- The Tecnica version of the Lamborghini Huracán will have a 631-hp V-10, rear-wheel drive, and fixed-ratio steering.
- In the lineup, it’s positioned between the Evo RWD and the motorsport-inspired STO.
- It’s also going to be the second-to-last Huracan variant and will go on sale next year.
UPDATE 11:00 a.m.: Lamborghini has announced that the Tecnica will be priced at $242,695.
Lamborghini was never going to retire its pure internal-combustion engines without a grand sendoff. We have already seen one of them: the Aventador LP780-4 Ultimae, which marks the end of the V-12 supercar’s decade-long life span. Now here is another, the Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica, which can be fairly regarded as a greatest hits collection for the company’s smaller V-10–powered model, one that will understudy only the track-focused Huracán STO in the range hierarchy.
While more discreet than the wing-wearing STO, the Tecnica still offers an abundance of the visual aggression that makes a Lamborghini a Lamborghini. It also gets the STO’s more powerful 631-hp version of the 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V-10, sending drive exclusively to its rear axle. With more downforce and less drag than the existing rear-drive Huracán Evo, it is also quicker and, the company claims, even more exciting.
Sitting between the two existing models, the Tecnica inevitably blurs the lines.
So while the STO is a motorsport-inspired special intended for regular circuit use (or at least it’s implied that that’s how owners will use it), the Tecnica has been designed to be a road car first, although one that can still cope with harder track use than the Evo. As such, it has fixed-ratio steering rather than the variable-ratio active setup of the lesser car, but it keeps rear-axle steering to improve high-speed stability. It also has improved brake cooling and Lamborghini’s LDVI (Lamborghini Dinamica Veicolo Integrata) dynamic control system to manage its plethora of active systems: torque-vectoring rear differential, adaptive dampers, and a recalibrated performance traction control.
Visual changes are significant. The new front bumper is inspired by Y-shaped forms of the Terzo Millennio EV concept from 2017—the one that featured body panels capable of storing electrical charge. That means larger apertures than those of the Evo, with the Tecnica also gaining integrated winglets and a larger front splitter.
At the back, bigger changes have been made with a new vertical rear screen that looks over a carbon-fiber engine cover; lesser Huracáns have a fared glass panel which incorporates both functions. It also gets a raised rear wing which, although smaller than the STO’s, still helps to increase peak downforce. Lamborghini claims a 35 percent improvement over the RWD Evo. Based on the numbers released for that car, that suggests a total of up to 400 pounds of aerodynamic assistance. While that figure looks modest next to the huge 992 pounds of downforce the STO can generate, the Tecnica’s revised package has also reduced drag by 20 percent over the Huracán Evo.
The Tecnica’s interior is also less austere than the carbon-heavy STO, with a microfiber dashboard and new-design sport seats; it keeps its racier sister’s motorsport-inspired fabric door-pull openers, though. Lamborghini says it also gets a redesigned HMI interface for the central touchscreen, and buyers will be able to specify a rear roll cage.
As in other Huracáns, there will be three driving modes, but these have been tweaked. Strada remains intended for everyday use, turning the Tecnica as civilized as it can be. Sport is a more aggressive setting that uses the rear-wheel steering and a more permissive traction control threshold to allow some carefully policed power oversteer. And the track-focused Corsa mode actually reduces permitted slip to maximize traction and minimize lap times. Carbon-ceramic brakes are standard, and buyers will also be able to specify optional Bridgestone Potenza Race tires, which are street legal but track biased.
According to Lamborghini’s numbers, the Tecnica weighs 3018 pounds dry, which is just 67 pounds more than the corresponding figure for the STO. Which certainly doesn’t feel like an excessive supplement. We don’t have any pricing information yet, but the Tecnica’s place in the range hierarchy means it will be cheaper than its racier sister.
According to Lamborghini insiders, there is still one Huracán variant to come after this one. It’s rumored to be a production version of the Safari-inspired Sterrato concept with underbody protection and a raised ride. That really will be going out on a high.
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