There is a kind-of-new segment emerging in the
sports car market: an area in between vehicles like the
Porsche 911 Carrera and
supercars like the
Ferrari 488 GTB or
Lamborghini Huracán. It's a space recently defined by the
Audi R8 and Porsche 911 Turbo, with some newcomers rushing in.
McLaren joined in with the
570S and
Ferrari is tipped to be looking at a
new six-cylinder Dino revival. But Lamborghini isn't in any rush participate. At least not for now, and not with a completely new model.
Speaking with Car and Driver during the New York Auto Show, Lamborghini chief Stephan Winkelmann said you can "never say never" about anything in this business, but that the prospect a more accessible sports car underneath the Huracán is not currently on the table.
Winkelmann pointed towards pricing and volume considerations, but we imagine there's more to it than that. The Volkswagen Group of which Lamborghini is part already tackles that segment with the aforementioned Audi R8 and Porsche 911 Turbo, and while the German giant has never shied away from flooding a market segment with overlap from its various divisions, the R8 and the Huracán are already closely related.
The Lambo chief did hint that decontented versions of the Huracán could fit the bill, though. Sant'Agata's ten-cylinder model currently starts at $237,250, but the previous Gallardo started at $191,900 before it was phased out. That was for the less powerful, rear-drive LP 550-2, which could hint at a successor under the Huracán's umbrella. And that's just $7k more than McLaren will be asking for the 570S.
Aside from the prospect of a cheaper Lambo, Winkelmann also told C/D that the Asterion hybrid concept was strictly a technological demonstrator with no chances of production, that the Urus crossover project is still on the table, and that the supercar market isn't growing as fast as you might think.
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Speaking with Car and Driver during the New York Auto Show, Lamborghini chief Stephan Winkelmann said you can "never say never" about anything in this business, but that the prospect a more accessible sports car underneath the Huracán is not currently on the table.
Winkelmann pointed towards pricing and volume considerations, but we imagine there's more to it than that. The Volkswagen Group of which Lamborghini is part already tackles that segment with the aforementioned Audi R8 and Porsche 911 Turbo, and while the German giant has never shied away from flooding a market segment with overlap from its various divisions, the R8 and the Huracán are already closely related.
The Lambo chief did hint that decontented versions of the Huracán could fit the bill, though. Sant'Agata's ten-cylinder model currently starts at $237,250, but the previous Gallardo started at $191,900 before it was phased out. That was for the less powerful, rear-drive LP 550-2, which could hint at a successor under the Huracán's umbrella. And that's just $7k more than McLaren will be asking for the 570S.
Aside from the prospect of a cheaper Lambo, Winkelmann also told C/D that the Asterion hybrid concept was strictly a technological demonstrator with no chances of production, that the Urus crossover project is still on the table, and that the supercar market isn't growing as fast as you might think.
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