Lamborghini Huracan Evo Australian pricing announced

Lamborghini's Australian distributor has confirmed pricing for the new Lamborghini Huracan Evo, which arrives in showrooms in the third quarter of 2019.

The fettled Huracan creation will start at $459,441 plus on-road costs. At that money, it is $70,000 dearer than the cheapest Huracan available, the LP580-2, but $73,000 less than the flagship Huracan Performante.

The pricing hierarchy comes as little surprise, given the Evo has been created to narrow the gap between the current Huracan and the Huracan Performante flagship. In doing so, it adopts a sharp new look, gets more power, all-wheel steer and an all-new infotainment system.

Beginning with the looks, the Evo scores a redesigned front bumper that incorporates a new splitter, more efficient and enlarged side air intakes, a new integrated wing and an all-new rear diffuser design.

The larger, more prominent diffuser raises the rear exhaust pipes high up to avoid interrupting the aero.

Beneath the Huracan Evo, the underbody has been reshaped to manage airflow and the result, according to engineers, is five-times greater downforce and aerodynamic efficiency compared with the first-gen Huracan.

Under the rear boot lid, the Huracan LP610’s normally aspirated 5.2-litre V10, which produces 448kW of power and 560Nm of torque in the current car, has been overhauled as part of the mid-life updates.

Now said to feature titanium intake valves and a lightweight freer-flowing exhaust system, Lamborghini claims the Huracan Evo receives the same updates as the Huracan Performante.

That means the V10 power raises to 470kW at 8000rpm, while torque increases to 600Nm, making the updated coupe as quick as the Huracan Performante.

Against the clock, this means the coupe is now capable of cracking 100km/h from standstill in just 2.9 seconds. Notching 200km/h takes just 9.0 seconds.

Top speed, meanwhile, is said to exceed 325km/h.

To help cope with the step-change in performance, engineers have revisited the Huracan’s chassis.

This has seen the Huracan Evo benefit from the introduction of both rear-wheel steer and a new torque vectoring system that works on all four wheels.

Helping manage the engine’s performance is a new central processing unit dubbed Lamborghini Dinamica Veicolo Integrata (LDVI). The technology is claimed to be capable of anticipating the needs of the driver in the heat of battle, adjusting the adaptive dampers, traction control, torque vectoring, all-wheel drive hardware and new all-wheel steering accordingly.

Helping LDVI is the car-maker’s next-generation accelerators and gyroscopes sensors that feed information back to the central computer.

Claimed to be more agile than ever, the Huracan Evo driver has three defined driving modes to select from: Strada, Sport or Corsa.

In the updated model, Sport is now supposed to change the Huracan Evo’s handling to be more ‘playful’ while Corsa is claimed to sharpen up the car’s dynamics to help you set the perfect lap.

Inside, Lamborghini has updated the Huracan’s cabin, squeezing in a new 8.4-inch touchscreen infotainment system in place of the old car’s dated interface.

The new system incorporates the car’s climate control and is said to introduce gesture control functionality. The interface now works with a dual-camera telemetry system and can record and analyse your driving.

As part of the facelift, Lamborghini has also introduced a vibrant orange paint colour called Arancio Xanto, and added the option of new set of 20-inch rims.

Plenty of other interior treatments and trims have become available as part of the facelift including the option of lightweight forged carbon-fibre composites that was introduced on the Huracan Performante.

The fresh-faced Huracan Evo will arrived in Australian showrooms some time after July.