Maisto And Bburago Lamborghini Huracán Performante

The sensation of strapping into a multimillion-dollar fighter jet, hearing the engines spin up to speed, and then being slammed back into the seat by dramatic G-forces as your vision narrows and you are catapulted into the air off a carrier deck is one that very few of us get to experience.

- Justin Sharp

While the Lamborghini Huracán Performante is by no means common (just a few hundred will likely be built) and not exactly inexpensive (around $300k), it is perhaps the one of the closest things a civilian can climb into that can approximate the rush of a fighter jet launch. The Performante is the most powerful version of the Huracán, squeezing 631hp from its direct-injected 5.2L V-10 and transmitting it to the “runway” via a dual-clutch 7-speed transmission driving all four wheels. With a curb weight of just 3429 pounds, the math comes to about 5.4hp per pound of car. That plus the sophisticated launch-control system and super-grippy Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires yields a 0-60 time of 2.3 seconds—not quite the raw thrust of a carrier launch, but as about quick as you