Audi wants $700,000 for a 987-horsepower supercar built around the Lamborghini Temerario's twin-turbo V8, wrapped in a body that, to our eyes, looks a lot like a Cybertruck. Only 182 of the 499 cars are coming to the US, starting in the first half of 2028.
Audi is back in the supercar game, and it brought a Lamborghini engine and a very big invoice. On Nov 11, 2026, Audi of America confirmed that the Nuvolari starts at $700,000 in the US before destination, and that only 182 of the 499 cars it will build are coming here. That is the price of the most powerful Audi ever made: an estimated 987 horsepower, 0 to 60 mph in an estimated 2.5 seconds, and more than 217 mph flat out.
Here's the thing, though. Under that carbon fiber skin sits the same 789-horsepower twin-turbo V8 you get in a Lamborghini Temerario, as Car and Driver points out. So the Nuvolari is, more or less, a Temerario in Audi clothing. And that clothing? We'll get to the Cybertruck part.
Put the two side by side and the family resemblance under the skin is hard to miss. The headline difference is that Audi squeezes a lot more out of the electric side.
How much more than the engine do they share? Sources don't fully agree. The Supercar Blog says the Nuvolari borrows both the chassis and the powertrain from the Temerario, while Audi's own release calls its space frame "all-new" and doesn't mention Lamborghini at all. What everyone agrees on is the twin-turbo V8 hybrid at its core.
Here's where it gets spicy. Our Lamborghini Temerario price guide shows 53 Temerarios for sale in the US and Canada as of Nov 12, 2026, with a median asking price of $447,995. Asking prices run from $374,724 to $605,144, and the median is up 2.5% over the past 30 days. Those are asking prices, not sale prices. On the sold side, Temerarios brought $440,000 on Bring a Trailer in August and $401,000 on Sep 28, 2026.
So the most expensive Temerario on the market today, a loaded dealer car at $605,144, still costs close to $95,000 less than a base Nuvolari. The cheapest one listed is asking less than Car and Driver's base price for a new one. And you can drive a Temerario home this week, instead of waiting until 2028.
If you're spending $700,000, you'd better make it yours, and Audi gives you plenty of room to do that. The US order guide lists more than 50 gloss paints and more than 10 matte shades, full Audi Exclusive custom paint and trim, 13 brake caliper colors and the option to leave the carbon fiber body completely exposed. Every car shown so far has been matte gray, so the first customer cars in loud colors can't come soon enough.
Audi first showed the Nuvolari in Antibes, France, on June 4, 2026, as a near-production prototype rated at 1,001 PS, the metric number behind 987 horsepower, according to Audi's launch release. The name honors Tazio Nuvolari, one of the greatest racing drivers ever. It made its US debut at Monterey Car Week in August. That June release targeted first deliveries in the first half of 2027, so US buyers look to be about a year behind the rest of the world. Some early coverage quoted 907 horsepower, which is the Temerario's number; Audi's own US figure is 987, and that's what we use.
Let's just say it: the Nuvolari looks a lot like a Cybertruck. The flat slabs, the hard creases, the black glass band, the brutalist matte gray. To our eyes, it's Tesla's pickup squashed into a mid-engine supercar. That's not necessarily a knock. It's polarizing, and polarizing is exactly what a halo car is supposed to be. Nobody is going to mistake this for a Temerario at a cars and coffee.
The harder pill to swallow is the price. A base Temerario stickers at $387,649, and our price guide shows plenty for sale under $450,000. Audi wants $700,000 for a car built around the same V8. What you're really paying for is 80 more horsepower (987 combined against the Temerario's 907 combined), rarity (499 cars, 182 here) and that love-it-or-hate-it design. For the R8 crowd who grew up with Audi's last supercar, that might be worth every penny. For everyone else, the Lamborghini is the smarter play on paper.
Still to come: the destination charge, final horsepower, the first independent tests and how fast the 182 US slots sell out. If they go quickly, don't be shocked to see build slots flipped for a premium long before the first car lands in 2028.