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Say what you might about Lamborghini but its new big bad bull, the Huracan Sterrato, is ready to rage both on and off-road at full speed. Read more here.
Concept Car Beginnings
Back in 2019, Lamborghini unveiled the Huracan Sterrato Concept car and initially, lots of people thought one thing. “Oh great, Lamborghini is releasing another crazy vehicle that has no basis in reality”. A Huracan supercar with a lift kit, off-road shocks, a skid-plate, and massive fender flares seemed too silly to be true. The concept was a real car and could be driven and tested like any other. And now, the pre-production car is just as real and is almost ready for public consumption.
How The Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato Is Different
While Lamborghini itself hasn’t released any hard data on exactly how different the production version of the Sterrato will be from its road-focused sibling, we can learn a lot by looking at the 2019 concept. That car featured almost two inches of additional ride height as well as a 1.2-inch wider track. It wasn’t just a showpiece either. The Sterrato Concept also featured real aluminum skid plates, body armor, and even deflectors ahead of the intake ports to ensure rocks and other debris didn’t end up in the engine. Lamborghini even went to the trouble of moving the front axle forward and redesigning the front control arms so that they could fit bigger beefier tires on the car.
Prototypes have been spotted during Lamborghini’s testing and we can learn a bit from them as well. Just like the concept, these test cars feature a central roof scoop, roof rails, a small rear spoiler integrated into the tail and aluminum skid plates. They’ve also been spotted with LED light bars attached to the hood though we can’t be sure if something like that will make it to production. It’s just as possible that the testing team has been using them as a functional safety feature that won’t actually end up on the final car.
How the Lamborghini Huracan is the Same
Again, it’s important to point out that we don’t have any official numbers but it’s almost certain that Lamborghini will use the same V10 that’s always been in the Huracan. The new EVO RWD trim makes 602-horsepower but we expect the Sterrato to get the 631-horse version found in the AWD model. Of course, we can be sure that the engine won’t be the only similarity.
The cabin, the seating, and the transmission are all very likely to be identical to the EVO. So no, this isn’t going to be a proper off-roader, no car with this sort of approach angle could be. But, at the same time, it does look like it’s going to be the next great rally raiding supercar. It might not be as groundbreaking as the Porsche 959, but it’s got that same sort of outlandish flare. We couldn’t love it more.
Expect a full unveiling later this year with production for the 2023 model year starting as well. We believe Lamborghini will start pricing for the Sterrato at around $259,000. That would slot it above the EVO but below the Fluo Capsule. The latter of which is the first trim to feature really unique styling or features in the lineup.
