The Dubai Police Lamborghini Temerario. Image: Dubai Police media department press release.
Dubai Police’s press release for its new Lamborghini Temerario patrol car gives the output as 920 horsepower. Lamborghini’s own model page lists 677 kW and 920 CV, which is metric horsepower and works out to roughly 908 in the mechanical kind.
The release, issued by the Dubai Police media department on 14 October, says the Temerario has joined the force’s luxury patrol fleet, introduced in partnership with Lamborghini Abu Dhabi and Dubai. It repeats Lamborghini’s 0-100 km/h figure of 2.7 seconds, which matches the manufacturer’s page.
The powertrain
The release describes a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 paired with three electric motors. Lamborghini lists the displacement as 3,995.2 cc and a top speed of 343 km/h. The release gives neither of those, and it says nothing about battery capacity, electric-only range or weight, none of which is on Lamborghini’s page either.
The 13-horsepower gap is a unit issue, not a different car. Lamborghini quotes 920 CV combined from the engine and motors, and Dubai Police’s translation drops the metric label.
What the release leaves out
It does not say who owns the car. “Introduced in partnership with” could mean a purchase, a loan or a sponsorship, and no price or contract term appears. It also gives no date for when the Temerario starts patrolling, and it names no location. Colonel Mohammad Abdulrahman Abdulwahid, who directs the Tourist Police Department, says only that the luxury patrols operate in “popular tourist destinations and busy areas.”
Brigadier Saeed Al Hajri, director of the General Department of Criminal Investigation, and Martino Picotti, general manager of Lamborghini Abu Dhabi and Dubai, are both quoted. Neither quote contains a number.
Two Temerario police cars in 40 days
It’s the second police Temerario we’ve covered since September. On the 4th, Lamborghini handed one to Italy’s Polizia di Stato for transporting organs and medical supplies, a job we looked at in our piece on the Italian car. Dubai’s version has no stated mission beyond visibility.
It also follows the Mansory-built Ferrari 812 the same department showed at the Arabian Travel Market on September 14. The Dubai Police release does not say how many cars are in the luxury fleet now or where the Temerario ranks in it.
Dubai Police have not said when the car goes on duty. Is a 920 CV Lamborghini on a tourist beat good policing, or just a very expensive billboard?
Sources: Dubai Police media department press release, 14 October 2026; Lamborghini Temerario model page, lamborghini.com.
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