As Lamborghini unveiled their updated Huracan, called the Evo, of course a roofless version of it wasn’t far behind. However, there was expected to be some not insignificant delay as Sant’Agata’s hype train picked up speed. But here it is, not even two months after the hardtop was revealed, the Huracan Evo Spyder, due to have its public premiere at the Geneva Motor Show next week.
Unlike most other automakers, the reveal of a convertible/targa version of any model Lamborghini is something a bit more special, with new technical and visual highlights that sometimes build upon the canonical coupe body style. The reveal of the Diablo VT Roadster was an inflection point for the company’s then-flagship, and the same could be said to a debatable degree about the Murcielago and Aventador.
A common thread there was their delay. Lamborghini took their time before unveiling a ‘Spyder’ version of their cars, and the wait made the reveal feel all the more momentous. That said, that doesn’t objectively detract from the Huracan Performante Spyder’s merits.
Like the interior and sans the retractable soft roof and its accompanying motorised mechanisms, there isn’t anything mechanical left to differentiate it between the standard Huracan Evo. Perhaps unfortunately, apart from now raised and opaque the rear deck, very little of the car’s styling has had to change, though the Spyder does carry a 120kg weight penalty which does hamper frivolities such as acceleration, which is down by 0.2 seconds to 3.1s to 100km/h.
Top speed can only be achieved with the roof retracted, to which the Spyder matches the coupe’s 325km/h. Another upside is that deploying the soft top takes a bee 17 seconds and can be done at speeds of up to 50km/h.
Obviously, the centrepiece is still the engine, lifted straight from the Nurburgring lap record-beating Huracan Performante, and in this department there has been no change whatsoever, with its 5.2-litre displacement across 10 cylinders generating an absurd 470kW at 8,000rpm and 600Nm at 6,500rpm without the aid of forced induction while producing a truly breathtaking soundtrack.
As it did before, the Huracan Evo Spyder uses a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission and retains its all-wheel drive layout via a Haldex centre differential electronically controlled to be as rear-biased as possible in normal conditions.
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