When Lamborghini unveiled the Huracan LP580-2 at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, a lot of people immediately assumed that a topless version would soon follow. One year later, and at the exact same auto show no less, the Huracan LP580-2 Spyder has arrived.

The good news is that a lot of things about the coupe version of the sports car remains on the soft-top roof version, most notably the naturally-aspirated 5.2-liter V-10 engine that produces 580 horsepower and 398 pound-feet of torque. Yep, it may have lost a hard roof, but it still packs the same amount of power as the coupe version.

More good news comes in the form of the tech, which is to say that the Huracan LP580-2 Spyder has loads of it, beginning with the Adaptive Network Intelligent Management system (ANIMA), which the driver can control through specific buttons on the steering wheel and choose among a slew of driving modes - Strada, Sport, or Corsa - to suit their preference.

A lot of things about the Huracan LP580-2 Spyder set it up to be the kind of performance-oriented sports car that its coupe counterpart is. That said, the spyder weighs 264 pounds more than the coupe version and that shows itself in the car’s performance times, specifically the 3.6-second time from 0 to 60 mph. That’s 0.2 seconds slower that the coupe version.

Still, everyone knows that the slower acceleration is the price you pay for having a roof retracting mechanism on the car. Either way, it’s still a blisteringly quick and it’s still a Lamborghini Huracan. That’s more than what other performance cars can say about themselves.

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A performance-oriented, convertible Lamborghini Huracan is just what the doctor ordered

It’s not the Lamborghini Huracan variant we were expecting - maybe even hoping - to see, but the arrival of the LP58-2 Spyder is no less significant considering what it offers to those who prefer their Lamborghini to be of the open-top variety. The most important thing about the Huracan LP580-2, in addition to it having a soft-top roof, is the fact that it also carries the same amount of power as its coupe counterpart. That’s significant because its performance numbers don’t drop too far from the coupe on account of the extra weight it’s carrying. It may lag in the sprint to 60 mph time by 0.2 seconds, but it should still carry the same top speed of 199 mph as the coupe version.

And let’s face it; as awesome as the Huracan LP580-2 is, nothing compares to the option of driving around in this bad boy without its roof. That’s a shot of status that you can’t get with a coupe version, especially if you’re driving it in a place where it’s perpetually on the sunny side. You don’t want a roof to hide yourself from all the stares you’re going to receive. It’s shallow, I know. But it also happens a lot in today’s world.

Not surprisingly, Lamborghini has yet to announce the pricing for the Huracan LP580-2 Spyder. As a side note, the LP580-2 coupe costs $199,800 so expect the Spyder version to cost north of $200,000 on account of convertible models being traditionally more expensive than their coupe counterparts.


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