The Lamborghini Centro Stile celebrates its twentieth anniversary

Jarrodon October 3, 2025
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October 2025 marks the official 20th anniversary of the Lamborghini Centro Stile. The design centre, inaugurated in the early 2000s and with its first car completed in 2005, was the first in-house department of its kind for a super sports car manufacturer and, in true Lamborghini fashion, set a trend for others to follow. It marked a turning point for the Italian super sports car marque: from this point on, every new masterpiece of design, model variant, extraordinary concept, special edition and few-offs would be directed and delivered by the Lamborghini heads of design and their teams, shaping Lamborghini’s stylistic heritage for the decades to come.

Lamborghini Centro Stile

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Jarrod Partridge is the founder of Motoring Chronicle and an FIA accredited journalist with over 30 years of experience following motorsport and the global automotive industry. A member of the AIPS International Sports Press Association, Jarrod has covered Formula 1 races and automotive events at venues around the world, bringing first-hand insight to every race report, car review, and industry analysis he writes. His work spans the full breadth of motoring — from the latest EV launches and road car reviews to the cutting edge of motorsport competition.

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