What's the news?
It's not often a Lamborghini Huracan gets overshadowed but as this limited edition LP 610-4 Avio debuted on the brand's Geneva Motor Show stand alongside the mesmerising Centenario, that's exactly what happened.
Lamborghini is producing just 250 of these Avio variants, which are all based on the LP 610-4. Its name, the colours it is painted in and the materials used all pay tribute to the world of aviation and aeronautics, something that has inspired Lambo on other models anyway - we're thinking of the flip-up cover for the engine start button, for example.
Essentially, the Avio's appeal is all visual. It has white or grey painted details to contrast with a choice of five body colours, with their names taken from the coats-of-arms representing courses at the Italian Air Force Academy: standard is Grigio Falco pearlescent, with the four optional matte hues being Blu Grifo, Grigio Nibbio, Grigio Vulcano and Verde Turbine. A double stripe, to match whichever of grey or white you've picked for the side sill, front splitter and door mirrors, runs over the roof and down the bonnet.
Look on its doors and you'll see an 'L63' logo incorporating the Italian tricolore cockade. The letter and numerals stand for Lamborghini and 1963 (the year the company was formed), while the cockade is the way nationality is denoted in aviation circles. And this L63 logo continues within, where it is hand-embroidered onto the sides of the seats. The Avio also boasts black leather alternated with a hexagon-motif Alcantara, white contrast stitching and a hand-enamelled plate on the driver's side window.
Don't like any of the details above? Then Lamborghini's Ad Personam service means you can spec it in any hues, inside or out, you want.
Anything else?
No mechanical changes for the Avio, then, but two things still make it of interest: one, its rarity and place as the first Huracan special; and two, the fact that anything with a 610hp, 5.2-litre V10 powering all four wheels is pretty awesome. Expect the Avio to fly (sorry...) to 100km/h from rest in just 3.2 seconds, before reaching the stratospheric heights (again, sorry...) of 325km/h. It will take-off (right, we'll stop now, honest) from showrooms this summer.
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