Lamborghini's Centenario is a gorgeous celebration of an extreme legacy

For Lamborghini, the Centenario is a celebration of the legacy of its founder and the tradition of pushing performance boundaries. This car is priced at €1.75 million before taxes, but that number is of only academic importance. All 40 Lamborghini Centenarios — 20 coupés and 20 roadsters — have already been sold to an exclusive clientele close to Lamborghini. The company says it wants the Centenario to be driven, not just sit somewhere as a museum piece.

Given Lamborghini's famously aggressive designs and spectacular one-offs like the Egoista, the Centenario feels almost restrained. The carbon fiber exterior gives it a demure look, with only a few tasteful accents of the company's signature yellow. There are no alien superstructures or weird angular shapes to disturb the eye. It's rather like a stripped-back Aventador, though Lamborghini will happily paint the Centenario in whatever color the customer desires and it also equips the car with an infotainment system powered by Apple's CarPlay.

The naturally aspirated V12 engine of the Centenario is complemented by a lightweight design, keeping its weight to just over 1.5 tons and giving it a power ratio of 1.97kg/hp. It is, as with any Lamborghini, an impressive feat of engineering and it probably sounds and drives like a dream too. We don't know. Hopefully a member of the ultra-exclusive clique that gets to own one will lend it to us for a test drive.