duPontREGISTRY Tampa Bay May/June 2021

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TANGERINE DREAM Lamborghini’s Huracán EVO RWD Spyder supercar will stir your soul. STORY AND PHOTOS BY HOWARD WALKER

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n keeping with the Health & Happiness theme of this issue, let me introduce you to the newest offering from Automobili Lamborghini, the tangerine dream machine that’s this Huracán EVO RWD Spyder. The Happiness part of this car is obvious. How could any lover of insanely-speedy supercars not break into a mile-wide, Julia Roberts-style grin at the very thought of wrangling this 610-horsepower, V10-engined rocketship? The endorphins this car produces are up there with hearing Pavarotti hit the high notes on Nessun Dorma, quaffing a 2015 Chateau Lafite Rothschild, or being given a basketful of kittens to cuddle. Happiness doesn’t even come close.

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I’ve driven plenty of fast cars before. This one scared the snot out of me. The Health part? Let me get back to you on that. Suffice it to say, anyone who’s weak of heart, suffers shortage of breath or might get nervous at the prospect of being catapulted from a Ringling Brothers circus cannon may not fully embrace this hip-high thunderbolt. That said, if you’ve ever wanted to feel truly alive, feel as if


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