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Watch 7 Lamborghini Huracan Evos Drive to the Arctic Circle in Stunning Norway

For several years now, Lamborghini has been trekking European roads in what it calls an attempt to "discover the most spectacular places and roads." To date, the event called Lamborghini Avventura took drivers and cars to places like Andalusia, Transylvania, the Norwegian fjords, and Iceland.
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For 2019, the expedition returned to Norway in an attempt to take the cars on a 630 km journey (391 miles) well past the Arctic Circle. And by the looks of it, it succeeded.

Seven Lamborghini cars, all of the new Huracan Evo line, set out on this journey. The trip started in Harstad and concluded two days later in the same location, following a loop around the villages of the Lofoten islands.

"This untouched landscape beyond the Arctic Circle, sculpted by glaciation, features spectacular alternations of scenery where peaks give way to coastal plains washed by crystalline waters," said the carmaker justifying its choice of location.

"It's a place that celebrates its nature: sea eagles, whales, orcas and codfish, making the Lofoten islands one of the biggest producers of stockfish."

As per Lamborghini, the entire drive – summarized in the video attached below – was meant to be a trial by fire for the new Huracan Evo. A means for the carmaker to "test the dynamism" of the new car.

Presented in early 2019 an evolution of the Performante, the Huracan Evo is one of the three models the Italians currently have in their lineup.

Powered by a 5.2-liter naturally-aspirated Lamborghini V10 engine, the car offers 640 hp and 600 Nm of torque – the same as on the Performante. Setting it apart are changes in vehicle dynamic control and aerodynamics.

The Evo has a dry weight of 1,422 kg and can accelerate from a standstill to 62 mph in 2.9 seconds, topping at over 325 kph (202 mph).

These are the same figures as in the Performante, but handling apparently feels a bit different because of the changes made. That includes the upgraded Lamborghini Dynamic Vehicle Integration (LDVI) that allows for the selection of three driving modes.

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