Lamborghini Veneno Roadster, Metallic Red

Built to mark Lamborghini's fiftieth anniversary, the Veneno Roadster was never meant to be reasonable. Only nine were made, each one a rolling exercise in aerodynamics over comfort, its V12 and razor-edged bodywork shaped less like a car than a fighter jet that lost its canopy. The roofless cockpit isn't a luxury here; it's the whole point, stripping weight and theatre down to the same essential gesture. The arrow-shaped nose, the floating side blades and the brutal rear diffuser you see were drawn for downforce first and beauty second, which is exactly why it became one of the most coveted Lamborghinis ever sold.

H&H captures the car in a deep metallic red that shifts from crimson to near-orange as the light moves across the carbon-edged flanks, with the red-rimmed wheels and pinstriped diffuser picked out by hand. Presented on a leather-trimmed base, it holds the menace of the original at 1:18.