F8 Tributo has a strong competitor now.

I've wrote some posts about Huracan cause, before 488 Spider, I had a Huracan and a Huracan Performante.
The fact I have doubts on F8 after 458 and 488 let me have doubts on Huracan Evo also.

But today I was invited from the dealer to test the Evo in Monza. OMG it is a monster! The car push really hard, the sound is the one of the Performante, interiors have a new big display and the 4 steering wheels make a big difference.
I've driven in Monza several times but this Evo is really very well done.

The two things that impressed me the most, compared to 488 are sound (NA v10 is music) and brakes. I've always wrote here that H brakes are much better than 488's and on the Evo they are really superb!

I don't think I'll buy this one after 2 H but the Evo will be a very strong competitor to F8.

 

I deposited for F8 at the end of March, but I’m a new F buyer, so I almost have no chance to get a F8 before Q2 2020, probably getting it in Q3. It’s too long for me. Then I asked the salesman of Lambor about evo, they said it will take 6 to 7 months for delivery if I order it now. I’m still wondering to order a evo.


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Test drive them and decide my friend

 

I’d buy a slightly used performante and enjoy the hell
Out if it asap. Who the hell wants to wait a year for a car.

 

I will, apparently
I have other things to play with in the mean time, thankfully.

 

That is different. I was referring to yang yang who had no other play cars

 

So the Evo still sounds good with the Particulate Filter? That's great news.

Agreed the Lambo brakes are better, mine never squeak and have good stopping power.

I prefer the RWD 580-2 which is why I won't upgrade to an Evo.

It sounds like you want to spec your own car in which case go with the Evo or if not a used Performante is a good choice as mentioned above.

 

Perf sounds insane.
488 is a good gt type.
I expect f8 to be better than 488 but still sound poor.

But ferrari is ferrari!

 

Get the EVO in the color and spec you want! I doubt the EVO will have the GP filter on USA market delivery cars.

 

I agree my friend
Ferrari is always a Ferrari but passion, sometime, asks us to try new emotions...
So loving Ferrari does not mean you can't try a Lambo, a Mclaren, a Porsche....
I'm in love with Ferrari but, as said, have some doubts on F8. Now I have had Huracan and Huracan Performante and so I won't buy an Evo but, for people who have not had a Huracan, Evo can be an option giving new emotions

 

Nothing is quite like the Huracan Performante / Evo V10 engine. At least nothing in the Ferrari war chest short of 12 cylinders.

But the 488 (and I'd imagine the F8) is far superior to the Huracan when it comes to chassis balance, brakes, steering, and did I mention brakes?

Oh, and 2WD > AWD.

 

Have you had both?
I did and on a track Huracan is much faster
Brakes on Huracan are way better

 

1000% agree. HP is an insanely good car. Friend had his on track and made short work of the SVJ and 2RS

 

That result can only mean the guy in the 2rs was clearly a less skilled driver than the guy in the HP shack. The car can only do so much!

 

Both very good drivers - track didn't have long straights (which is the where the 2RS will shine) and he destroyed it in the corners

 

Clearly the HP was the better driver. The 2rs is insane in corners.....

 

One can simply buy an Audi R8 V10 and get most of the experience. Credit to Lamborghini for sticking with the NA engine.

 

This can be true but does not change the fact that Huracan on a track is faster than a 488 and brakes much much better

 

In Huracan’s dreams only


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From tests the Huracan is not faster on track than the 488 (as shown above) but however the Huracan Performante is.
The Pista is faster (again, during press tests) than the Performante; assuming the F8 will be actually close to the Pista, it should be a close fight between F8 and HP.

 

In the hands of most who buy these cars F8 will eat HP for breakfast.

 

This made me laugh.
Owners get it though.

 

Few if any tests rare the Huracan as a better handling car than the 488 never mind the F8. The spectre of under steer is never too far away and should one be unfortunate to have "dynamic steering" ,well the one get a feeling akin to stirring a cup of coffee.

Just my view.

 

I've had about 5 hours behind a Performante at my local track (Thermal in CA), and about half that time in a Huracan. I also own a 488.

Both the Performante, and the Huracan, as fantastic as they are with that marvelous V10 behind your ears, tend to be hard on the brakes. Maybe it's the weight, but neither car can last a 1/2 hour session without noticeable brake fade, more so in the Huracan than the Performante. Maybe it's the fluids they use or the brakes are undersized, not sure. (The R8 suffered from the same issues).

On the same track, same day, same conditions, I did not notice any noticeable brake fade after each 1/2 hour session in the 488.

Maybe I just don't drive my own car hard enough. So, no doubt it's a me issue, but then everyone I know that's tracked either a Huracan or Performante has said the same thing about the brakes. Not saying the Lamborghini is not a fantastic car, but to ignore the brake issue would be rather disingenuous.

Perhaps some documented lap times will show either the Performante or Huracan is faster than the 488 after one lap, but if you average, say, 10 laps, I will bet you euros to biscuits that the average time after 10 laps in a 488 will be faster than either the Performante or Huracan, simply because the brakes will hold up better. And, really, for most folks like myself who are weekend track junkies, it's more important how fast the car is lap after lap than it is after one hero lap.

I will say this, though, the ALA system is pretty amazing. So you have to give the VW boys kudos for that.

 

I really wonder how you could go 30mn and still have brakes on the 488 - I can't tell about the Lambo or Audi, but the 488 brakes cannot last that long (it may depend on the track, but as long as there are corners and brakings, exceeding 30 mn seems very unlikely to me).