produce a total system output of 677 kW.
The combustion engine revs to 10,000 rpm. The Temerario accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 2.7 seconds and reaches a top speed of 343 km/h. Lamborghini’s Tricolore presentation material states a broader figure of “over 340 km/h”, while the model’s official technical specification gives the exact figure as 343 km/h.
Those numbers place the Temerario firmly among today’s fastest supercars, even if there are already electric models on the market with substantially higher system outputs. Lamborghini’s answer is not simply to chase ever more kilowatts. The V8’s high rev ceiling, the hybrid system’s architecture and the car’s driver-focused character create a very different proposition.
The Gallardo Tricolore shows how much Lamborghini has changed
The 2011 Gallardo LP 550-2 Tricolore came from a very different technical era. At its heart was a naturally aspirated V10 driving the rear wheels. The colours of the Italian flag ran along the car in a longitudinal stripe and were repeated inside the cabin.
Fifteen years later, the same idea is carried by the hybrid Temerario, whose twin-turbo V8 is assisted by three electric motors.
The contrast neatly illustrates how Lamborghini has evolved. Electrification has reached the brand’s core models, yet the company is still trying to preserve the qualities customers associate with Lamborghini: dramatic design, combustion-engine character and an exceptional degree of personalisation.
Ad Personam is becoming increasingly important
The Tricolore arrives as Lamborghini marks the 20th anniversary of its Ad Personam programme. According to the company, the car demonstrates how personalisation can go far beyond simply choosing colours and materials to become a complete design project in its own right.
That matters strategically in today’s luxury-car market. For an exceptionally wealthy buyer, even a standard 677 kW supercar may not feel exclusive enough, no matter how extraordinary its engineering already is. A unique factory-created combination of colours, materials and details adds a sense of rarity that a power figure alone cannot provide.
That is where the Temerario Tricolore finds its purpose. It is not trying to beat the standard Temerario around a circuit, but to show how far Lamborghini can take a car tailored to the wishes of a single customer.
That also sets the new Tricolore apart from a conventional limited-series special edition. Lamborghini has announced no extra power, lower weight or revised aerodynamics. Instead, the company presents the car above all as a showcase for design and craftsmanship.
