What’s one step better than having the fasting thing on the road? Going topless (we mean the car, naturally). Automobili Lamborghini presents the Lamborghini Huracán Performante Spyder, a sublime combination of peerless technological innovation, performance, and open-air driving.
So, there are convertibles, and then there are convertibles. The newly unveiled Lamborghini Huracán Performante Spyder, with its inimitable 5.2 l V10 naturally-aspirated engine, permanent four-wheel drive, and a top speed of 325 km/h, which matches that of its coupé stablemate, is the latter. Able to accelerate from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in just 3.1 seconds, and up to 200 km/h in 9.3 seconds – which is less time than it took to read this sentence, the Performante coupé isn’t just about looking Miami Vice-cool but also being able to back it up with some break-neck speed.
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Of course, the new model inherits its design, technology and performance features from the Huracán Performante, which in turn took its design cues from the Super Trofeo race cars and performance motorcycles with their naked, open-frame streetfighter lines.
In fact, the visible carbon fiber running throughout the Spyder’s aluminium body references the new model’s lightweight character, contributing to a weight reduction of 35 kg over the original Huracán Spyder.
Forged composite, with its ability to be shaped into complex geometrical shapes, features in the front and rear spoilers, engine bonnet, rear bumper, and aerodynamic diffuser, all of which are functional components within Lamborghini’s patented active aerodynamics system, the Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva, or ALA.
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The Spyder’s soft-top does not compromise the ALA system, which varies aero load in conditions requiring either high downforce or low drag, as well as enabling aero vectoring in high-speed cornering, thus providing excellent driving dynamics on track and on road in every condition. Lamborghini’s Piattaforma Inerziale (LPI) system governs all the car’s electronic systems in real-time, including the car’s set-up as well as activating the ALA system in less than 500 milliseconds, ensuring the best aerodynamic set-up of the car in every driving condition.
The lightweight, electrohydraulic roof ensures the Huracán Performante open-top is a true Spyder, perfectly complementing the car’s distinctive lines both open and closed, and maintaining rigidity, handling and performance.
Even as a convertible, the Huracán Performante Spyder maintains the stiffness of an ultra-performing super sports car. The roof opens in just 17 seconds up to a driving speed of 50 km/h (30 mph). The rear window can also be electrically opened, which functions as a windshield when closed.
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When the roof is down, the Huracán Performante Spyder’s design incorporates two movable fins, which rise out of the folding roof casing and continue the roofline from seatbacks to the rear of the car, lending the Spyder its distinctive silhouette, while an integrated duct within the fins reduces turbulence in the headroom during open-top driving.
Because no one needs turbulence when you’re trying to cool off.
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