{"id":396209,"date":"2026-08-03T05:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396209\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T05:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:44:31","slug":"texas-longhorns-player-michael-taaffe-forced-to-give-back-lamborghini-revuelto-when-he-wanted-to-keep-it-for-at-least-another-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396209\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Longhorns player Michael Taaffe forced to give back Lamborghini Revuelto when he wanted to keep it for at least another year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Texas<\/p>\n

Texas Longhorns player Michael Taaffe has revealed he\u2019s being forced to hand back his Lamborghini Revuelto after his sponsorship deal expired, despite hoping to keep the hybrid supercar for at least one more year.<\/p>\n

For most college football players, getting behind the wheel of Lamborghini\u2019s flagship V12 hybrid would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.<\/p>\n

But for Taaffe, the Texas Longhorns defensive back had become accustomed to driving the Revuelto as part of a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) partnership with Lamborghini Austin.<\/p>\n

Now, however, the deal has come to an end, and the football star has made it clear he\u2019d love just one more season with the Italian supercar.<\/p>\n

Why Michael Taaffe wanted to keep the Lamborghini Revuelto for one more year<\/p>\n

Texas Longhorns player Michael Taaffe received a Lamborghini Revuelto through a celebrity<\/a> promotional partnership with Lamborghini Austin, which has worked with several Texas Longhorns stars through NIL deals in recent years.<\/p>\n

The dealership has become well known for teaming up with high-profile Longhorns players, allowing them to drive exotic cars while helping to promote the brand and even showcase the vehicles during recruiting weekends.<\/p>\n

Taaffe had hoped to keep the special Revuelto supercar<\/a> for another year as he prepared for the next stage of his football career.<\/p>\n

\"Texas<\/a>Lamborghini<\/p>\n

Speaking on the 3rd & Longhorn show, he made a direct plea to Lamborghini Austin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guy at Lamborghini Austin, Mr. Bruce Knox, if you\u2019re tuning in \u2013 one more year,\u201d he pleaded. <\/p>\n

According to Taaffe, he originally believed he\u2019d be moving to the NFL<\/a> after the previous season, meaning the timing of the sponsorship would have lined up perfectly.<\/p>\n

Instead, his plans changed, while the Lamborghini agreement didn\u2019t, and the sponsorship expired, leaving him with no option but to return the car.<\/p>\n

\"Texas<\/a>Taaffe pictured with a Lamborghini Urus \/ lamboaustintx<\/p>\n

Why the Revuelto is so special <\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to understand why Taaffe wasn\u2019t eager to hand over the keys.<\/p>\n

The Revuelto is Lamborghini\u2019s flagship hybrid supercar and the first series-production V12 plug-in hybrid<\/a> from the Italian manufacturer.<\/p>\n

Power comes from a naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12 working alongside three electric motors to produce a combined 1,001 horsepower.<\/p>\n

That allows the all-wheel-drive supercar to sprint from 0-60mph in around 2.5 seconds while delivering the dramatic soundtrack only a Lamborghini V12 can provide.<\/p>\n

While Taaffe may not get his wish of keeping the Revuelto for another season, he can at least say he spent a year driving one of the world\u2019s most desirable supercars.<\/p>\n

And if his football career continues on its current trajectory, another Lamborghini could well be waiting for him once he reaches the NFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Longhorns player Michael Taaffe has revealed he\u2019s being forced to hand back his Lamborghini Revuelto after his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-396209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}