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A round of applause for Lamborghini, please.
Just as the currrent crop of supercars was all looking a bit sensible, Lamborghini has gone and pulled the front driveshafts out of its Huracan, creating the LP 580-2.
To get the bad news out of the way first, the LP 580-2’s carryover 5.2-litre V10 doesn’t quite have as much power as in its all-wheel drive sibling, 426kW/540Nm being 23kW/20Nm down.
The seven-speed ‘Doppia Frizione’ (dual-clutch) gearbox is also shared and combined with launch control allows this new Huracan to hit 100km/h in 3.4sec, 0.2sec slower than the LP 610-4, largely, we expect, thanks to the lack of traction.
Sending drive exclusively to the rear promises to have a major effect on the Huracan’s handling; the regular car has quite incredible levels of grip and traction, but we suspect the rear-driver will be a bit more of a handful.
Somehow, we don’t think the engineers had to try very hard to make a 426kW rear-wheel drive mid-engined supercar constantly oversteer, but there you go.
Best of all, however, is the price. Ok, so you’re still going to be looking at a massive amount of money, but based on the recommended European pricing the new LP 580-2 could be the cheapest Lamborghini to land in Australia in decades.
Regardless of price, however, in prioritising fun over pure speed the new Huracan is a car to be celebrated. The last rear-drive Lambo we drove – the Balboni Edition of 2010 – was wonderfully terrifying, just like a supercar should be.
We’ll bring you a first drive as soon as we can.
