Lamborghini gives the Temerario its most tailored treatment yet
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Exotic-car buyers increasingly expect exclusivity to begin after the model allocation is secured. Lamborghini’s two Temerario Ad Personam cars make that idea explicit, using colour, materials and fine detailing to give the same electrified super-sports platform two distinct personalities.
Presented publicly at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the pair are not a conventional numbered special edition. They are demonstrations of Lamborghini’s Ad Personam program — effectively rolling portfolios showing how deeply an owner can shape a Temerario beyond the standard configurator.
That distinction matters in a segment where rarity is relative. A new Lamborghini remains scarce in ordinary traffic, but at major collector gatherings similar specifications can cluster quickly. Bespoke colour and material choices give an owner a more defensible form of individuality, particularly when the combination has a coherent narrative rather than simply collecting expensive options.
Lamborghini describes the two cars as contrasting interpretations of sportiness and Italian tailoring. The work extends across paint, exterior accents, upholstery and small cabin details, showing how texture and tone can alter the character of an aggressively shaped car without changing its fundamental form.
Beneath the tailoring is the Temerario’s High Performance Electrified Vehicle architecture. Its electrified powertrain marks a new chapter for Lamborghini, but personalisation helps preserve the emotional, object-like quality expected by clients. Technology may define how the car performs; Ad Personam defines how it belongs to one owner.
There is also a commercial logic. Bespoke programs deepen relationships between brands and collectors, increase transaction value and make delivery feel like the end of a creative process rather than a retail purchase. The client is encouraged to think as a patron and collaborator, even while working within the manufacturer’s engineering and homologation limits.
Restraint remains the real skill. A vast options palette can produce a spectacular car or an incoherent one. The strongest commissions repeat a small number of colours and materials, respect the body’s lines and use unusual details where they will reward close inspection.
As electrification makes the engineering beneath high-performance cars more complex and potentially more shared, manufacturers are placing greater value on the layer owners can see and touch. The Temerario Ad Personam pair argues that the future of the supercar will be measured not only by speed, but by how personally it can be made.
Fact box
– Model: Lamborghini Temerario
– Program: Ad Personam
– Display cars: Two contrasting bespoke configurations
– Public debut: 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed
– Powertrain category: High Performance Electrified Vehicle
– Purpose: Demonstrate bespoke exterior and interior personalisation
Mirzaian is a senior director within CBRE’s Development NSW business, operating across the company’s Western Sydney and North Sydney offices
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Aston Martin has unveiled the Valen, an 850PS V12 special limited to 150 cars worldwide and described by the company as the most powerful front-engined production car ever created by a manufacturer.
Developed through Q by Aston Martin, Valen uses the brand’s 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12 to produce 850PS and 1,000Nm. It is claimed to reach 60mph in three seconds and continue to a top speed of 214mph, or about 344km/h.
The numbers are only part of the proposition. Aston Martin has removed up to 110 kilograms compared with its existing core V12 platform, using a full carbon-fibre body and motorsport-influenced lightweight components. A specially tuned titanium exhaust reduces mass while giving the engine a more pronounced sound character.
The exterior is not a simple variation of a series-production body. Bespoke lighting, carbon surfacing and a new interior architecture help Valen read as a distinct model, even though its front-engine, rear-drive proportions remain recognisably Aston Martin.
Chassis and powertrain calibration have been developed specifically for the car. That matters because the enduring appeal of a front-engined flagship lies in its relationship between long-distance usability and rear-driven balance, not in chasing mid-engined lap times alone.
Valen arrives as many performance manufacturers shift towards hybrid assistance. Aston Martin has instead used a highly tuned combustion engine, aggressive weight control and low production volume to create an analogue counterpoint at the top of its range.
That does not make it technologically simple. Carbon construction, active systems and the complexity of extracting 850PS from a road-legal V12 mean long-term servicing and replacement components will be as relevant to collectors as rarity.
Only 150 cars will be built. Australian allocation, pricing and delivery timing have not been confirmed publicly. Prospective buyers should also confirm whether the quoted 110-kilogram saving depends on optional equipment rather than standard specification.
In a market crowded with four-figure power outputs, Valen’s point of difference is architectural: a vast bonnet, compact cabin and V12 driving the rear wheels. It turns Aston Martin’s traditional grand-tourer silhouette into something deliberately sharper and rarer.
Fact box
– Model: Aston Martin Valen
– Production: 150 cars worldwide
– Engine: 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12
– Output: 850PS and 1,000Nm
– Performance: Claimed 0–60mph in 3.0 seconds; 214mph top speed
– Body: Full carbon fibre
– Weight saving: Up to 110kg versus the referenced core V12 platform
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