Marc UrbanoCar and Driver
Lap Time: 2:45.0
Class: LL5 | Base: $274,769 | As Tested: $334,969
Power and Weight: 631 hp • 3606 lb • 5.7 lb/hp
Tires: Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R, F: 245/30ZR-20 (90Y) L R: 305/30ZR-20 (103Y) L
The Huracán Evo is an ultrasonic orange slice bearing down on VIR’s Turn 1 at more than 160 mph. The scream of its 631-hp V-10 reminds us of a bygone era of race cars in tobacco livery. Its steering also recalls the past, communicating the differences between VIR’s 1999 tarmac, the 2013 repave, and the bits repaired in 2016.
Around the Grand Course, the Evo is a second slower than the Huracán Performante we lapped two years ago. That gap is made more noticeable by the different flavors of the two cars. Without the Performante’s aero package, the Evo lacks the downforce to glue it to the ground at takeoff velocities. At the top of the Climbing Esses, where the new Huracán is going over 125 mph, understeer threatens to send us into the grass. The lack of grip keeps us from having the confidence to carry more speed through the off-camber left (Turn 10) and into Oak Tree. Navigating Turns 9 to 12, the Evo loses more than a second to the Performante.
Marc UrbanoCar and Driver
In slower corners, it turns in without hesitation and sticks. Cars that excel at low-speed direction changes, such as this one, can benefit from a double-apex approach through the tight hairpin at the end of the back straight, instead of the more common single-apex line. Using the double-apex method, the Evo gains four-tenths on the Performante.
We never warmed up to the Evo’s hard-to-modulate brake pedal, but that shortcoming seems so minor when the V-10 is making your spine tingle at 8500 rpm. Lamborghini knows how to make things that hit people right in the feels, from its supercars to its Urus SUV. Probably even its tractors, too. Like every Lamborghini, the Huracán Evo gets you right where it counts.
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