DragTimes founder Brooks Weisblat has recently taken his almost stock Huracan Tecnica at the Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida. The only upgrade over the factory specification comes in the form of stickier tires for the rear axle, which enabled a quarter-mile run of 10.22 seconds according to the slip or 10.23 seconds according to the Dragy app.
Seriously impressive, huh? Tipping the scales at 3,354 pounds or kilograms if you prefer metric units, the Huracan Tecnica did two quarter-mile runs. In the second, it clocked 10.27 seconds at 134.67 miles per hour (216.73 kilometers per hour) compared to 134.77 mph (217.89 kph) in the first.
Brooks previously owned an Evo and a Performante, with both of them being all-wheel drive as opposed to rear-wheel drive for the Tecnica. Even though all-wheel drive usually helps at launch, neither of them cracked into the 10.2-second range. Weisblat ran bests of 10.49 and 10.87 seconds, respectively, in the facelifted Evo and pre-facelift Performante.
Looking at the bigger picture, the Tecnica wasn't designed to dominate at the drag strip. You can think of it as a combination between the Evo RWD and the STO, with Automobili Lamborghini placing a heavy emphasis on downforce and weight saving.
The most aero-focused Huracan out there improves on the Evo RWD with 35 percent more downforce, whereas drag is reduced by 20 percent. A bit longer than the Evo, the Tecnica further boasts 245/30 R20 and 305/30 R20 tires from Bridgestone. A silhouette à la the track-only Essenza SCV12, diamond-cut wheels inspired by the V12 Gran Turismo, and integral active steering also need to be mentioned.
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Unfortunately, the Tecnica will be retired by the end of 2024. It's going the way of the dodo with all other variants of the Huracan because Lamborghini has a successor in the offing. Codenamed LB63x, the Huracan's replacement is a twin-turbocharged V8 plug-in hybrid with Revuelto underpinnings rather than an evolution of the V10-powered supercar.
This, in turn, means that Lamborghini's free-breathing model range will comprise a single model in 2025. Although a free-breathing V12 isn't as torquey as a twin-turbo V12, bear in mind that the Revuelto has three electric motors. Their combined output is 1,015 metric ponies or 1,001 mechanical horsepower, which is Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 territory.
It's not known whether the LB63x will be all-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive, but chances are that Lamborghini will offer both setups. The rear-drive LB63x would be a direct rival for the Ferrari 296 and McLaren Artura, whereas all-wheel drive would put the LB63x above its closest rivals.
Ferrari squeezed out 830 ps (819 hp) from the twin-turbo V6 plug-in hybrid powertrain of the 296, meaning that Lamborghini could tune the LB63x to 850 ps (838 hp) at the very least. Coincidentally, that's also the rumored output for the 812 Superfast-replacing F167 that will premiere on May 2nd.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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