New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- The tunnel swallows us whole. One moment, the autumn sunshine in northern Italy is glinting off the Temerario's sculpted bonnet; the next, we're plunged into artificial twilight. I stamp down on the throttle like I'm cueing the climax of a Tarantino chase sequence. The world outside the windscreen dissolves into an impressionist's fever dream. The tunnel's walls blur into streaks of amber and white.

I'm driving the Lamborghini Temerario, a car that hijacks the senses and takes them for a joyride. The Temerario represents a watershed moment. As the second model in Lamborghini's HPEV (high performance electrified vehicle) range-alongside the V12 Revuelto-it marks the end of the sonorous V10 that served as the brand's m...