The 2020 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Experience

2020 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Experience 2 Supercars Launch: 2020 Lamborghini Huracan Evo vs 2020 Aventador SVJ The 2020 Lamborghini Huracán Evo Is a Better V-10 Supercar
The drawn-out life cycles of big-buck, low-volume vehicles mean that supercars face the same kind of mid-life crises that are typically ascribed to their owners. That's why we're now flooded with unending variations of mid-engined exotics. There are convertibles, performance specials, and even mid-cycle facelifts—just like your Hyundai Sonata! Arriving five years into the model's production lifetime, the 2020 Lamborghini Huracán Evo is just that, a freshening of Lamborghini's starter supercar. The Evo adds rear-wheel steering and a 29-hp injection to the Huracán's 5.2-liter V-10, raising output to 631 horsepower.

Magnetorheological dampers and variable-ratio steering—optional on the outgoing Huracán—are standard on the Evo, and the old Audi-based infotainment system is replaced with an all-new Lamborghini-exclusive unit. And of course, the design team in Sant'Agata sandwiched the Evo between new front and rear ends with a fresh take on the timeless Lamborghini theme, which blends an unending love of hexagons with a narcissistic mindset. The Evo builds on Lamborghini's newfound knack for weight-be-damned performance. The 2012 Aventador LP700-4 marked the transformation of Lambo's iconic wedges from creatine-huffing four-wheeled pinups to creatine-huffing athletes. Following in 2014, the Huracán demonstrated that Lambo's rejuvenated interest in vehicle dynamics wasn't a fluke. As evidence of its shifting priorities, Lamborghini even claimed the production-car lap record around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, twice—first with the Huracán Performante and later with the Aventador SVJ. Starting at about $268,000, the Evo is less of a specialist than those track heroes. It's intended to be a daily driver for the South Beach set rather than a weekend lap dog. Nevertheless, Lamborghini confined our first drive to breakneck tours around the 15 turns of the 3.5-mile Bahrain Formula 1 circuit. Not that the roads in Bahrain would have revealed much. At its estimated top speed of 202 mph, the Evo would cross the entire country on flat, straight roads in less than 12 minutes.