View out is compromised but you won’t care once you hear and feel the force of that V10
Eye-opening acceleration is available, especially from 6500rpm, but there’s rewarding agility, too
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FIRST DRIVES
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This could well be one of the last
naturally aspirated V10s we’ll see
a
get anywhere near the Huracán’s
l i m it s on t he publ ic r oa d.
Often, such immense levels of
competency can be frustrating but
the Huracán’s ability to attack the
same corner over and over again at
e v e r i nc r e a si n g r at e s of pa c e ne v e r
ceases to impress. The immediate,
predictably linear response from
the engine eggs you on into making
mid-corner throttle adjustments to
marginally upset the car’s impeccable
balance and tease out moments of
dynamic attitude just for the fun
of it. Corsa mode sharpens things
further and makes the Huracán even
mor e r e a c t i v e , but at t h i s p oi nt , t he
damping becomes a shade too firm
for comfortable use on the road. Still,
it’s a thrilling machine.
It has a thrilling engine, too, and
the need to hit 6500rpm to access
p e a k t orque i s m a s si v e l y r e f r e sh i n g
in an increasingly turbocharged
world. Progress above this point is
utterly savage and the accompanying
s ou ndt r a c k h a s a n a l mo s t e nd-
of-days theatricality to it. It’s
magnificent. And because the
dual-clutch ’box is quick-witted
e nou g h t o k e e p t he c r a n k s pi n n i n g
at s uc h s p e e d s w he n op e r at e d
manually, you’ll find you stay there
mo s t of t he t i me. To he l l w it h f ue l
economy or the fact that you might
end up with mild hearing damage:
this could well be one of the last
naturally aspirated V10s we’ll ever
see, so rev it out to the redline and
savour it while it lasts.
So has Lamborghini now got a
genuine rival for the 720S? In many
ways, yes. The Huracán Evo is a
thrilling, captivating, impressively
agile and responsive supercar that’s
in every way capable of increasing
your heart rate and getting your
adrenalin pumping.
At the same time, though, the
McLaren is the more complete
package. It’s easier to drive and see
out of, more refined and genuinely
communicative, too. The amount
of steering and brake pedal feel youget from the Lamborghini pales in
comparison with the McLaren’s.
But the 720S lacks the character
of the Lamborghini. The Huracán
Evo is a proper supercar, with a
properly endearing feral streak and
a n e n g i ne t o d ie for. T he Mc L a r e n
might be the one you’d want to live
with, and it might even be the more
capable of the two on track, but I
think it’d be the Lamborghini you’d
go to bed and dream about.
SIMON DAVIS
@simondavisnz
Price £206,552
Engine V10, 5204cc, petrol
Power 631bhp at 8000rpm
Torque 443lb ft at 6500rpm
Gearbox 7-spd dual-clutch
automatic
Dry weight 1422kg
0-62mph 2.9sec
Top speed 202mph-plus
Economy 20.6mpg
CO 2 , tax band 332g/km, 37%
RIVALS Ferrari 488, McLaren 720S
LAMBORGHINI HURACAN EVO
New brain helps correct the dynamic
wrongs of its predecessor. UpratedV10 is now even more ferocious
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NEW BRAIN ALLOWS
JOINED-UP THINKING
The Lamborghini Dinamica Veicolo
Integrata (LDVI) is an information-
processing powerhouse.
One of the key systems it
oversees is the Lamborghini
Piattaforma Inerziale, a collection
of accelerators and gyroscopic
sensors housed at the car’s centre
of g rav i t y. T h ey ke e p t a b s o n su ch
things as roll, pitch and yaw rate
and relay this information in real
time to the magnetorheologicalsuspension, which then instantly
adjusts the damping rate to best
suit the road topography.
LDVI also oversees traction
control, all-wheel drive, torque
vectoring, steering angle, rear-
wheel steering and throttle inputs.
Almost everything is monitored,
processed and reacted to in real
time. Not only does LDVI help the
car react, but it also anticipates
what might be coming next and
preps its systems accordingly.