First images of the Lamborghini Manifesto – a dramatic new concept car created to preview the future design direction of the Italian performance car maker – have been released online.
Unfortunately, the Manifesto is strictly a design study for the brand, with no plans to bring the model into production.
But despite being a concept, the Manifesto appears to already be influencing the shape of its cars, with the recently unveiled Lamborghini Fenomeno clearly echoing the radical concept’s sleek design language.
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Shown back in August, the Fenomeno is a limited-edition hypercar that celebrates 20 years of Centro Stile – the company’s in-house design studio.
While Lamborghini refers to the vehicle as a ‘design manifesto’ – an obvious nod to the concept – it stops short of calling out the Manifesto in any official documents.
It was Mitja Borkert – design director at Centra Stile – who leaked the Manifesto via his personal Instagram account, with the concept photographed in the same studio as the Fenomeno, against a bright yellow wall.
At the same time, the concept was rolled out to those attending the recent 20th anniversary celebrations at the facility.
Referred to as a “visionary sculpture”, the Manifesto concept retains the iconic wedge shape of modern Lamborghini supercars, but does away with the large air intakes behind the jet-fighter-style canopy.
Adopting the Manifesto’s Y-shaped tail-lights and wide stance, the Fenomeno is powered by a 6.5-litre V12 combined with a pair of electric motors on the front axle, producing a combined 794kW of power.
Just 29 examples are being made, and Lamborghini claims the Fenomeno can reach 100km/h from a standstill in just 2.4 seconds.