When speed meets adventure, the Huracán Sterrato emerges as the champion. 🏎️💨 Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato
touts the Sterrato’s ability to cover zero to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds, while its carbon-ceramic brakes confidently haul the 3,300-pound coupe down from triple-digit speeds. Yet so far, there’s nothing about the Sterrato’s driving dynamics that suggests it can—or should—be driven off road.Charlie Magee, courtesy of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.wouldn’t have set up an off-road course if it was going to damage this low-slung exotic car.
Rotating and sliding the Sterrato over desert sand proves a revelation on multiple levels. First, there’s the realization that Lamborghini can engineer a sports car to accomplish such feats of off-road proficiency. Second, there’s undeniable driver enjoyment to be found in utilizing a Huracán for this kind of all-terrain action. Finally, there’s the epiphany in recognizing the minimal hit to on-road performance the Sterrato suffers in exchange for its off-road prowess.
Rally mode lets the Sterrato kick its tail out under aggressive acceleration, allowing drivers to drift through the dirt while remaining in control.Lamborghini accomplished this impressive mix of on- and off-road performance through a series of engineering tweaks to the standard Huracán model. These include a 1.7-inch increase in ground clearance, a front and rear track that’s been widened by over an inch, and a .3-inch-longer wheelbase.
Although the Sterrato’s off-road acumen isn’t shared by any of its Huracán siblings, the overall cockpit aesthetic is a common denominator.I experienced such versatile traction during several laps around the course, which was roughly 70 percent dirt. Using the Sterrato’s aforementioned Rally mode improves the vehicle’s all-wheel-drive power delivery in off-road conditions.
If leveraging the marque’s engineering expertise to create a rally version of the Huracán sounds like a questionable use of resources, well, I get that. I thought so too. Until I drove the Sterrato. The constant grin I wore during high jinks in the dirt had me sold on the vehicle for that reason alone.
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