$4.5 million Lamborghini Veneno Roadster Unveiled [Photos]

The Lamborghini Veneno Roadster has been unveiled - it's an open-top version of the supercar that Lamborghini revealed at the 2013 Geneva motor show and just nine will be built.

The eccentric supercar company is set to build just nine convertible versions of its already exclusive Veneno hypercar, which was officially unveiled at this year's Geneva motor show.

The Veneno Roadster looks like Batman's weekend runaround and, as only nine examples will ever be built, for most of us, the official Lamborghini photographs are the closest we'll ever get to seeing it in the flesh.

Thanks to prodigious use of carbon fiber, Lamborghini has managed to remove the roof without denting performance too much -- it won't flex like a skateboard or wobble like a jelly, and, thanks to permanent four-wheel drive, even the Michael Schumachers of this world will struggle to run out of grip, no matter how hard it is pushed into a corner.

Lamborghini says that all nine models will be built in 2014, and that the color "Rosso Veneno" was specially developed for the car and won't be carried over to other models in the range. And the price -- just $4.5 million, before tax.