![]() ![]() Select “Strada” mode and the exhaust calms, the suspension softens, and the shifts on the 7-speed dual-clutch automatic turn Teflon-smooth. Yet, for me, the beauty of this beast is that it can all be dialed back for moments of less frenetic driving. Everything feels alive, animate, alert, and dialed up to 11. The way the car squirms under hard acceleration, the way the back-end can be nudged out of line on a tight corner. In today’s hyper-car world, zero-to-60 in 3.3 seconds is nothing special – there are kid-toting Teslas that can get there in 2.4 seconds, as will the all-wheel-drive Huracán EVO.īut the fury of the RWD’s acceleration, the brutal 8,700rpm upshifts and that truly spine-tingling, hairs-on-the-back-of-your neck-raising soundtrack makes it feel like the Starship Enterprise going to warp speed. Flick up a big red flap to hit the start button, pull back on an oversized lever to engage reverse, shift gears with paddle shifters the size of elephant ears Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick would just feel right at home.ĭrive it like you stole it and this newest Huracán is a pure, brutal, passionate assault on the senses. And the theater that goes into operating this orange projectile is just so Italian. Inside, you sit in hip-hugging, carbon-fiber-shelled seats, gripping a wheel that looks straight out of a race car. And with the top dropped, it’s all the better for inhaling that insane, manic, Guns N’ Roses V10 soundtrack. Top down, the Hurácan makes a terrific convertible, with hardly any wind buffeting, even at close to triple-digit velocities. A raft of must-have options will easily take the sticker north of $250,000.īut toggle a switch and that tight-fitting canvas roof powers back, disappearing beneath a hard cover in a mere 17 seconds, and at speeds up to 31mph. Lighter, more nimble, more tail-happy, it instantly became the most fun-driving, old-school Lambo you could buy.Īnd talking of lira, the base price of our Florida orange Spyder convertible came in at $229,428, or around $15,000 less than the $214,366 Coupe version. Last year however, the wraps came off the Hurácan EVO RWD, with that honking mid-mounted 5.2-liter V10 spinning just the rear rims. They argued that somehow it de-sensitized the car, taking away some of the raw, driver-focused, laser-precise responses. But the key here is that it always stuck with all-wheel drive to help wrangle all that power – and keep drivers out of the hedgerows.įor purists, having all-wheel drive has been a bone of contention. Over the years it has evolved, first into the Huracán Performante, then the EVO. Introduced way back in 2014, the Huracán replaced the much-loved Gallardo as the first rung on the ladder of Lamborghini ownership. Time, perhaps, for a few Cliffs Notes on the raging bull from Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy. I’ve driven plenty of super-fast cars before this one scared the snot out of me. There really aren’t enough superlatives in Webster’s to adequately describe the way this hurricane-force Huracán can slingshot itself off the line, dragster-style.Īnd nothing prepares you for the mayhem as this Angry Bird rocketship spins its rear wheels like a Fourth of July pinwheel and lunge at the horizon in a smokey haze of flambe’d rubber. The endorphins this 610-horsepower, V10-engined bundle of joy can deliver are up there with hearing Pavarotti hitting the high notes on Nessun Dorma, quaffing a 1961 Château Latour, or being handed a basketful of kittens to cuddle. Let me introduce you to the newest offering from Automobili Lamborghini, the tangerine dream machine that’s this Huracán EVO RWD Spyder. Of course you knew that.īut there’s another source of endorphin production that’s far more effective than any Godiva or Pinot Noir. Eating chocolate and drinking wine are great endorphin releasers.
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