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Today Lamborghini announced the replacement for the Gallardo, the Lamborghini Huracan.
I'm going to tell you everything I know about this new car, but first let's talk briefly
about the car which it replaces. The Gallardo was first released in 2003 intended to me
a more reasonable car as opposed to it's very angry and highly impractical big brother and
my favorite exotic car, the Murcielago. The Murcielago was a wild ride. A dance with the
devil. A 4 wheel roller coaster. It's too wide and loud and the seats are too low and
it's price is too high for many, and I love it!! Fortunately for the over 14,000 Gallardo
buyers since 2003 who either could not afford a Murcielago OR don't WANT to afford such
an impractical car that has a very particular audience...under the new Audi/Lamborghini
partnership the Gallardo was created. Since then....14,022 cars were built, making the
Gallardo (the Lamborghini without Lamborghini doors), the most successful Lamborghini EVER!
In short, the Gallardo was at the time, in my opinion the better Lamborghini. It was
easier to get into, more comfortable, better visibility, easy to drive fast and just made
way more sense than the Murciealgo. Unfortunately, at the exotic car price points, I'm NOT looking
for sensibility....I'm looking for madness and that makes the Murcielago my top pick
even though I feel it is inferior to the Gallardo because it's such a brute. A beautiful brute,
but still...a brute, none the less. Recently the V12 Murcielago was put to rest
and replaced by the new younger, smarter more athletic....Lamborghini Aventador. Well...it's
been 10 years now and the final Gallardo was produced just recently, so naturally we know
what is next. Ladies and gentlemen. I present to you, the NEW Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4
Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 It's got a new 610 hp 5.2L V10 and will take
you to 60 MPH in under 3.2 seconds, and from 0-124MPH in 9.9 seconds and will top out at
over 202 MPH!
Lamborghini says the "Huracán combines absolute performance with easy-todrive
road behavior and both a luxurious and sport-oriented finish"
A little history on the name Huracan. It's yet another fighting bull of the Spanish Conte
de la Patilla breed, which was known for it's outstanding courage and strong sense of attack.
Quite fitting I think for the name for the latest ferocious bull, from Lamborghini!
The car features a 12.3 inch full-color TFT instrument panel which shows things like the
rev counter, navigation maps and entertainment functions, and it's driver configurable.
It has a dry weight of 3135 pounds and has a power to weight ratio of 5LB/HP. The new
5.2 liter V10 engine has 610 HP at 8,250 rpm and max torque of 413 ft lbs at 6.500 rpm.
It has a new ''IniezioneDiretta Stratificata'' (IDS), which features direct and indirect
gasoline injections with more power and torque with lower fuel consumption and emissions
compared with the Gallardo V10 engine.
The car also features Stop & Start technology which is used by highly efficient cars to
stop the engine while you wait at a red light for example. I'm sure however, that this is
deactivated in corsa. Well I'd hope so anyway. It has a 7-speed dual clutch transmission,
the ''Lamborghini Doppia Frizione'' (LDF) and a fully electronically controlled four-wheel
drive system. The different driving modes can be selected via a driving dynamics selector
switch in the steering wheel which is something you will find in many Ferrari cars of the
last decade. The modes are still STRADA, SPORT and CORSA. They affect shifting, engine behavior,
sound and the four-wheel-drive system and electronic stability control. Carbon-ceramic
brakes are a standard so make sure you have the pockets to maintain that very powerful
but expensive braking system found also on other cars of this caliber. Deliveries begin
in spring of 2014.
Well, I'm very impressed with the car so far. I think it looks great and I look forward
to seeing the first model in person and sharing that experience with you. I may fly out to
Geneva to see it or I'll do one of the private events in America. Either way, Stay tuned
and subscribe for more information!