Every few years, Lamborghini does something to remind the rest of the supercar world that it is operating by different rules entirely. The Veneno. The Centenario. The Sian. Cars that arrive already spoken for, that exist in numbers smaller than most people's contact lists, that combine engineering that is genuinely at the edge of what is possible with design that looks like it was conceived by someone who had never seen the word "restrained" written down.
The Fenomeno Roadster is the latest entry in that lineage, and it is the most powerful one yet.
Lamborghini calls these models its "Few Off" programme. The tradition started with the Reventón in 2007, extended to an open top Reventón Roadster in 2009, and has since produced open versions of the Veneno, Centenario and Sian. Each one arrived in numbers small enough to be sold out before the public reveal. The Fenomeno Roadster caps production at 15 examples, making it less than half as numerous as the Fenomeno Coupe unveiled at Monterey Car Week in 2025, which was limited to 29 units.
The powertrain
The engine is a 6.5 litre naturally aspirated V12, which produces 835 CV at 9,250 rpm and 725 Nm of torque at 6,750 rpm on its own. Three electric motors supplement it: two sitting on the front axle providing torque vectoring and regenerative braking, and a third positioned above the eight speed twin clutch gearbox. Combined system output is 1,080 CV. The specific output of the V12 alone exceeds 128 CV per litre, a record for any Lamborghini V12 programme.
Performance figures are: 0 to 100 km/h in 2.4 seconds. 0 to 200 km/h in 6.8 seconds. Top speed above 340 km/h, which is 211 miles per hour.
The 7 kWh lithium ion battery also enables a fully electric driving mode, though Lamborghini is wisely quiet about how far that takes you. The standard Revuelto, which underpins the Fenomeno, is rated by the EPA for approximately eight kilometres of emissions free driving. Pure electric range is not why you buy this car.
What makes it a Roadster and not just a Coupe with the roof cut off
Removing the roof from any performance car creates aerodynamic problems that need to be solved, not ignored. The Fenomeno Coupe uses a air scoop mounted on the roof to feed cooling air to the V12 at high speed. Without a roof, that scoop disappears. Lamborghini redesigned the entire upper aerodynamic package.
A carbon spoiler integrated into the windshield header now channels air over the open cockpit and directly into a redesigned engine bay, replacing the Coupe's air scoop. The rear clamshell was reshaped. The active rear wing was reprofiled for the open configuration. A revised diffuser was added. According to Lamborghini, the Roadster matches the Coupe for downforce, stability and brake cooling despite the open structure.
The rollover protection required by safety regulations sits behind the seats, integrated into what Lamborghini calls Speedster humps. These are not decorative. The structures are structural, aerodynamically shaped to reduce turbulence at high speed, and cover the rollover arches without the aesthetic compromise that solutions in less considered cars produce.
The monocoque is a carbon fibre monofuselage, the same inspired by aerospace structure used in the Revuelto. The front structure uses Lamborghini's Forged Composite, integrating crash structures, windshield frame, rear bulkhead and side sills into a single bonded carbon assembly. Adding the open top structure required only a few kilograms of additional weight over the Coupe. Lamborghini attributes this to a patented combination of long and short carbon fibres bonded with a fluid mixture, used here for the first time in a hybrid configuration on any production Lamborghini.
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The design
The reveal car wears Blu Cepheus over Rosso Mars, chosen as a tribute to the city of Bologna and a visual reference to the 1968 Miura Roadster. The hexagonal motif that runs through Lamborghini's current design language appears everywhere: in the side skirts, wheel arches, air intakes, LED light signatures and the tall hexagonal exhaust outlet at the rear.
The side windows drop low in the middle, a shape that Autoblog compared to the Veneno Roadster. The effect is part fighter jet, part architecture firm's concept sketch. Design director Mitja Borkert described the objective as placing the powertrain at the centre of visual attention, with the driver placed inside rather than on top of the car.
Tyres are Bridgestone Potenza Sport, developed specifically for this model in 265/30 ZRF21 at the front and 355/25 ZRF22 at the rear. A semi slick next generation Potenza on smaller wheels is available as the track alternative, homologated for public roads.
The interior is built around carbon fibre, Corsatex fabric based on Dinamica, and Lamborghini's patented Carbon Skin material. Three digital displays with hexagonal graphics combine with haptic controls and aviation style switches in what Lamborghini calls its Pilot Interaction layout.
Price and availability
Lamborghini has not disclosed a price. The Fenomeno Coupe started at approximately €3.5 million. Independent estimates from HotHardware and GTSpirit place the Roadster in a range of €3 million to more than €5 million per car. All 15 examples are understood to have been sold ahead of the public reveal. If you have not already been offered one, you were not on the list.
CEO Stephan Winkelmann described the car in the terms Lamborghini reserves for occasions like this: "Fenomeno Roadster represents the purest expression of our brand values: visionary design, uncompromising performance, and absolute exclusivity. Each example is conceived as a collectible masterpiece, where engineering excellence meets true bespoke craftsmanship."
That sentence has been said before, about the Veneno and the Centenario and the Sian. It will be said again about whatever comes after the Fenomeno Roadster. It keeps being true.
Sources:
- Lamborghini official press release — Fenomeno Roadster: Lamborghini's most powerful open-top
- Motor1 — Lamborghini Fenomeno Roadster Revealed: Details, Specs, Photos
- Autoblog — Lamborghini Fenomeno Roadster Revealed with 1,065-HP V12 and Weird Side Windows
- GTSpirit — Lamborghini Fenomeno Roadster: Wilder Than Ever
- The EV Report — Lamborghini Fenomeno Roadster: 1,080 CV V12 Hybrid Limited to 15 Units
- DriveSpark — Lamborghini Fenomeno Roadster: 1,065bhp Hybrid V12, 15 Units Only