Lamborghini is not a subtle company. Even with the automaker’s hexagonal design language evolving, it doesn’t appear that future models will stray far from that iconic, sharp-edged styling. A new design study, marking Lamborghini Centro Stile’s 20th anniversary, likely previews what the automaker’s future cars could one day look like.
It’s called the Lamborghini Manifesto, and the company’s design director, Mitja Borkert, said on Instagram that the concept showcases “the potential future of our unique Design DNA.”
The concept features an evolution of the car’s current styling. It’s familiar, with a shark nose front end and Y-shaped lighting accents. The Lamborghini has a sloped windshield with a double-bubble glass roof over the passengers that seamlessly blends into the rear, which is one of its most distinctive elements.
There’s a massive diffuser, and the short rear fenders reveal the gigantic tires. It almost resembles a Hot Wheels from the rear angles, but it is just a concept. The design study doesn’t have doors, and the all-glass greenhouse seems far-fetched, but we’ll likely see some of the design elements on future supercars.
Underneath the aspirational styling are hints of production-worthy parts, like the Fenomeno-inspired headlights and taillights, but this is nothing more than a concept packed with potential ideas. Borkert said:
‘We set the trends, we don’t follow them. We must always look ahead, to next year and the next 20 years.’
That doesn’t inspire confidence that we’ll see any of these elements anytime soon. Lamborghini recently replaced its two supercars, launching the Temerario and Revuelto in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
Photo by: Mitja Borkert / Instagram
The concept is part of a larger celebration around the company’s design studio. While Lamborghini Centro Stile was created in the early 2000s, it didn’t complete its first car until 2005. While the Temerario and Revuelto are still relatively new, the studio will have plenty of limited-run and one-off models to produce that might begin to integrate bits of the Manifesto concept.
It’d be a terrible waste.
