Lamborghini is working on a follow-up to the Gallardo Superleggera that will see the Huracan LP610-4 gain power, shed weight and ditch a pair of driven wheels to battle new rivals like the Ferrari 488 GTB and McLaren’s 675LT.
Lamborghini has also confirmed it will develop a cheaper rear-wheel drive Huracan model that could be called the LP610-2.
The revelations were made pre the Geneva motor show by Lamborghini chief test driver, Giorgio Sanna, to British car magazine Evo at the launch of the rear-wheel drive LP620-2 Super Trofeo race car in Malaysia.
At the event, Sanna said the spiritual heir to the Gallardo Superleggera would be made in a similar vein to Ferrari’s recent 458 Speciale - hinting that the Huracan will lose weight, gain power and have a sharp focus on track driving.
The return of a two-wheel drive Lamborghini will follow in the tyre tracks of the last generation Gallardo that was initially offered with rear-wheel drive in the “Balboni” special edition. Created as a tribute to the legendary Lamborghini test driver Valentino Balboni, the special edition Lamborghini then became a full entry-level production model called the LP550-2.
An announcement on the two new rear-wheel drive models is expected in 2016.