Goodness me this car is complex. Even the name, requiring as it does no fewer than nine syllables just to say, equalling the record set by the Murcielago 25 years ago. True, the Italians have come up with even more convoluted names in the past, such as the Isotta-Fraschini Asso Caccia (stop sniggering at the back) but as that was merely an engine for a pre-war biplane and I only mention it now because I’ve always wanted to, we’ll leave it there.
The only things that are in any way ‘less’ than the Huracan it replaces are the cylinder and capacity count, because the 5.2-litre V10 has been replaced by a 4-litre V8. But obviously that now carries two turbos, but also no fewer than three electric motors, driving all four wheels, delivered to the driver via his or her choice of no fewer than 13 drive modes, including four basic ones – Citta, Strada, Sport and Corsa – and three hybrid settings – EV, hybrid and Performance – plus a further three settings in Drift Mode.
This sense of excess all areas is amplified further when you start looking at the numbers: 907bhp, a 0-62mph time of 2.7sec, a top speed of 213mph and an engine with a redline of nothing less than 10,000rpm. It is so much more advanced than a Huracan it is as AI to an abacus.
