Rear-Wheel Drive supercar has 610 horsepower
Italian supercar maker Lamborghini on Wednesday took the wraps off the latest variant of their Huracan supercar in India. The Huracan EVO Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) has 610 horsepower and a claimed top speed of 325 kilometers per hour and a 0-100 time of 3.3 seconds, making it one of the fastest cars on sale in India. This variant which solely drives the rear wheels instead of the all-wheel drive regular model is a true ‘drivers car’ according to Sharad Agarwal, Head, Lamborghini India and will set a buyer back Rs 3.2 crore.
Speaking to The Pioneer, Matteo Ortenzi, Chief Executive Officer, Asia-Pacific, Lamborghini highlighted how India has been a bright spot for the company. “The advent of new technologies and engineering have made the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) space much more sporty. The Urus (Lamborghini’s SUV) has been really in demand with Indian buyers, because it does not make any compromises on performance.” Agarwal added that the Urus sold over 50 units in the first year of sales, and that this helped Lamborghini double their sales in the ‘super-premium’ segment (vehicles over Rs 2.5 crore) even though the segment declined over 18 percent in line with the rest of the automotive market in 2019. India is the only major market where Lamborghini outsells their Italian rival Ferrari and Ortenzi puts that down to the Urus but added that supercars like the Huracan help as well, “India is an important market for us, so much so that we launched the Huracan EVO in India first and both the Huracan Spyder and the RWD came to India within days of their global launch.” One reason for Lamborghini’s success in India according to Agarwal is because the company doesn’t just sell cars but also a ‘luxury lifestyle and experience’, “Lamborghini is much more than just cars, we do drives and track experiences and much more for our customers.”