Gallardo successor HURACAN information and release

That looks very good, I still have a soft spot for white!

So, you're OK with the view out the back window through the standard rear bonnet?

 

 

I almost never used the rearview mirror, it was always a PITA so I gave up

The innovative #Lamborghini Dynamic Steering (LDS) is changing the steering ratio, going from very direct (race-like feeling) to more indirect for a comfortable and stable driving.

 

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/lamborghini/h...chnical-details

 

We also know the price is expected to be around £188,000 – roughly £30,000 more than the Gallardo LP560-4, £10,000 more than the Ferrari 458 and £7,000 less than the McLaren 650S Coupe. But what are the innovations behind these numbers? We’ve broken the Huracan’s most significant technologies down into easily digestible sections, below.

 

Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4: chassis

 

At the heart of the Huracan is a hybrid chassis that will be shared with the new Audi R8, due next year. Developed by fusing Audi’s expertise in aluminium and Lamborghini’s knowledge of carbon fibre, it uses a rear bulkhead and transmission tunnel made from resin transfer mould (RTM) carbon-fibre, while the rest is an aluminium space frame. The two materials are connected with glue and rivets and the result is a body that weighs 10 per cent less than the Gallardo, but is 50 per cent stiffer.

Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4: electronic systems

 

The ANIMA button (translates as ‘soul’ in Italian) on the bottom of the steering wheel can select one of three driving modes, much like Ferrari’s Manettino dial. Each tailors the engine mapping, exhaust sound, gearbox, dynamic steering, four-wheel drive system and adaptive magneto-rheological dampers. An innovative new system called LPI, or inertial platform, uses several accelerometers and gyroscopes placed at the car’s centre of gravity to update and prime the steering, gearbox, four-wheel drive system and ESC for optimum reactions at all times.

Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4: interior

 

The focal point for the interior is the steering wheel, where you’ll find an indicator switch, washer and wiper controls, a button for the high-beam headlights and a switch to toggle you through the three driving modes – Strada, Sport and Corsa. Behind the wheel is a pair of much larger paddles, and behind those is a 12.3-inch digital display. This can be customised with a choice of three-layouts – a large rev counter in the centre, a rev counter to one wide with infotainment and maps next to it, or infotainment and maps across the entire screen.

Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4: gearbox

 

The Gallardo’s most obvious sign of its advancing age was its jerky automated-manual e-gear system. It’s all change for the Huracan, though, which uses a new seven-speed dual-clutch auto mounted behind the V10 engine and branded Lamborghini Doppia Frizione (LDF). Lamborghini claims it enables “virtually imperceptible gearshifts without any interruption in torque” – to you and I that means smoother progress in auto mode and faster shifts in manual mode. A clever feature allows you to hold the left hand paddle as you’re braking hard for the next corner, and automatically selects the lowest gear possible for maximum acceleration out the other side.

 

Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4: four-wheel drive

 

Unlike the Gallardo’s four-wheel drive system, which featured a viscous coupling, the Huracan employs an electronically controlled and hydraulically-actuated multi-plate clutch to distribute torque between the two axles. In normal circumstances it sends 30 per cent to the front and 70 per cent to the rear, but if needs be it can now send up to 50 per cent to the front and up to 100 per cent to the rear. To split power between the two rear tyres, there’s a mechanical locking differential, too. Lamborghini refuse to confirm whether rear-wheel drive derivatives of the Huracan will follow later in its lifecycle, but Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Audi’s development chief confirmed that the new chassis is capable of running in two-wheel drive configuration.

Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4: steering

 

The Huracan’s electromechanical steering is fitted with a variable ratio system called Dynamic Steer. It adjusts the steering ratio according to the speed your travelling at and the driving mode you’ve selected. For example, at low speeds a small turn of the wheel has a large effect on the front wheels, improving low-speed manoeuvrability, whereas at higher speed the ratio is reduced for smoother more progressive reactions.

Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4: engine

 

A development of the Gallardo’s naturally-aspirated 5.2-litre V10, the new engine now produces 602bhp and 560Nm of torque, 75 per cent of which is available from just 1,000rpm, with a redline of 8,250rpm. The addition of stop-start and a new dual fuel injection system means fuel economy and CO2 emissions have been cut by around 11 per cent to 23mpg and 290g/km. Lamborghini CEO Stefan Winkelmann has ruled out a second V8-powered Huracan derivative – like its sister car the Audi R8 – calling this strictly a “one-car, one-engine” line-up.

Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4: brakes and tyres

 

Carbon-ceramic brakes are fitted as standard, with 380mm discs at the front and 356mm discs at the rear. Deploy them fully at 62mph and it takes 31.9m to come to a standstill – 1.1m less than the Gallardo. The tyres are Pirelli P-Zeros, wrapped around 20-inch wheels, and developed especially for the Huracan to strike the best balance between comfort and performance.

 

New Lamborghini Huracan styling

 

The latest official pictures show that the overall silhouette isn’t too much of a departure from the Gallardo it replaces, while the front end takes its inspiration from the Aventador. A ‘flying’ C-pillar and huge intakes in the side sills help engine and brake cooling, but also add drama to the rear quarter. Quad exhausts and slim rear lights emphasise the car's incredibly low and wide stance.

 

The interior appears to pick up the aeronautical theme from the Aventador with a digital instrument cluster and a fighter-jet-inspired starter button, hidden underneath a flip-up cover.

Lamborghini Huracan Spyder

 

A convertible Huracan Spyder will join the range after the coupe has been launched. For the Gallardo, launched in 2003, we were made to wait three years before the Spyder arrived, but this time around expect Lamborghini to speed things up. An on sale date sometime in 2015 is predicted - around 12 months after the coupe.

 

The engine will mirror the coupe, so expect a revised 5.2-litre V10 with around 600bhp and a choice of two and four-wheel drive. Unusually for a drop-top, the Gallardo Spyder weighed no more than the coupe, and the same is expected of the new model.

 

This is the money shot! It looks incredible. I'm liking everything I'm reading about all the electronic tech & sensor system. Now I know what Fotis, RB and others in the know were talking about. The gyro system seems very interesting.

 

Reading about the engine, and with basically every other manufacturer going smaller displacement w/ forced induction, it will be very interesting to see if the V10 lasts the entire Huracan life cycle. I've read articles about the R8 keeping the NA V8 as the 4.0 V8 TT led to too many cooling issues. I would imagine the same would apply to a FI Huracan.

 

Only other thing I can ask for is to make the SL version match (not even beat) the 12C/650S in dry weight and we'll call it perfection.

 

I've been sitting on every bit of info since December, it's killed me but I promised so I couldn't

 

I am glad it's coming out.

 

 

Some shots from assembly line, hope it's not repost.

The noise is still there

dyvatvol15 thank you for the assembly line photos, that's the exact interior I've ordered, great to see it in real photos and not just renderings.

 

0:55 Aventador with a spoiler?

Yep

0:55 Aventador with a spoiler?

 

I noticed the same thing ... looks like an Oakley rear wing.

And Paul91 let me see the Covered Veneno on the Left.

I'm going to hold tight until we see a Superleggera version...I was told 3 or so years.

Peter

This actually looks really nice:

 

Yes it does! But the interior mesh is a joke.

Couple of pictures of the Huracan from Geneva floating around on IG:

 

 

 

Black alloys look great.

Darker wheels look much better.

Yellow, worst color ever.

Was hoping to see Verde Mantis or something a little bolder and 'out there'.

Yellow, worst color ever.

 

 

I think yellow is okay, but that looks like matte yellow, which doesn't look good IMO.

Yellow, worst color ever.

 

I love yellow

 

 

I got a factory tour today and saw two 'Cans in white. They said they were the first 2 customer cars but I'm thinking they are demos. They also said that the customer cars would be in production within the next few days, but the assembly line seemed a bit bare compared to the Aventador line. No pics from the factory tour of course.

I'm going to hold tight until we see a Superleggera version...I was told 3 or so years.

Peter <-- atleast that's what I'm saying now, LOL

 

Thats what I said. Than thought I would go to unveiling just to check it out...

 

Walked out with a deposit given. 3 years is a long time!

 

I messed up on the Aventador. I had the #2 spot but said, " I will wait 12 months for price to drop"...

 

Barely moved all this time, lol.

This is not limited to purchasing a Lambo, screw waiting, if you can do it do it now there is no reason to live with what ifs and regrets, life is way too short for that!