Fabrizio Giugiaro, the designer behind the Calà concept that the Lamborghini Gallardo evolved from, has partnered with CAVËN Atelier on a limited-run restomod of the supercar. The Hommage 26 was unveiled at the Concours at Wynn Las Vegas as the opening chapter of the company's Designer Series.
It is CAVËN Atelier's first restomod, and it starts with a Gallardo donor vehicle before gaining a redesigned carbon fiber exterior, small interior changes, a revised suspension setup and an upgraded naturally aspirated V10 hooked to a manual gearbox.
A 2003 supercar with 2026 engineering underneath
The Gallardo went on sale in 2003, though its development began in the 1990s, and its design grew out of the 1995 Calà concept penned by Italdesign. Giugiaro also produced an early version of the Gallardo in 1998 that reportedly changed little on the way to production. The Hommage 26 gives that designer access to modern engineering, materials and technology he did not have the first time around.
Most of the body panels are new and made from carbon fiber, though the car remains instantly recognizable as a Gallardo. The most striking change is a link between the headlights and the front bumper intakes, a connection that was not technically feasible when the original was designed. The build also brings pop-down headlight units, 20-inch alloy wheels, redesigned taillights with modern LED graphics, dual active rear spoilers and twin exhaust pipes sitting above a body-colored diffuser.
Inside, the layout stays close to the donor car, with additions including Alcantara on the dashboard, a rear window that opens to sharpen the engine note and a hexagon motif on the door cards with red stitching.
Two V10 outputs, one manual option
CAVËN Atelier will offer the naturally aspirated V10 in two states of tune, at 540 hp and 560 hp, according to Classic Driver. Both figures comfortably beat the 493 hp of the standard Gallardo, though they sit well below the 907 hp of the electrified Temerario.
The more consequential detail for drivers is the transmission: the engine is paired with a six-speed manual, a gearbox the Gallardo's successors do not offer. That alone gives the Hommage 26 a character no Huracan or Temerario can match, and it is the kind of choice a restomod exists to make.
Price, production and what comes next
CAVËN Atelier plans to build 25 examples, with a starting price of €900,000 ($1,008,800) excluding the donor vehicle. Gallardo donors currently trade from roughly $75,000 to more than $500,000 depending on condition, so a completed Hommage 26 could reach about $1.5 million.
The company has confirmed that similar projects are already in the works, with original designers revisiting models from the late 1990s and early 2000s. It has not named which models those will be, so the next subjects of the Designer Series have not been announced.
The steep price and 25-car cap point these conversions at collectors, but CAVËN Atelier insists the cars are meant to be driven rather than stored in climate-controlled garages. The Hommage 26 is also not the first Gallardo restomod: the Etna from Tedson Motors arrived in 2025 with modern design features and suspension components taken from the Super Trofeo racecar.
