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This holiday season, Lamborghini has a very special gift for automotive enthusiasts - the all-new Huracán LP610-4, also known as the long-awaited replacement for the Gallardo.

The new baby Lambo borrows heavily from the Aventador's styling book, with a sleek, smooth design in the traditional wedge shape. The head- and taillights share a strong resemblance with the Huracán's big brother, which in turn, draw inspiration from the Reventón. The low-slung look is especially pleasing from the rear three-quarter view.

Enough talk about the looks, though. Let's discuss the monstrous V10 hiding in the back. The "610" in the Huracán's designation is the amount of power this new supercar packs – a figure complemented by 413 pound-feet of torque. The power from the 5.2-liter, direct-injected ten-cylinder is dispatched to all four wheels (that's where the "4" in "610-4" comes from) courtesy of a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.

Taken as a whole, the Huracán will reach 62 miles per hour in a mind-altering 3.2 seconds, 124 mph in 9.9 seconds and on to a top speed of 201 mph. As we're firmly in the era of environmentally responsible supercars, the latest Lambo features a stop-start system, allowing its V10 engine to net 18.5 miles per gallon on the US cycle.

2015 Lamborghini Huracan
2015 Lamborghini Huracan2015 Lamborghini Huracan

Other performance goodies include a driving dynamics system, controllable via a steering wheel-mounted switch that can shuffle the Huracán between three different modes: Strada (street), Sport and Corsa (race). These three modes optimize the car's systems based on the conditions, tweaking the engine, transmission, all-wheel-drive system and stability control. Carbon-ceramic brakes come standard, while magnetic ride control and variable-ratio steering are available as optional goodies.

Finally, that name – Huracán. We reported last week that the popular name for the Gallardo replacement might not be Cabrera. Well, that report was true, but what was not, however, was our belief that Huracán abandoned Lambo's tradition of naming cars after famous fighting bulls (which many of you pointed out in Comments on that story). So, here's the official line from Lamborghini, direct from the press release:

"The fighting bull Huracán of the Spanish Conte de la Patilla breed was known for his outstanding courage and strong sense of attack. He fought in Alicante in August 1879, showing his unrelenting character and remaining defiant and invincible, thus entering into the legend of fighting bulls' history."

The Huracán will make its official debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show in March, but before that, it'll take part in 130 different events in 60 cities around the globe. We expect to hear much more about the Huracán ahead of its March debut.

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