There is a reason guests at Dream Prestige Drive keep coming back to the Lamborghini Huracan. It is not just the headline numbers, although 640 horsepower from a 5.2 litre V10 is worth taking seriously. It is the sound. The Huracan is one of the last supercars on sale powered by a naturally aspirated V10, and once you have heard it climb past 6,000 rpm in second gear, every turbocharged rival starts to feel a little muted.
A V10 With No Apologies
Turbochargers are everywhere now. They make modern engines more efficient, more powerful and easier to drive. They also smooth out the bark of the exhaust and dull the throttle response that defined supercars for decades. The Huracan refuses to play along. Its 5.2 litre V10 breathes through ten individual throttle bodies, revs to 8,500 rpm, and answers your right foot in the same instant you ask the question.
That linearity matters when you point it down a road like the Black Spur. There is no waiting for boost to build. The power is already there, climbing in a long, even arc until the tachometer is somewhere it has no business being.
Built for the Road, Not Just the Track
The Huracan is wide, but it is not intimidating once you are inside. Sightlines are surprisingly good for a Lamborghini, the steering is sharper than the Gallardo it replaced, and the all-wheel drive system gives you the confidence to lean on the throttle even where the surface is damp.
Yarra Valley mornings can start cool, with mist hanging over the vineyards. The Huracan’s traction system simply gets on with the job, letting you focus on placing the nose, finding the apex and getting back on the power.
The Cabin
Lamborghini’s cabin design splits opinion. We happen to like it. The hexagonal motifs, the fighter-jet starter button under its red flap, the cluster of toggle switches on the centre console. Everything looks like it was drawn by an engineer who had been told to make a car feel like an event. It works.
The driving position is low, the wheel is small, and the paddles behind it are fixed to the steering column. You either love that detail or you do not, but the build quality has come a long way since Lamborghini joined the Volkswagen Group.
How it Drives at Dream Prestige
Most guests get to know the Huracan on the second or third stint of the day, by which point they have settled into the rhythm of our convoy. We brief on the basics before you leave, and our hosts stay in radio contact the whole way, which means you can focus on driving rather than navigating.
If you have only ever heard a Huracan on YouTube, the real thing is louder, sharper and far more emotional than any speaker can manage. By the end of your stint, you will understand why we keep one in the fleet.
The Last of a Line
Lamborghini’s next mid-engined sports car will be a hybrid V8. That is the future, and it will be brilliant in its own way. It will also be the end of the naturally aspirated V10 that has defined the Gallardo and the Huracan for more than twenty years. When that page turns, the Huracan in our fleet will only become more special.
If you have ever wanted to drive one before that moment arrives, the answer is now.
