From $1,195 to $2,495, How Much to Rent a Huracan by Trim

How much to rent a Huracan comes down to the trim you pick. When this was written, Huracan rates on our site ran from $1,195 to $2,495 a day, and every day includes 100 miles. The deposit hold is $1,000 to $3,000, and the daily rate drops on its own from day 3.

My advice for a first rental is the $1,195 car. The newer trims buy real changes, but most of them show up on an empty canyon road rather than at a valet stand. Put the difference toward a third day instead.

Here's why. Roll a 2017 Spyder up to a hotel entrance in Laguna Beach with the roof down. The valet sees a Lamborghini and hears a V10, and he doesn't check the model year before he waves you to the front.

The Huracan price list, trim by trim

Each Huracan version listed at its own daily rate when this was written.

• Huracan coupe and Spyder, $1,195 to $1,295 a day
• Huracan Evo and Evo Spyder, $1,295 a day
• Huracan Sterrato, $1,295 a day
• Huracan Tecnica, $1,395 a day
• Huracan Performante, $1,395 a day
• Huracan STO, $2,495 a day

Look at how flat the middle of that list is. Most of the range sits within $200 a day of the bottom. Then the STO at the top jumps by more than $1,000 a day.

The car at the bottom is still a Huracan with a 5.2 liter V10 behind your head. It makes 602 hp and revs to 8,500 rpm. Pull away from the arrivals curb at John Wayne Airport in the black Spyder, and fold the roof at the first light. The fabric top takes 17 seconds, and it works at up to 31 mph. By the time you reach the coast, the red seats are out in the sun.

What the extra $100 or $200 buys

The Evo is where the Huracan changed the most. It added rear wheel steering and a system Lamborghini calls LDVI. LDVI is a predictive controller that sets the dampers and the torque split before you reach the corner. Power rose to 631 hp in the coupe and 640 in the Spyder. The Evo coupe gets to 60 in 2.9 seconds, while the original Spyder takes 3.4.

You feel the Evo most at low speed. The rear wheels steer, so the car turns tighter in a parking structure. It also has a portrait touchscreen with Apple CarPlay, and the first cars run everything through the gauge cluster. On the climb up Laguna Canyon Road, the Evo feels calmer and more willing than the car it replaced.

The Tecnica and the Performante cost $100 more again. The Tecnica takes the STO's 631 hp engine and sends it to the rear wheels only. The Performante keeps all wheel drive and weighs roughly 40 kilograms less than the Evo. It also carries ALA, an active aero system that moves downforce between corners. Its ride is firmer, and its exhaust is louder.

Here's the part nobody tells you. In town traffic, the gap between a Performante and the original Spyder is smaller than the price list suggests. You find the difference at 8 in the morning on an empty road. You won't find it crawling down Coast Highway on a Saturday.

Two Huracans built for one job each

The Sterrato lists at $1,295, the same as an Evo, but it's built for a rougher road. It sits 44 mm higher on all terrain tires with tall sidewalls. A scoop on the roof feeds the V10, so you hear the intake above you as well as behind. Lamborghini built 1,499 of them. Its top speed is 162 mph, against 202 for the Evo.

Take it up Latigo Canyon Road from the coast in Malibu. The surface breaks up through the hairpins, and the Sterrato rolls over the patches without the hard edge every other Huracan has over a bump.

The STO is $2,495 a day, with a $3,000 hold and $10 a mile. STO stands for Super Trofeo Omologata, which means it's the road version of the Super Trofeo race car. It drives the rear wheels only and weighs 43 kg less than the Performante. The whole front end lifts as one carbon piece, and a wing and a fin sit at the back. The STO on our site is black with a yellow livery.

Track use, racing and off-road driving aren't permitted on any car in the fleet. That includes the STO with its wing and the Sterrato with its lift. So the STO is the car you book for how it looks parked. Leave it on a rooftop deck at dusk, and the yellow stripes are the only thing the street lights find.

The hold, the miles and the insurance call

The deposit is a hold on your card, not a charge. It's released after the car comes back the way it left. On a Huracan the hold is $1,000, $2,000 or $3,000, and each listing shows its own figure. A larger deposit may apply if you're under 25.

Every day includes 100 miles, and a longer rental pools them. Past that, each car bills its own rate, from $3 to $10 a mile. Sixty extra miles cost $240 in the black Spyder at $4 a mile, and the same 60 miles cost $600 in the STO.

The blue Evo Spyder based in Palm Springs bills $3 a mile. Land at Palm Springs Airport and it can meet you at the curb outside baggage claim. The terminal is small enough that you can see the car from the door. If you know the trip runs long, say so at booking. We price the miles in ahead of time instead of billing them after.

Insurance isn't in the rate, and we don't sell it. Your own policy has to extend comprehensive and collision coverage to a rental car that isn't on it. That's called non-owner vehicle coverage. Credit card coverage almost never applies, because most card benefits exclude cars worth more than $50k to $75k. The black Spyder carried an MSRP of $219,780.

How much to rent a Huracan past the second day

The rate falls on its own once the booking passes two days. Days 1 and 2 are at the full rate. Three to 4 days take 10% off, 5 to 6 take 15%, and 7 to 13 take 20%. From day 14 it's 30% off, from day 21 it's 40%, and from day 28 it's 50%. The length of the booking sets the discount, so you never have to ask.

Here is what that does to a $1,195 Huracan.

• 2 days, $2,390
• 3 days, $3,226.50
• 7 days, $6,692, or $956 a day
• 28 days, $16,730, or $597.50 a day

Three days in a $1,395 Tecnica come to $3,766.50. That's $540 more than three days in the $1,195 car. Either way, the third day is the one that changes the trip.

On the first morning you idle out of the valet in Strada mode and watch your mirrors. By the third, you drive Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla at 7 in the morning with the roof down. The V10 stops feeling borrowed somewhere on that road.

Huracan rental cost next to a McLaren or a Ferrari

Many people who price a Huracan also look at a McLaren 720S. The white 720S Spider based in San Diego lists at $1,195 a day, with a $2,000 hold and $3 a mile. It makes 710 hp and gets to 60 in 2.8 seconds. Its dampers react to the road in two milliseconds.

Book the 720S if the drive is the reason for the day. Book the Huracan if you want people to hear you before they see you.

The McLaren 750S is the step up. The yellow 750S Spider lists at $1,495 a day, with a $1,000 hold and $3 a mile. It makes 740 hp, reaches 60 in 2.7 seconds, and it's the last McLaren built with no hybrid system.

The Ferrari 296 GTB sits between the two McLarens at $1,345 a day. The white one in Orange County carries a $1,000 hold and bills $6 a mile. Its 819 hp plug-in hybrid V6 lets it leave a valet stand in silence on electric power. A Huracan can't do that, because its V10 speaks up the moment you press start.

Spend on days, not on trim

The Huracan price list is flat in the middle and steep at the top. For a first rental, the $1,195 car plus a third day does more for the trip than a newer badge. Save the STO for the day the wing is the reason you booked.