Revuelto Won’t Be The Angriest Bull Much Longer
In March this year, Lamborghini revealed the V12-powered Revuelto with an astonishing 1,001 horsepower, but it seems that figure is already soon to be eclipsed. If a report from The Supercar Blog is accurate, a new supercar is coming as “the most powerful Lamborghini ever made.” The publication claims that the new vehicle will be based on the Revuelto but will carry a new name: Fenomeno. If that name sounds familiar, you may have seen that Sant’Agata applied to trademark the term in Europe, according to a filing unearthed by CarMoses back in April. The Supercar Blog says that Lamborghini recently hosted a private preview of the Fenomeno for some of its most elite customers, and that one of the clients who saw it described the Fenomeno as “a car that will change everything.”
Expect Fenomeno To Look Unlike Revuelto
The same client reportedly told TSB that the radical new supercar will harken to the past with a design inspired by one of the most iconic models in the brand’s back catalog. It can’t be the Countach because that’s already been reimagined for the modern age, which potentially leads us to the Diablo, the Miura, and the 350 GT (though the latter was a front-engine car). However, shortly after the Countach LPI 800-4 arrived, company CEO Stephan Winkelmann told Autocar that he doesn’t want to reimagine the past again, saying, “I’m not in favor of redoing cars. I look at the Miura and think it’s great, but I think we really need to be focused on the future and we want to look back and say we were the ones who made new icons, not just copied old ones.”
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Similar sentiments were shared by the head of service for Polo Storico, Lamborghini’s in-house restoration department, when he told The Drive in January that the company is “not interested” in restomods and continuation cars. Thus, we can safely assume that the Fenomeno will be something entirely new, with only a little infusion of inspiration. Lamborghini wants its classics to remain special. At the same time, overdoing the nostalgia can indicate to buyers that a new car isn’t all that novel. Thus, we can expect this new Lambo’s styling to give a nod to the past without being defined by it.
One Of The Rarest Lambos Ever This Way Comes
The final rumor claimed in the report is that the Fenomeno will be limited to just 29 examples, making it one of the rarest Lambos ever, behind only the Sesto Elemento (20 units), Veneno (13 units as a coupe plus nine in roadster form), Miura SVJ (3 units), and Diablo GT1 Stradale (2 units). The latter was part of an abandoned project, and there’s a chance it may be the inspiration for this new Fenomeno. Let’s assume that the Fenomeno will be revealed imminently but only reach production in 2026. If we subtract the number of units rumored for production from 2,026, we arrive at 1,997, and 1997 was the year in which the Diablo GT1 Stradale was produced. That’s some seriously acrobatic arithmetic to justify our presumption, but until we receive official word from Sant’Agata, we’ll have to keep playing the guessing game. Whatever the truth, this likely won’t be the only Raging Bull stampeding towards us; the CarMoses report we mentioned at the outset revealed another new, yet-to-be-assigned Lambo name: Armero…
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