2015 Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4 review

As with any thoroughbred, value is all relative. The Huracan LP4-610(with Android Car Gps) starts at knee-weakening $428,000 plus on roads. The standard inclusions are leather trim, carbon and aluminium bits and pieces, a fully-digital dashboard, four speaker stereo with DVD, Bluetooth and USB, climate control, selectable driving modes, heated electric seats, sports pedals, carbon ceramic brakes and trip computer. Our test car also had the menacing Nero Nemesis matte black ($20,300) and, ahem, reversing camera and parking sensor for a slightly mickey-taking $5700. There's a honeycomb motif everywhere - in the various external grilles, inside and where there aren't hexagons, there are sharp lines and geometric shapes. After the design reset of the Gallardo, Lambo has started to loosen the bonds a bit – it's still no Countach and goes without Sant Agata's bedroom wall scissor doors. Unlike rival Ferrari, Lambo has done a terrific job with the doorhandles – flush with the bodywork, they pop out when you need them. Deadly cool. The double Y of the daytime running lights to mark it out at the front, as well as a well-flared pair of nostril intakes; the rear is dominated by huge quad exhausts close to the ground and a pair of sleek LED taillights. Step closer and you can peer at the engine bay through the louvered cover (or specify the transparent one). Inside is full of lovely aluminium switches and levers as well as a huge set of alloy gear shifters that are infinitely nicer than carbon fibre paddles. The cabin is snug but not cosy – jump out of an Aventador and into the smaller Huracan and you'll notice the smaller car has the vastly better cabin for space and comfort. What about install Car DVD? The switches are arranged like an aircraft's and all made with beautiful materials. It's a special cabin but in our case there wasn't much in the way of colour. However, a visit to your Lamborghini dealer will attest that you can have any colour you like in here. Engine / transmission Behind the cabin lurks a naturally-aspirated 5.2-litre V10 producing a glorious 449kW and 560Nm. The transmission is from the parent company, the Volkswagen Group, but has undergone - in what is perhaps an understatement - significant changes to handle the power, torque and 8250 rpm redline. Power hits the tarmac through all four wheels. The engine features stop-start when in Strada mode. It's very odd to hear the V10 cut out as you roll to a stop. Not bad, just weird in a supercar. With just 1474kg to shift, 0-100km/h is dispatched in a withering 3.2 seconds and Lamborghini claims fuel consumption of 12.5L/100km. You may laugh (and we did), but that seems almost achievable given our average over 400km of reasonably hard driving was an almost respectable 17.0L/100km. If installing an Android Car Stereo in your car, that would be great!