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Sterrato is Italian for dirt road, but for Lamborghini, the Huracan Sterrato would’ve been the automaker’s off-road supercar. The concept is based on the Huracan Evo, featuring 47 millimeters of ground clearance and 30-millimeter wider tracks to accommodate the Rotiform wheels and Pirelli tires.
Georg Kacher of Automobile Magazine is one of the few people outside of Lamborghini to have driven the Huracan Sterrato, and according to him, chances are Sant’Agata Bolognese will roll out a limited-edition model. “The provisional business case suggests that we can build this car at a profit,” said chief technical officer Maurizio Reggiani.
“How is this possible, you ask? By manufacturing all restyled or new body panels, claddings, ducts, and splitters on 3D printers,” added Reggiani. The question is, how does the Huracan Sterrato differ from the Urus and would this model stand a chance against the high-riding SUV?
In a nutshell, yes. There’s a possibility Lamborghini will produce 500 to 1,000 examples of the breed at €240,000 each, and as opposed to the Urus, the Huracan Sterrato is a supercar with the abilities of a crossover. Think of it as the ultimate all-roader, a concept that Subaru made successful with the Outback in 1993. Further back, American Motors Corporation pioneered the crossover with the four-wheel-drive Eagle in 1979.
As unconventional as it sounds, don’t forget the Volkswagen Group has experience with this type of vehicle. The A6 Allroad comes to mind, but back in the 1980s, the 959 finished first, second, and sixth in the Paris-Dakar Rally. Turning our attention back to the Huracan Sterrato, 640 ponies from a 5.2-liter V10 should be enough suck-squeeze-bang-blow on a dirt road.
Lamborghini re-engineered the Dinamica Veicolo Integrata for this application, calibrating the all-wheel drive, all-wheel steering, and torque vectoring for superior off-road performance. There’s also exclusivity to be taken into consideration, an element that Lamborghini customers expect from the Raging Bull of Sant’Agata Bolognese.
If it were your money, would you take the Huracan Sterrato on your favorite weekend escape in the mountainside or you spend €204,000 and change on a well-equipped Urus?
“How is this possible, you ask? By manufacturing all restyled or new body panels, claddings, ducts, and splitters on 3D printers,” added Reggiani. The question is, how does the Huracan Sterrato differ from the Urus and would this model stand a chance against the high-riding SUV?
In a nutshell, yes. There’s a possibility Lamborghini will produce 500 to 1,000 examples of the breed at €240,000 each, and as opposed to the Urus, the Huracan Sterrato is a supercar with the abilities of a crossover. Think of it as the ultimate all-roader, a concept that Subaru made successful with the Outback in 1993. Further back, American Motors Corporation pioneered the crossover with the four-wheel-drive Eagle in 1979.
As unconventional as it sounds, don’t forget the Volkswagen Group has experience with this type of vehicle. The A6 Allroad comes to mind, but back in the 1980s, the 959 finished first, second, and sixth in the Paris-Dakar Rally. Turning our attention back to the Huracan Sterrato, 640 ponies from a 5.2-liter V10 should be enough suck-squeeze-bang-blow on a dirt road.
Lamborghini re-engineered the Dinamica Veicolo Integrata for this application, calibrating the all-wheel drive, all-wheel steering, and torque vectoring for superior off-road performance. There’s also exclusivity to be taken into consideration, an element that Lamborghini customers expect from the Raging Bull of Sant’Agata Bolognese.
If it were your money, would you take the Huracan Sterrato on your favorite weekend escape in the mountainside or you spend €204,000 and change on a well-equipped Urus?
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