lamborghini huracan Avio

Taking its name from the Spanish for hurricane, the Lamborghini Huracan Avio is a whirlwind of a supercar. Replacing the 11-year-old Lamborghini Gallardo, the Huracan had much to live up to, and it does, with the gusto you would expect from the Italian manufacturer. The powerful V10 pushes the Huracan to an impressive 610 bhp at 8250 rpm taking you from standstill to 62 mph in a breath-taking 3.2 seconds and onto a top speed in excess of 200 mph.

Sharing its chassis with the Audi R8, Huracan combines RTN carbon fibre and aluminium, which its maker says gives it strength and flexibility. Its dual-clutch, 7-speed auto gearbox is also borrowed from the RX. Double wishbones at each corner with electronic dampers and anti-roll bars at each end is similar to the Gallardo and the steering wheel alters the responses to the dampers, engine mapping, steering, gearbox, four-wheel drive and traction control. Response is exceptional and it has captured the free spirit of Lamborghini whilst delivering a refined ride. Lamborghini describes its incarnation as coming straight out of the future, but there's enough of the past to please its fanatics.