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Happy, smiley news: Lambo has made a roofless Huracán Evo RWD

Lamborghini is very much open for business. Allow us to present the Huracán Evo RWD Spyder; an opentop version of a car we’re rather fond of. That car being the Evo RWD Coupe, and this Spyder promises the same penchant for skids its sibling demonstrates in amusing fashion. Says it all on the box, really: being rear drive, there are no front driveshafts, so it’s lighter – 1,509kg dry.

Shorn of traction and a roof, the 0–62mph sprint takes 3.5secs (3.3secs for the Coupe), which in today’s world is what you can probably get out of a tuned hot hatch. However, hot hatches don’t have socking great 5.2-litre V10 engines.

And, sans roof, a V10 is all the medicine your little heart requires. Because after a mere 17 seconds of waiting for the roof to stow, you can enjoy 603bhp and 413lb ft via the medium of noise. It’ll do 0–124mph in 9.6secs too, and top out at 201mph. As per the RWD Coupe, this Spyder features a new front splitter with larger air intakes, but debuts a brand new diffuser.

There are modes to harness the fast too: Lambo’s traditional Strada, Sport (that’s the skiddy one) and Corsa (better traction for circuit heroics, maybe). The shocks are passive, you get Lamborghini’s Dynamic Steering set-up, 19in wheels with steel brakes as standard, or 20s with carbon-ceramic stoppers as an option.

Before options, it’ll cost £188,800 in the UK (the Coupe starts at £172,400). Which doesn’t, of course, account for the many tyres you will likely destroy as you slide around with merry abandon. VP