Lamborghini has built a collection of open-top vehicles that defy conventional automotive categorization. The brand’s V12 Few Off Roadsters sit in a category entirely their own, representing some of the most exclusive production cars ever made. These aren’t just convertibles; they are rolling milestones, each pairing an open-top body with a naturally aspirated V12 engine in numbers so low they border on the absurd.
The lineup consists of four distinct models: the Reventón Roadster, the Veneno Roadster, the Centenario Roadster, and the Sián Roadster. Together, they trace the evolution of Lamborghini’s approach to exclusivity and engineering.
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Four Models, Four Milestones
The Reventón Roadster launched in 2009 to mark a new era for the brand. It arrived with a fighter-jet inspired design language, featuring angular bodywork and carbon fibre reinforced polymer panels. The car was built on a hybrid chassis combining steel and CFRP reinforcements. Under the hood sat a 6.5-litre naturally aspirated V12 producing 650 horsepower, capable of reaching 100 km/h from rest in 3.4 seconds and topping out above 340 km/h. Perhaps its most underrated achievement was that the Reventón Roadster was the first Lamborghini to use a fully digital instrument cluster with three LCD displays, a detail that felt genuinely futuristic at the time. Only 15 units were produced, alongside 20 coupés.
Five years later, Lamborghini raised the stakes considerably with the Veneno Roadster. Limited to just nine units, it was one of the rarest road-legal cars ever sold. The car was a rolling aerodynamics exercise inspired by racing prototypes, featuring large wings and extensive carbon fibre that gave it a presence more race car than road car. The same 6.5-litre V12 returned, now producing 750 horsepower. The results were immediate: 0 to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 355 km/h. Lamborghini also introduced Carbon Skin® on this car, a patented material used for interior surfaces such as the dashboard and seat upholstery. Driving one with the sky open above you and 750 horsepower screaming behind your head remains one of the more extreme experiences any modern car can offer.
The Centenario Roadster arrived in 2016 as a tribute to the founder, Ferruccio Lamborghini, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. Twenty units were produced, each balancing aggressive design with genuine technical ambition. The naturally aspirated V12 grew to 770 horsepower, matching the Veneno’s 0 to 100 km/h sprint time of 2.8 seconds while pushing the top speed to over 350 km/h.
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Beyond its raw performance, the Centenario Roadster introduced two noteworthy features. The first was a central infotainment touchscreen, a then-new direction for Lamborghini’s interior design. The second was rear-wheel steering, a system that sharpens low-speed maneuverability and improves stability at high speed by adjusting the rear wheel angle relative to vehicle speed. Both technologies would later appear in future Lamborghini production models, which is how you know they worked.
The Sián Roadster, revealed in 2020 and limited to just 19 units, marks the end of one era and the beginning of another simultaneously. It was the first Few Off roadster to combine the V12 with hybrid technology, but it did so in a way that stayed true to the character of everything that came before it. The 6.5-liter V12 was paired with a 48-volt electric motor integrated directly into the gearbox, delivering a combined output of 819 horsepower. The electric component doesn’t change the fundamental experience; Lamborghini was clear that the goal was performance enhancement, not electric range or efficiency. What it gives you is instant torque fill, faster responses and a combined output that no naturally aspirated Lamborghini had reached before. With 819 horsepower in an open-top car and no roof between you and the sound of that engine, the Sián Roadster represents about as intense a driving experience as exists in modern automotive production.
Looking at all four models together, a few things stand out. The production numbers are almost absurdly small: 15 units, 9 units, 20 units, 19 units. Each one introduced technology that either pushed the brand forward or previewed what was coming in mainstream production. And every single one is powered by a large-displacement naturally aspirated V12, a configuration that the wider automotive industry has been abandoning for years.
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Lamborghini has spent the better part of fifteen years being one of the last serious defenders of naturally aspirated V12 performance, and the Few Off Roadsters are where that commitment gets expressed at its most extreme. The Sián added electrification but kept the V12 at the centre of the experience, which says everything about Lamborghini’s priorities. No turbos, no downsizing, no apologies.
If you want to understand what Lamborghini thinks a supercar should feel like, stripped to its essential elements with the roof gone and a V12 making noise a few centimetres behind your head, the Few Off Roadsters are the clearest answer the brand has ever given.
