DRIVEN: Has Lamborghini's All-New Huracan LOST That Lambo Feeling?

DRIVEN: Has Lamborghini's All-New Huracan LOST That Lambo Feeling?
Aside from Lamborghini's wacky styling, one thing that really separated the raging bull from other automakers was its absolutely bonkers behavior. Miuras, Countachs, Diablos and Murcielagos are all known for their unpredictable nature and flighty tendencies.

And when you push them to the limit, there's a good chance they will bite you.

For the nutters that would work the car at the absolute limit, they will tell you how you're constantly walking a fine line of having the time of your life and fearing that you could end your life at any second. A Lamborghini can bite you at any moment.

Well, at least that's the way they used to be.

According to Autocar's Steve Sutcliffe, the all-new Huracan has a tendency to understeer when pushed. Of course in a mid-engine supercar that's pretty hard to believe. But, according to Sutcliffe, Lamborghini intentionally engineered the vehicle to be "secure" and "as predictable near the limit as it is fast in a straight line." Essentially, the car has been idiot-proofed so that a buyer cannot spin the vehicle and earn themselves a Darwin award by crashing backwards in a ball of fire into heaven's pearly gates.

That said, we're a wee bit curious what YOU think: is this a WELCOME change or does this really alter the outrageous soul of previous Lamborghinis that made them charming?

Weigh in below, Spies!

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chewychewy - 8/26/2014 10:32:25 AM
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I am thinking it's got more in reserve than the average driver will be able to unleash. And it's putting down some hypercar numbers!


W208W208 - 8/26/2014 2:28:00 PM
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Who the fk cares. Dumb the sht down and give it a pricetag to canabalize R8 sales. Trust me, Lamborghini has done a fantastic job of ruining its reliabilty image; nobody will care. Plus, there are cheaper cars that practically embarrass them.

If they priced it at $80k starting, I'd consider one. In reality, they shouldn't be priced much higher than the R8.


chewychewy - 8/26/2014 3:37:04 PM
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Wait what, wasn't Lamborghini knows as essentially have baked cars before Audi bought them. Again look at the Huracan numbers, nothing is touching it aside from the Veryon, P1, the 918 and the LaFerrari.


mini22mini22 - 8/26/2014 7:24:06 PM
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You know it's handling limits are so high who cares that it understeers too much on a race track. The car will hit 0-60 in 3 seconds, top 200 MPH, pull over 1 G on a skid pad. Most of the people who buy this car will not be able to take up to it's limits without scaring the pee out of them anyway. Finally on the road the car at speed is more than fine. So bottom line who cares!


chewychewy - 8/26/2014 7:42:04 PM
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Car and Driver recorded a 2.5 0-60 and a 10.4 1/4 mile at 135 trap speed! It's quite the "little brother" beast.


kysrsoze1kysrsoze1 - 8/29/2014 1:33:13 PM
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I like the new shape and curves they've worked into it... I see shades of the Miura and I'm sure that's no accident. It's still a monster, and if people don't like the car keeping them from potentially wrecking it near the limit, they'll probably not want to have anything to do with a 911 Turbo either.


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