Lamborghini fits the Temerario with a titanium Akrapovic exhaust tuned for sound

Lamborghini has announced a titanium Akrapovic exhaust for the Temerario Coupe, engineered to sharpen the sound of the car's twin-turbo 4.0-litre hybrid V8 rather than to add output. The automaker released a teaser video showing the system fitted to a car, and it is the only public evidence of the hardware installed so far.

The system is being pitched as an acoustic upgrade, not a power kit. Lamborghini has not published a price, a weight figure or a power gain for it, and has not confirmed when buyers will be able to order it or when it will reach the US market.

What the titanium system changes

Compared with the standard setup, the Akrapovic hardware uses larger-diameter tubing, custom manifolds and a reworked silencer architecture. Lamborghini says the layout was calibrated to emphasise specific frequencies rather than simply raise volume across the range.

Heat management was part of the brief as well. Comprehensive insulation is intended to keep temperatures in check around the hottest sections of the system, a detail that matters on a hybrid V8 working hard at sustained high rpm.

The engine beneath it revs to 10,000 rpm, which makes exhaust tuning unusually sensitive, and Akrapovic says the system was tuned around the way sound character shifts as the needle climbs rather than around idle volume or low-end growl. That focus on the top of the rev range is the point of the exercise: the Temerario's character is built on revs, so an exhaust that only changed the note at idle would add little.

An existing partnership, extended

Akrapovic and Lamborghini already collaborate on titanium systems for the Urus and the Huracan family, so the Temerario application extends a relationship rather than starting one.

The Temerario's 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 was developed at Sant'Agata Bolognese and sits at the core of a hybrid powertrain rated at a combined 907 horsepower. Lamborghini has shown the car in several forms this year, including the Temerario Tettonero collection and a Temerario police car built for Italy's highway patrol.

Talk of a possible Temerario Sterrato, an off-road spinoff, remains in the rumour column for now.

For buyers, the unanswered questions are the practical ones. Without a published weight figure, it is not known whether the titanium system is lighter than the standard exhaust, and without a power figure it cannot be treated as a performance part on paper. The exhaust currently exists as an announced option, with pricing and US availability dates still to come.

Land Rover has added six paint colours to the Defender's Atlas personalisation programme, announced on November 10, spanning the 90, 110 and 130 body styles. The shades draw their names from locations in Kenya, Italy, Ireland, England and Australia.

Two of the six, Mara Red and Pantelleria Blue, reinterpret older Defender colours, while Galway Green and Buckingham Blue return as heritage shades and Aira Green and Jenolan Gold are new additions.

What each colour references

Mara Red takes its cue from Kenya's Maasai lands and reworks the former Masai Red, while Pantelleria Blue reinterprets Pageant Blue against the volcanic island off Sicily. Both, along with Galway Green, are reserved for the Octa performance model in the US.

Galway Green is named for the Irish county. Buckingham Blue is a revival of a shade Land Rover sold on the Defender between 2006 and 2013, before the current generation arrived. Those two join the range as open options rather than Octa exclusives.

The genuinely new colours are Aira Green, named for the Aira Force waterfall in England's Lake District, and Jenolan Gold, drawn from the limestone caves beneath Australia's Blue Mountains. Each Atlas colour pairs with a black contrast roof, and a white contrast roof is optional on selected Defender 90 and 110 models depending on trim and market.

Where the colours are available

Atlas paint can be specified on selected 90, 110 and 130 models, including newer variants such as the Defender Vertex, Defender X and Defender Octa, though trims and regional specifications limit access.

Buyers cannot get Atlas paint on the Defender S, Hard Top S, 130 Outbound, Trophy Edition, or region-specific editions including the Mena 525 Ultimate and China Black Outfit. Octa Black is also excluded, despite the Octa receiving three Atlas-exclusive colours elsewhere in the lineup.

The Hard Top, the Defender's commercial-oriented variant built for professional use, comes in 90 and 110 forms and sits inside the same personalisation update. Land Rover advises buyers to confirm availability with a dealer, since trim-level access varies by body style and specification, and timing for Aira Green and Jenolan Gold can differ by market even though both now sit in the regular Atlas programme.

Land Rover has not announced separate pricing for the Atlas colours, so it is not yet clear whether any of the six carries a premium over standard paint.

An expanding palette, not a one-off

The six join a palette Land Rover has been building out all year: Namib Orange arrived earlier in 2026 alongside Tasman Blue, Woolstone Green and Carpathian Grey. Atlas is an expansion of an already growing lineup rather than a single release.

Nothing under the sheet metal changes. The electric-hybrid Defender 110 keeps its own powertrain lineup entirely separate, and Land Rover treats Atlas as an exterior update.

Defender traces its lineage to the original Land Rover of 1948, and the SUV is still designed and engineered in the UK for sale across 121 countries. For buyers, the practical effect is more choice at the top of the range and a narrower set of colours on entry trims and special editions, which is where the restrictions bite hardest.