Our Huracan Evo mixes with other Lamborghinis old and new at a charity fund-raising trackday at Silverstone.
Lamborghini delivered a per-sonal-best 9233 cars throughout 2022, which is an impressive tally. But arguably more im-pressive was the Italian maker’s ability to herd more than 200 customer cars together at Sil-verstone race circuit on a chilly winter weekend.
Owners of Aventadors, Huracans, Uruses – the vast majority of these Lambos al-most new, if with a light sprin-kle of classic metal too – have been lured by the prospect of a few laps of Silverstone, the star appeal of boss Stephan Winkel-mann and the opportunity to contribute to a good cause – namely Movember, the men’s charity celebrated with mous-taches in November, but which has a year-long remit that cov-ers testicular and prostate can-cer, and also mental health and suicide prevention. Weighty stuff; visit Movember.com to find out more.
I am there in the long-term-test Huracan Evo introduced to CAR readers in the last issue. The idea is to meet a few own-ers, to join the parade on track, and to compare the Evo back-to-back on nearby roads with the Huracan Tecnica, the hard-core model that slots above it in the range.
To absolutely no one’s sur-prise, there is much peacocking as a procession of Lamborgh-inis begins to arrive at Silver-stone first thing, with flambo-yantly revved V10 and V12 engines shrieking as the cars take up position on the grid.
Rather than pouty attitude, though, the vibe is friendly and informal. Many of these own-ers clearly know each other from events organised by canny Lamborghini dealers and are keen to catch up.
Encouragingly, there’s a far more diverse mix of people – whether you’re looking at age, race, gender or profession – than at comparable McLaren and Ferrari get-togethers we’ve attended.
We introduce ourselves to two owners with enviable lifestlyes, including Bristolian Karon Hooper who is at Silver-stone in her Viola Pasifae Urus. She runs a (clearly very success-ful) electrical testing business with her Aventador SVJ-own-ing husband, who piqued her interest in the brand.
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