Two days ago, a picture surfaced on exoticspotter.com of the brand new Lamborghini Huracan LP610-4 driving in camouflage on the street in Oxnard, California. The Huracan has yet to be unveiled to the general public; it is anticipated that it will debut at the 2014 Geneva Auto Show. Because of this, filming the Huracan would be cool for my YouTube channel (youtube.com/TheStradman) . When the picture surfaced, I was in Beverly Hills, California chasing cars.
Of course I didn't want to sprint up to Oxnard uninformed. The chance of randomly crossing paths with the Huracan was too slight. I did my research. A quick Google search of "Oxnard Lamborghini" led me to the discovery of a Volkswagen Test Facility in Oxnard. Lamborghini is a subsidiary of the parent company Volkswagen. Now, I needed to find an address for the test facility. This should have been an easy task but it turned to be difficult. I eventually found an article in the Ventura, California newspaper that provides the address. It was 7PM and I began the 45 minute drive to Oxnard.
Now I don't live in Oxnard so I would need to find a place to camp out in my car for the night. I wanted to be in Oxnard early in the morning in case the Lamborghini left the test facility early. I found a quiet Babies R'Us parking lot without street lights and went to bed. I slept quite well even though my car is pretty small; a 2002 Audi TT.
I woke up at 6AM and headed to the Volkswagen Test Facility on the outskirts of town. It is located in a quiet industrial park with plenty of parking. I did a quick patrol of the building to learn the entrances and exits. After witnessing a few Audis and Volkswagen test cars arriving and leaving, I determined which gate the Lamborghini would most likely exit. And then I began to wait....
Fifteen minutes into my wait time, the gate began to open......I could see an array of LED headlights (Huracan has LEDs) and I could hear the roar of a loud V10! I quickly grabbed my video camera and reached for the door handle of my TT. The gate continued to open further....it was an Audi R8 V10 Plus. The Audi R8 and Lamborghini Gallardo (Huracan predecessor) share many of the same components. The R8 V10 Plus is a cool car that I would have liked to film but I didn't want to blow my cover. I had my eyes set on the Huracan.
Two hours into waiting, a Volkswagen Van arrived at the facility. As the gates were opening, a camouflaged, sleek car was driving in the back of the facility. It was the Lamborghini Huracan LP610-4! I had struck gold, the Huracan was at the facility! Then the gate closed. And I continued to wait. But now I was sure I was in the right place.
Two more hours passed; I continued to wait. Every 15 minutes or so, the gate would open and close and I would grab my camera in anticipation. I was eating a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos when it happened. The gates opened, the menacing V10 monster with the V shaped LED headlights appeared. I threw the bag of Doritos onto the passenger seat and sprang out of my TT with video camera in hand. I calmly filmed the car leaving the test facility then raced back to my car to chase it for a few miles.
Here is my video: The 2015 Lamborghini Huracan LP610-4 on the road in California!
