Lamborghini Huracan Spyder

Sant’Agata distils the good stuff in its rear-drive roadster.

- Andy Enright

VERSATILITY isn’t normally a quality one tends to associate with supercars yet it’s precisely this criterion that often defines the best. Single-minded focus is, by comparison, fairly easy. Creating something with a broad range of talents is a far trickier brief. It’s also one that the Lamborghini Huracan has nailed to rack up huge sales. In 2016 alone, the Huracan shifted more units than 16 years’ worth of Countach sales and is breezily outstripping its predecessor, the Gallardo.

A car with the civility and build integrity to be used as a daily driver yet which is feral enough to do justice to Sant’Agata’s heritage was something the Gallardo never quite achieved. Given to the odd moment of histrionics, that car needed to up its dose of Ingolstadt, as is evident in its successor. Choosing which Huracan from a gradually broadening range is a nice problem to have, but making a sound case for the LP580-2 Spyder isn’t a thorny assignment.