Lamborghini revived the Tricolore name on August 24 at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering during Monterey Car Week, putting Italy’s flag colors back on a Lamborghini for the first time in 15 years. The new Temerario Tricolore makes 920 CV, according to Lamborghini’s own announcement — a jump of nearly 70% over the 550 CV the last Tricolore-badged car made when the trim debuted in 2011.

Key Points

• 920 CV total output from a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 paired with three electric motors, versus 550 CV from the naturally aspirated V10 Gallardo LP 550-2 Tricolore of 2011
• 0-100 km/h in 2.7 seconds; top speed over 340 km/h
• V8 engine revs to 10,000 rpm
• Livery combines Blu Marinus Shiny on the lower body, Bianco Monocerus on the upper surfaces, and Nero Noctis accents on the mirrors, wheels, and engine cover
• Interior finished in Nero Ade upholstery with Rosso Alala contrast stitching and a bespoke car silhouette embossed on the rear cabin trim
• Pricing and production numbers not yet disclosed

The original Tricolore lived on the Gallardo LP 550-2, a rear-wheel-drive-only variant that made a comparatively modest 550 CV from a naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10. That car was itself a tribute — the paint scheme referenced the Italian flag and the livery of Lamborghini’s earliest competition cars. The Temerario Tricolore keeps that same visual language, right down to the tricolore graphic running across the hood, but swaps a screaming naturally aspirated V10 for a twin-turbocharged, hybrid-assisted V8 that still spins to 10,000 rpm — a number few production V8s anywhere get close to, turbocharged or not.

The power figure is the headline number, but the interior details are where Lamborghini leaned hardest into the “celebration of Italian excellence” framing the company used in its own statement. Hexagonal motifs run through the trim, “Tricolore” lettering is stitched into the door panels, and a silhouette of the car itself is worked into the rear cabin trim — the kind of small-batch, this-one’s-different touches that separate a special edition from a paint-and-badge package.

“Temerario Tricolore is a celebration of the values that define Lamborghini: visionary design, technological innovation, uncompromising performance and the excellence of Italian craftsmanship,” Lamborghini Chairman and CEO Stephan Winkelmann said in the company’s announcement.

Fifteen years is a long gap between a name reappearing on a Lamborghini, and the gap between the two cars’ power figures tells its own story about where the brand has gone since 2011. The Gallardo Tricolore was the last word in a purely naturally aspirated era for the marque. The Temerario Tricolore, hybrid motors and turbochargers included, is Lamborghini’s answer to what a flagship celebration car looks like now — nearly 70% more power wrapped in the same flag.