Since the Lamborghini Huracan was freshened for the 2020 model year and given the Evo moniker, the automaker has quickly rolled out additional variants of the sports car.
The rear-wheel-drive Huracan Evo Spyder is the latest to join the mix with an online debut last week. Like the rwd coupe introduced this year, power is supplied by a V-10 engine with 610 hp and 413 pound-feet of torque.
Just as important, the convertible gets the new performance traction-control system that debuted in the coupe. Lamborghini says the system delivers torque when the vehicle is realigning after drifting or side-slipping.
“With rear-wheel drive that means basically [you] go back to your instincts, go back to your senses, be yourself and experience the purest technology and excitement of rear-wheel drive with an advanced traction-control system that allows the driver to have a lot of fun,” Alessandro Farmeschi, CEO of Automobili Lamborghini America, said in an interview.
The lightweight soft-top roof system adds 264 pounds over the rwd coupe. The roof stows in 17 seconds, Lamborghini says.
Pricing starts at $229,428, an increase from the coupe’s starting price of $208,571. Prices do not include shipping. Lamborghini has positioned the rwd models as the entry Huracan Evo variants. The all-wheel-drive convertible, for example, is priced nearly $58,000 more, at $287,400, not including shipping.
Deliveries of the rwd convertible are set to begin this summer.
Regardless of which variant customers choose, Lamborghini has stressed the focus of the cockpit on the driver, highlighted by an 8.4-inch touch screen infotainment system introduced with the update.
“You can have four-wheel drive, two-wheel drive, coupe and spyder and it’s always intended to have the driver at the center,” Farmeschi said.