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Lamborghini delivers two one-off desert-themed Revueltos to Saudi clients

The matched pair, badged Ad Personam KSA Edition and numbered 1 of 2, keeps the standard 1,015 hp plug-in hybrid V12 and differs only in paint, trim and embroidery.

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Lamborghini has handed over two one-off Revuelto supercars to Saudi customers, each built through its Ad Personam personalisation division around a desert-dune brief and finished in different colours and textures. The cars were delivered at the company's Sant'Agata Bolognese headquarters during La Prima, the factory ceremony for buyers collecting their cars in person.

Both carry Ad Personam KSA Edition badging and are numbered 1 of 2, marking them as a matched pair rather than a limited series other buyers can order. Lamborghini has not disclosed pricing for either car.

Two finishes, one dune theme

The first car wears matte Bianco Phanes paint with a dune graphic in Nero Nemesis and pinstriping in Verde Speranza, finished with gloss carbon fibre on the roof, A-pillars, aero fins and rear wing. The second reverses the treatment: gloss Bianco Monocerus paint, a Nero Noctis dune graphic and matte Verde Rodope accents, with matte carbon fibre elsewhere on the body. It also rides on 21-inch front and 22-inch rear Altanero forged wheels, a specification not mentioned for the first car.

Lamborghini says the livery was conceived as a graphic reading of airflow across the car's surfaces while echoing the shape of desert dunes, and that the design draws on the shapes and colours of Arabian desert dunes. In its press statement the company said the two editions show how a single design concept can be interpreted in distinct ways through the craftsmanship and personalisation expertise of the Ad Personam programme.

The cabins follow the same logic. Both use Nero Ade leather with carbon fibre trim and embroidery tracing the movement of dunes, and each has a dedicated panel on the rear wall stitched with the Arabic word for Legacy. A carbon fibre plaque on the driver and passenger sides repeats the KSA Edition signature.

Mechanics left untouched

Underneath, both cars are standard Revuelto. The plug-in hybrid powertrain pairs a 6.5-litre naturally aspirated V12 with three electric motors, an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox and electronically controlled all-wheel drive, for a combined 1,015 horsepower, 0 to 62 mph in 2.5 seconds and a top speed above 217 mph.

The personalisation stops at paint, trim and badging, so the two commissions are mechanically identical. That is the same approach Lamborghini took with the Temerario Tricolore Ad Personam configuration shown at Pebble Beach earlier this year. Keeping the hardware standard is the sensible part of the strategy: buyers in this bracket are paying for a story and a finish, not a different car, and leaving the engineering alone keeps the pair easy to build alongside regular Revuelto production.

A regional push behind the badges

The commission fits a wider pattern of regional tribute editions, most recently a North America edition and a heritage paint package tied to a past model. The desert theme instead grounds the cars in local identity for Saudi clients.

Lamborghini now counts 24 dealers across the Middle East and Africa and has added a flagship showroom in Egypt as it pursues more ultra-high-end clients in the region. Read against that expansion, the KSA Edition pair works as a marketing instrument as much as a pair of cars: one-off builds generate the local press coverage and client relationships that support a growing dealer network, at little cost beyond paint and trim.

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Hyundai Australia recalls every Elexio delivered over phantom braking, pauses sales

The Chinese-built electric SUV's forward collision system can brake without cause, and Hyundai warns the hardware and software fix may not arrive until February 2027.

Hyundai Motor Company Australia is recalling every Elexio it has delivered locally after the electric SUV's Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist system was found to apply sudden, unnecessary braking, and the brand has stopped taking new deliveries until a remedy is ready. The fix requires both replacement hardware and a software update, and Hyundai's customer information sheet puts the estimated timing at February 2027, a date it says is subject to review.

What the fault does and why it matters

Hyundai told CarExpert that in certain situations the Elexio's Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) system may brake sharply even when no obstacle warrants it, and that sudden braking of this kind could raise the risk of a rear-end collision with a following vehicle. The company says some owners have already reported the behaviour, which prompted the voluntary safety recall.

An official recall notice is expected on the Department of Infrastructure website within the week. The affected population is 1619 vehicles, a figure that includes Elexios built but not yet handed to customers; 944 had been recorded as delivered in Australia from launch through the end of October 2026.

Hyundai has paused deliveries and pulled the Elexio from the configurator on its Australian website, though the model stays in the local line-up. Buyers waiting on a car they cannot yet take delivery of, and owners already driving one, are both eligible for a loan vehicle through an authorised Hyundai dealership until the remedy is applied.

The long wait is the hard part. A recall that pairs new hardware with new software is a workshop job, not an over-the-air patch, and Hyundai's own wording leaves room for the February 2027 estimate to slip later rather than earlier. Owners who want the loan car should treat the dealership booking as the first step, not the last.

The Elexio SUV at the centre of Hyundai Australia's phantom braking recall and sales pause
The Elexio SUV at the centre of Hyundai Australia's phantom braking recall and sales pause, Image: CarExpert

A first for Hyundai in Australia, and a familiar fault

The Elexio is the first Chinese-developed, Chinese-built Hyundai sold in Australia, and Australia is the first right-hand drive export market for the mid-size electric SUV, with customer deliveries beginning earlier this year. That makes the recall an early test of how the brand handles a problem on a model with no local track record behind it.

Hyundai Australia also issued a recall earlier this year covering 36,496 current-generation Tucson mid-size SUVs for a similar issue. The repetition is the detail worth noting: the same class of driver-assistance fault has now surfaced on a combustion model and on the brand's newest electric SUV in the same market within a single year.

Hyundai's Australian arm said safety has always been its number one priority and that any issue with the potential to compromise it is taken seriously. Owners can reach Hyundai Australia Customer Care at [email protected] or on 1800 186 306.

Hyundai has not announced a revised on-sale date for the Elexio beyond the delivery pause, and it has not confirmed how many of the 1619 vehicles will need the hardware component versus the software update alone.

Inside the Elexio, where the driver-assistance systems behind the phantom braking fault are controlled
Inside the Elexio, where the driver-assistance systems behind the phantom braking fault are controlled, Image: CarExpert
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