Lamborghini has gifted the Italian State Police a new Huracán LP 610-4, taking over duties from the Gallardo units that have served since 2004 and 2008. The donated car packs a 5.2-litre V10 engine producing 610bhp and is expected to join active service before the end of the year, tasked with helping curb accidents and crime on the country's roads.

The handover marks the continuation of a long-standing bond between the Sant'Agata Bolognese marque and Italian law enforcement. Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann called it a fitting partnership, noting that the Huracán represents the pinnacle of Italian super sports car engineering and that the company is proud to supply a vehicle capable of handling the specialised demands of police work. Prefect Alessandro Pansa, head of the Italian State Police, echoed the sentiment, describing the moment as a meeting of "two Italian excellences" and pointing back to 2004, when the first Gallardo was delivered to Rome's police force to aid road-safety and crime-prevention efforts over the following decade.

The Gallardo's decade-long service record set a high bar for its successor. Rome's police operated the original Gallardo from 2004, while a second unit went into service with Bologna's police in 2005; both were swapped for updated second-generation Gallardo models in 2008. The Rome car alone covered more than 140,000 km by 2008 and racked up another 110,000-plus km between 2009 and 2014, patrolling central and southern Italian motorways and doubling as an emergency medical transport vehicle. Notably, neither Gallardo needed major repairs beyond routine maintenance during that stretch.

The new Huracán Polizia is finished in the mandated "blu Polizia" livery with white stripes and lettering styled to match the car's sharper design language. Beyond its visual deterrent as a Lamborghini patrolling the highway, the car is loaded with technology aimed at curbing dangerous driving—things like excessive speed, illegal use of emergency lanes and reckless overtaking. It comes equipped with automatic number plate recognition and tracking, along with real-time image transmission to police control rooms.

Central to its pursuit capabilities is the "Proof Video Data System," which uses GPS data to calculate the Huracán's location, direction and speed, then factors in distance and time-to-intercept to accurately clock a suspect vehicle's speed. Footage captured is transmitted live via radio link to the relevant police station, where it's archived and used for automatic plate retrieval—useful for quickly flagging stolen vehicles.

Source: CarDekho

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