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Lamborghini knows how to make an entrance. Imola. Anniversary timing. A limited-run V12 hybrid with no roof at all. On paper, the new Lamborghini Fenomeno Roadster should have lit up the internet. Instead, the reaction has been strangely muted, almost as if the car arrived wearing someone else’s costume.
That silence says a lot. This is supposed to be the wildest open-top machine the brand has ever built, a halo model from Lamborghini’s ultra-exclusive few-off playbook. Yet for all its numbers, rarity, and drama, the Fenomeno Roadster has not sparked the kind of obsession usually reserved for Sant’Agata’s most outrageous creations.
Part of the problem is simple: design. Lamborghini has always thrived on excess, but there is a fine line between theatrical and overworked. The Fenomeno Roadster, at least in its launch specification, leans too hard into the latter. Compared with the Revuelto, the car it effectively builds on, this new roadster feels less elegant, less coherent, and oddly less exotic. Even the smaller Temerario comes across as cleaner and more resolved.
The launch colorway does it no favors either. Blue across the upper body, red details lower down, black mixed in for contrast. It sounds bold. In pictures, and even under natural light, it never quite clicks. Not offensive, not disastrous, just uninspired for a car that is supposed to stop people in their tracks.
Power was never the issue
Underneath the divisive styling, the engineering story is much stronger. The Fenomeno Roadster uses a carbon-fiber monocoque and keeps Lamborghini’s familiar 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 mounted behind the cabin. On its own, that engine produces 833 hp, or 845 PS. It is paired with three electric motors, one integrated into the 8-speed dual-clutch transmission and two on the front axle, drawing energy from a 7 kWh battery pack.
Total output stands at 1,065 hp, which makes this the most powerful Lamborghini convertible ever built. Performance is every bit as serious as the headline suggests. The sprint from 0 to 100 km/h takes 2.4 seconds. Reaching 200 km/h takes 6.8 seconds. Top speed is rated at 340 km/h.
Those figures put it right at the sharp end of the modern hypercar world, even if the coupe remains slightly quicker at the top end. The fixed-roof Fenomeno reaches 350 km/h, while the Revuelto also tops out at 350 km/h, delivers 1,001 hp in total, and hits 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds. So yes, the Roadster is brutally fast. No debate there.
What makes it more unusual is the roof situation, or rather the lack of one. There is no removable panel, no folding hardtop, no targa-style compromise. This is a permanently open car. Lamborghini has also fitted cut-down side windows, reworked the engine cover, and added two aerodynamic humps behind the seats that double as rollover protection. It is dramatic, purposeful, and a little uncompromising in the old-school supercar sense. Lovely in theory. Less lovely if the weather turns.
Only 15 examples of the Fenomeno Roadster will be built, alongside 29 coupes. That level of scarcity guarantees collector interest, even if public fascination has been lukewarm. In other words, whether the internet cares or not, every unit will almost certainly be spoken for.
Still, rarity alone does not create affection. Lamborghini’s best low-volume specials, cars like the Reventon, Veneno, Centenario, and Sián, managed to feel shocking and desirable at the same time. The Fenomeno Roadster has the spec sheet and the exclusivity, but emotionally it seems to be missing a beat.
There is also an awkward bit of timing here. Lamborghini’s regular production models are already incredibly compelling. The Revuelto remains the more balanced statement, with cleaner styling and nearly identical pace. And the Temerario family is only just getting started. A Temerario Spyder is already on the horizon, expected before the end of 2026, with deliveries likely to begin in 2027. Unlike the Fenomeno Roadster, that car is set to use a retractable hardtop and the same plug-in hybrid V8 setup as the coupe.
For many buyers, that may end up being the more appealing convertible Lamborghini. Not because it will be rarer or louder in a collector sense, but because it could be the better all-round design.
As for price, Lamborghini has not confirmed anything yet. Industry chatter has floated a figure of around €7.36 million, based on current exchange rates from the widely quoted $8 million estimate. If that number proves accurate, the Fenomeno Roadster will sit in a very different universe from the Revuelto, which starts at roughly €552,000 at current conversion rates from a little over $600,000.
And that is really the question hanging over this car. If money were no object, would you pay several million more for the ultra-limited special, or would you take the Revuelto and enjoy the cleaner shape, the similar pace, and the fact that it actually seems to connect with people?
Maybe that is the Fenomeno Roadster’s real problem. It is not lacking speed, power, rarity, or spectacle. It is lacking magnetism. For a Lamborghini, that might be the harshest verdict of all.
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