The one that replaced a legend
In 2014 Lamborghini had a problem most companies would love: the Gallardo had become its best-selling car ever, and it needed replacing. The answer was the Huracán LP610-4, shown at the Geneva Motor Show that March. Huracán is Spanish for hurricane, which is a lot of name to live up to. The car manages.
What the letters mean
LP stands for longitudinale posteriore, which is Italian for "the engine sits lengthwise behind you, so please stop asking where the trunk is." 610 is the output in metric horsepower (CV), which works out to about 602 hp in American. The 4 means all four wheels are driven. That's the whole naming code, and it's more honest than most car names.
The engine
Behind the seats sits a naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10. No turbos. In a world that has mostly moved to turbocharging, a big atmospheric V10 that revs past 8,000 rpm is getting rarer every year, and that sound is the main reason people walk across parking lots to look at one. Lamborghini quoted 0–62 mph in 3.2 seconds and a top speed of more than 325 km/h (202 mph).
Why it turns heads
Hexagons run all through the design, from the headlights to the vents. A switch on the steering wheel called ANIMA (Italian for soul) picks the driving mode, letting the driver switch between Strada, Sport and Corsa. Strada is for being polite. Corsa is for when you've decided you don't need to be.
The one at Lamborghini Miami
This 2015 car is listed by Lamborghini Miami at $246,697. Darin photographed this generation of Huracán on his trips to the dealership, and the photo above opens the actual listing. For context: that's roughly the price of a nice house in a lot of Illinois towns, except the house doesn't do 202 mph and the car doesn't have a basement that floods.
The honest part
We haven't sourced real upkeep numbers yet, so the upkeep bar on the card is marked pending. We'd rather leave it blank than guess. What we can say is that early Huracáns are now the most attainable way into a modern V10 Lamborghini, which is why they keep showing up in daydreams like this one.
Sources: lamborghini.com · lamborghinimiami.com