Lamborghini Huracán Evo

- Stuart Gallagher

NEW MID-ENGINED SUPERCARS are still big news, anticipated as greatly by potential new owners as they are by poster printers and those with social media accounts that trade on, well, trading supercars.

Despite the perception that performance has never been so accessible – we live in the world of the 400bhp hot hatch and 600-plus bhp supersaloon after all – to so many the lure of a new mid-engined supercar remains as strong today as it did when Lamborghini proved its Miura was as devilishly rapid to drive as it was delightful to look at. In the world of supercars some things never change, or rather some manufacturers don’t deviate from an unbreakable formula.

Some may put forward the argument that the design of Lamborghini’s mid-engined cars of the 21st century has taken a back seat since those halcyon days of Marcello Gandini’s original, with function overtaking form. Although the argument weakens when presented with a new slice of Sant’Agata’s finest, when it’s near impossible not to be sucker-punched by today’s design approach, no matter if the elegance has been replaced with a modern brutalism. Lambos still turn heads like few others.

From Gallardo to Huracán and now on to Huracán Evo, the entry point to mid-engined Lamborghini ownership has never been so aggressive or as sharp. Aerodynamics is the significant factor in how the Evo looks, with downforce the primary goal and drag the enemy.