In the 10 years it was on the market, Lamborghini sold 14,022 examples of the Gallardo. By supercar standards, that’s a lot. Especially considering the Gallardo went on to become the best-selling Lamborghini. Ever.
When the final Gallardo rolled off the production line in Sant’Agata Bolognese last month — destined for a private collector, of course — it left a large pair of shoes to fill. Not that the Gallardo’s successor, the Lamborghini Huracán, would have a problem doing so.
The Lamborghini Huracan
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Following yesterday’s leak, Lamborghini officially announced the car today. The Huracán, earning its name from a lineage of famous Spanish fighting bulls, is powered by a reworked version of the Gallardo’s 5.2-litre V10 engine. While it previously made 570 horsepower, it has been retuned for the Huracán, producing 610 horsepower and 414 lb.-ft. of torque. The sole transmission option is a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic known as Lamborghini Doppia Frizione. Much easier to prounce than Porsche’s Doppelkupplungsgtriebe, it feeds power to all four wheels. According to Lamborghini, this means the Huracán sprints from a standstill to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds.
The Lamborghini Huracan.
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As far as the rest of the Huracán’s underpinnings, carbon-ceramic brakes are standard while magnetic shocks and a variable steering system are optional. Because fuel economy is also top-of-mind when you’re in a Lamborghini, a start-stop system is also standard. The Lamborghini Huracán will make its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
