Lamborghini Fenomeno: A Manifesto of Power

The Fenomeno takes familiar DNA to its extremes: the long-tail proportions, the single sweeping line from nose to rear, the Y-shaped signatures — all present, all sharpened. The surfaces are cleaner, the volumes more architectural, the whole car both elegant and forceful. It is futuristic, but unmistakably Italian. It also marks the first time the brand’s new 2024 logo appears on a production car.

Underneath, the Fenomeno carries the most powerful V12 Lamborghini has ever built. The naturally aspirated 6.5-liter engine produces 835 CV at 9,250 rpm — an astonishing figure made possible by a redesigned valvetrain and an engine that revs to 9,500 rpm. Three electric motors provide another 245 CV, bringing the total to 1,080 CV and giving the Fenomeno a weight-to-power ratio of 1.64 kg/CV, the best in the company’s history. The numbers are equally relentless: 0–100 km/h in 2.4 seconds, 0–200 km/h in 6.7 seconds, and a top speed exceeding 350 km/h.

Those figures aren’t achieved by power alone. Lamborghini filled the Fenomeno with technologies usually reserved for racing — from the monofuselage chassis with forged composite front structure to the new 6D sensor, which reads every axis of movement in real time and feeds data into a predictive control system. The brakes are CCM-R Plus carbon-ceramic, a development close to LMDh race-car tech. Single-nut forged wheels and Bridgestone Potenza tyres complete the track-leaning character, and even the aerodynamics — from air curtains to the roof’s concave channel to the mobile rear wing — are sculpted as living components rather than styling flourishes.

From any angle, the Fenomeno looks like a Lamborghini taught new vocabulary. The front carries deep intakes inspired by the Huracán GT3, the DRLs reinterpret the bull’s horns, and the carbon-fiber splitter stretches wide beneath the new logo. Along the sides, the sculpted lower body and long-tail silhouette bring an echo of the Essenza SCV12, while the rear introduces something entirely new: a vertical Y-shaped light signature framing a vast carbon-fiber diffuser.

Inside, Lamborghini pushes its ‘Feel like a pilot’ philosophy further than ever. The cabin is lean, angular, and exquisitely technical, with extensive carbon fiber, new 3D-printed air vents, and bucket seats developed exclusively for this model. Three digital screens remove most physical buttons, leaving the cockpit focused and uncluttered. Ambient lighting traces the car’s geometric forms, turning the interior into a kind of spaceship-meets-driver’s-room — purposeful, not theatrical.

Of course, the 29 buyers can take the Fenomeno further through the Ad Personam program, choosing from more than 400 exterior colors and a nearly unlimited range of interior finishes. But even the launch specification — Giallo Crius over exposed carbon — feels definitive, as if the car were designed around that palette.

The name Fenomeno comes from a legendary Mexican fighting bull pardoned in 2002 for its exceptional courage — a fitting reference for a car that stands apart even in Lamborghini’s world of few-offs. It is a celebration of the past 20 years of Centro Stile; but it is also a signal for the next 20.