The Lamborghini Temerario now wears the white and green livery of the Dubai Police, making it the latest in a growing parade of Italian exotics pressed into service for a force that treats its fleet like a concours lawn.
This one packs a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 paired with three electric motors, good for a combined 907 horsepower and 900 Nm of torque. It will not be chasing anyone.
The Temerario joins a roster that already includes the Urus, Huracan, Aventador, and Revuelto. The handover came through a collaboration between Dubai authorities and Lamborghini’s Abu Dhabi and Dubai dealerships. The car is dressed in the department’s signature colors, with Police lettering in both English and Arabic.
Brigadier Saeed Al Hajri, Director of the General Department of Criminal Investigation at Dubai Police, said the luxury patrol fleet combines “an effective security presence with community and tourist engagement.” The car will operate under the Tourist Police Department, stationed at high-traffic attractions where visitors can snap selfies with it. A 907-hp photo prop.
Al Hajri added that the supercars “help people feel safe” while reinforcing the force’s commitment to being “close to the community.” It is a curious definition of community policing, but Dubai has been running this playbook for over a decade. The cars are billboards. They project wealth, order, and the particular brand of soft power that the emirate has refined into an art form.
The contrast with Italy is sharp. The Polizia di Stato recently unveiled its own Temerario, continuing a 22-year partnership with Lamborghini that started with the Gallardo and continued through the Huracan. Italy’s version is not a tourist attraction.
It is equipped for high-priority emergency missions, including the rapid transport of organs across the country. Trained drivers are authorized to exceed the 130 km/h speed limit on the Autostrada.
Over those 22 years, Italy’s Lamborghini police units have transported more than 200 organs and saved numerous lives. That is a fleet earning its keep.
Two countries, same car, entirely different philosophies. One uses a hybrid supercar to move human organs at illegal speeds across a national highway network. The other parks it outside the Burj Khalifa so tourists can pose with it on Instagram.
Neither use case is what Lamborghini’s engineers in Sant’Agata Bolognese probably had in mind when they designed a car with 907 hp and a hybrid powertrain meant to replace the Huracan. But both serve the broader purpose Lamborghini cares about most: visibility. Every police livery is a global advertisement that money cannot buy.
Dubai’s fleet keeps growing. The Temerario slots in as the newest and most electrified addition, a car that represents Lamborghini’s future direction with its downsized turbocharged engine and triple-motor hybrid layout. Whether it ever turns a wheel in anger is beside the point.
The real question is what comes next. Dubai has now collected nearly every current Lamborghini model in police trim. The only gap left is the Revuelto’s eventual successor, and given the pace of these acquisitions, that handover ceremony is probably already being planned.
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