Lamborghini Huracán EVO review: the last naturally aspirated V10 Lamborghini, and Bahrain's speed bumps have opinions about it
4.4/5MotorsSouq Editorial Team
The naturally aspirated Huracán is one of the last of its kind and drives like it — a screaming, 8,000rpm V10 with genuine analogue feedback that the turbocharged and hybrid supercars replacing it cannot fully replicate. In Bahrain that experience comes with real friction: no factory dealer in the country, ground clearance measured in single digits of centimetres, and a used-market buyer pool thin enough that resale takes patience. Buy it for the driving experience, plan the logistics of ownership before you do.
Pros
- Naturally aspirated V10 with genuine analogue feedback, now a discontinued format
- Standard all-wheel drive gives real confidence on Bahraini tarmac
- Sharper, more usable EVO chassis with rear-wheel steering
- Strong enthusiast following keeps the right examples desirable
Cons
- No factory Lamborghini presence in Bahrain — purchase and warranty work route across the causeway
- 120mm ground clearance is a genuine liability on unmarked speed bumps
- Tyres and brake consumables are a serious running cost
- Thin local resale pool means patience selling
Lamborghini kept the naturally aspirated V10 alive in the Huracán long after most rivals had turbocharged or electrified their equivalent, and the EVO is the version that sorted out the early car's rougher edges — rear-wheel steering, torque vectoring and a genuinely usable infotainment system arrived with it. It is not a subtle car and was never meant to be one.
What Bahrain's roads actually do to it
Ground clearance sits around 120 millimetres, which means the front splitter and the underbody are in genuine danger from an unmarked speed bump anywhere in the country — the entrance ramps to several Manama parking structures and the transitions on some Muharraq residential streets are known problem spots among local owners. A front-axle lift system, where fitted, is not optional equipment in Bahrain, it is the difference between keeping the splitter intact and replacing it. Heat is a lesser concern: the V10 and its cooling package are built for track use in worse conditions than a Bahraini summer, though the cabin gets genuinely hot sitting in stationary Manama traffic with a mid-mounted engine behind your head.
Ownership reality
Lamborghini has no factory-authorised showroom or workshop in Bahrain; owners typically route purchases, PDI and warranty work through the dealer network in the UAE or Saudi Arabia, and independent specialists locally handle routine servicing once the car is out of warranty — competent ones exist in Bahrain, but factory diagnostic access and genuine parts still usually mean a trip or a shipment across the causeway. Tyres are a genuine running cost: a set of the correct Pirelli P Zero Corsas does not last long on a car this powerful and needs ordering in ahead of time.
The used market here is thin rather than deep — enough buyers exist to move a well-priced, well-documented example, but this is not a car you list and sell within a week. Full service history and evidence of the front-lift system's condition matter more to Bahraini buyers than mileage alone.