4. Lamborghini Huracán Evo
4. Lamborghini Huracán Evo
Only the makers of the world's rarest and most expensive, hand-built automotive exotics can now really compete with Lamborghini when it comes to creating cars of pure combustive drama, traffic-stopping looks and feral, unfettered soul.
The Huracán may be the firm's entry-level model, but it's no second-order offering when it comes to its sensational styling or its fantastically wild, naturally aspirated V10 - an engine that over-delivers in equal measure on speed, responsiveness and audible character.
The facelifted Evo version gets rear-wheel steering and torque vectoring, and the results raise the Huracán's game closer to that of its McLaren and Ferrari rivals. That you also get the 631bhp powertrain from the old hardcore Huracán Performante seals this junior Lamborghini's reputation as a seriously rewarding, engaging supercar.
There's also a purely rear-driven version of the Evo, too. Its magnificent V10 may produce slightly less power than those of its four-wheel-drive siblings, but by ditching its front driveshafts, it gains a whole load of additional character and dynamic appeal.
You need even more of an adrenaline injection? Well, there's always the fairly hardcore, carbonfibre-bodied Huracán STO that's effectively Lambo's Porsche 911 GT3. Taking its visual cues from the brand's one-make Trofeo race car, complete with an (admittedly vestigal) engine-cover-mounted snorkel air intake, this is a very special machine that engages and entertains like few others. Packing essentially the same 631bhp V10 as the standard car but with less mass to haul around it's a spine-tinglingly, sensationally fast and noisy machine that immerses you from the moment you hit the starter button. The stiffened suspension is borderline unacceptable for the road, but the razor-sharp responses and incredible adjustabililty make up for it.
For those who want the STO's thrills but not its peacocking looks (although there's no such thing as a wallflower Huracán), the recently introduced Huracán Tecnica should be just the ticket. Mechanically the same but with slightly softer, road biased suspension and more or less standard bodywork, it's represents the sweetest of sweet spots when it comes to Sant'Agata's entry-level sports car.
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