Like most automotive outlets, we’ve gleefully made fun of German tuning house Mansory before. The company doesn’t shy away from outlandishness—you might say it courts the image. But its latest offering, the 1000-hp, Lamborghini Huracán–based Torofeo, is messing with our heads in an unexpected way: It’s coming across as nearly tasteful.
First off, that name: “Torofeo” is Mansory’s own portmanteau of the words “toro” and “Trofeo.” The first is Spanish for “bull,” the second comes from Lamborghini’s Super Trofeo spec racing series.
And make no mistake, the Torofeo is outrageous. Starting with the “entry-level” Huracán, a V-10 screamer with a not-so-subtle 602 horses, Mansory tore the engine down to the crank, rebuilding it with a new rotating assembly, new cams, and a completely new fuel system—all in deference to the twin turbos fed by a full custom exhaust and blowing through a water-to-air intercooler.
The result is a pleasingly round-numbered half-ton of horsepower, alongside an electronically limited 737 lb-ft of torque. All that force-fed grunt flows through the Huracán’s all-wheel-drive system to 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels shod with 245- and 325-width rubber.
Mansory says the whole shebang will do 0 to 62 mph in 2.7 seconds, shaving a half-second off Lamborghini’s official acceleration time for the stock Huracán LP 610-4. It’s worth noting that we measured a 0-to-60 time of just 2.5 seconds when we tested the standard LP610-4 last summer—we assume Mansory’s additional 398 horsepower didn’t make the car slower, but the discrepancy is worth noting. Mansory does claim a top speed in excess of 210 mph, a gain of eight over the stocker.
Of course, all that horsepower means nothing if you can’t distinguish your Lamborghini from all the others in the parking lot at work. Mansory has you covered—literally—with carbon fiber. “Where Lamborghini thought they had maximized the use of carbon fiber, Mansory have added an extra touch based on their core competency,” Mansory’s press release states. And it shows: The woven wonder material makes up the Mansory’s new aggressive front air intakes, super-louvered engine cover, widened and deeply vented fenders at all four corners, and sizable rear spoiler and diffuser rear apron. Naturally, the interior is similarly spackled in carbon fiber, color-matched to the exterior in this example.
