The Lamborghini Huracán was named after a brave fighting bull from 1879
Lamborghini usually names its cars after Spanish fighting bulls, and the Huracán, Spanish for hurricane, honours one that fought in 1879 and became known for courage. Its model code tells a story too: LP 610-4 means a lengthwise mid-rear engine, 610 metric horsepower and four driven wheels.
Built from 2014 to 2024, the Huracán replaced the Gallardo and was itself followed by the Temerario. It kept the Gallardo's 5.2-litre naturally aspirated V10, but combined direct and multi-point fuel injection, the first time a V10 had used both. As with every Lamborghini, the firing order is stamped on a metal plate on top of the engine. One figure stayed secret for years: its drag coefficient of 0.39 was not disclosed until 2021.
Much of the engineering was shared within the Volkswagen family, which owns Lamborghini, and the car has many components in common with the second-generation Audi R8. It was the first Lamborghini to adopt Audi's 12.3 inch digital instrument screen, moving the infotainment display into the driver's view. A dial called ANIMA switches between street, sport and race modes, changing how the engine, gearbox, all-wheel drive, steering and magnetically controlled dampers behave. Buyers wanting a manual gearbox were out of luck; only a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic was offered.
The range grew in several directions. A cheaper rear-wheel-drive LP 580-2 arrived in 2016 at about 40,000 dollars below the standard car. The track-focused Performante followed in 2017, with forged carbon parts, 640 metric horsepower and an active aerodynamics system called ALA, which Lamborghini said delivered 750 per cent more downforce than the standard Huracán while being 80 per cent lighter than conventional hydraulic setups. It could reach 100 kilometres per hour in 2.9 seconds.
A 2019 update, the Huracán Evo, borrowed the Performante's engine and added rear-wheel steering and torque vectoring. Its control system tried to anticipate what the driver needed, reading sensors for acceleration, roll, pitch and yaw to choose the best driving mode before being asked.
Source: Lamborghini Huracán
