Well, that doesn’t do Lamborghini design chief Mitja Borkert any favors. He’s a talented designer who created some fantastic cars in his time, adding the new Countach, but the fact remains that Lamborghinis are crazy in the most productive way imaginable.
Flashy, impressive, and a little silly, they encompass the entire supercar genre. They can’t be justified with facts or figures, and in this fashionable world you have to settle for some noticing them as the Antichrist, and yet we love them anyway.
If Lamborghini is the supercar manufacturer par excellence, then the Huracan is the supercar that has explained the last decade. Bold but beautiful, brash but brilliant, it provided Lamborghini and its consumers with one of the most productive and notable V10 mid-engine supercars of all time. made.
And modern diversity is more unbalanced than ever. The “basic” Huracan was replaced by the more modern Huracan Evo, the crazy STO added for those who wanted their car to look like a Le Mans race car, and the Tecnica introduced to give consumers the feeling of driving gods.
But the strangest and most peak Huracan of all has arrived as the coupe enters its twilight years. While production is expected to end in 2024, the Huracan V10 arrives at the home of the elderly with kicks and screams.
As it turns out, the last eerie howl before the door closes and the key is casually thrown into the Adriatic is Hurricane Sterrato. Even if it sounds like it belongs to a post-apocalyptic sci-fi mystery or the genre of narrated video games. Through Jeremy Clarkson, it’s a car you or I can buy tomorrow.
Except, of course, we couldn’t. Given that the Sterrato costs around £230,000 (before HMRC bites it) and only 900 examples are expected to leave Lamborghini’s factory in Sant’Agata, only a handful of consumers will be able to squeeze one into their collection.
Thus, the Sterrato is designed as an off-road edition of the Huracan, capable of tackling farm roads and Italy’s famous strada bianca: the white gravel roads that crisscross the Italian countryside, connecting the small villages and holiday homes of Champagne’s socialists with the Champagne Socialists.
It has to look like the room, though, so the Sterrato looks like it was designed by someone who fills old bomb shelters with canned food and Google alien abductions for fun. The plastic frame cladding, roof racks and headlights are bolted on. and Lamborghini has installed a roof air intake to a) look fresh and b) collect empty air, rather than the dust-saturated ingredients that might be lurking around the wheel arches. In theory, this would also allow the Sterrato to move slowly toward deeper waters.
But the biggest differentiator is the new suspension system, which provides the car with an extra 44mm of floor clearance compared to a Huracan Evo, highlighted by the gigantic Bridgestone off-road tyres that come standard.
But if the external has changed radically, the internal has not. Of course, the air intake and related aerodynamic panel on the rear window mean you can slightly see anything in the rearview mirror, but in a different way, everything stays the same. For a Lamborghini, of course.
Perhaps oddly for an Italian supercar, the Huracan’s cabin is impeccably built, whether it’s a Sterrato or any other version. The logo may possibly be Italian, but it’s now owned by Audi, which means all the buttons and switches are working properly.
However, the drama persists because the Italians have done the design. There are toggle switches everywhere, in addition to the traditional buttons, and while most of them look like they’re installed “incorrectly,” they’re sturdy. We especially like Lamborghini’s ignition switches, which live under folding cages reinforced by the protective locks of fighter jet missile systems. I told them it was a child’s dream.
Evidently, no Hurricane is practical. There’s some space inside, as long as you don’t opt for the Evo Spyder convertible, but the garage is an issue. The boot, for example, is small and very hot, which means that when you return from Waitrose, your Häagen-Dazs will have melted. At least you can install a roof box on the Huracan to have an extra garage area.
But no one buys a supercar for its practicality. They only exist to make their drivers feel smart and make each and every five-year-old, young or old, pass by smile. This is where the Huracán has excelled, with its stunning design and, just as importantly, the 10-cylinder symphony that powers it.
It’s the same engine as an Audi R8, but don’t let this put you off, because it’s absolutely insane. Eschewing trendy technologies like turbocharging and electrification, it relies solely on volume and power, which it has in abundance. .
In the case of the Sterrato, the 5. 2-liter V10 distributes 601 HP between the 4 wheels, allowing a time from 0 to 100 km/h of 3. 4 seconds and a maximum speed of 261 km/h. That makes it the slowest Hurricane in existence. you can buy, but it’s still monstrously fast online.
And it will be monstrously fast, no matter the surface. Yes, all-terrain tires will cruise over gravel like a dog that’s just been “busy,” but they eventually work their magic and are remarkably smart on the road, too.
As long as the surface is dry, of course. In the wet, the Sterrato is a bit more temperamental and the fat tyres are a problem, even if they seem cold.
Also, in another way, the car’s excellent steering, with the big tread blocks and wider sidewalls swaying like little pieces of jelly between the tires and the road. It doesn’t ruin the fun at all, however, the Sterrato feels less accurate than any other. Hurricane.
But it makes up for it by being strangely usable. Drive a general Hurricane through a downtown or gravel parking lot and spend all your time freaking out about how close this much-loved bottom is to the unyielding surface, but that just doesn’t happen on the Sterrato. It’s not invincible and some ramps will. Scratch that long nose, but the coverage of the hem gives you a bit of peace of mind.
The raised suspension also makes the car a little more comfortable, which is convenient on roads as rough as those in the UK. The result is a supercar that’s more readily available and fun than other Huracan models, and it loses none of its excitement – it’s just another kind of excitement.
More traditional hurricanes will also offer thrills. The car may gain a bit of speed, but it’s still one of the best supercars. Design, noise and drama are offered in spades, and handling is excellent too.
In many ways, the Sterrato is the most useful Hurricane of all, and therefore one of the most attractive. But if you need a practical Lamborghini, get the Urus SUV.
Huracáns are toys, and for my money, the first one out of the box wouldn’t be the Sterrato but the Tecnica, which provides the smoothest riding experience. But if Lamborghini’s niche is crazy, the Sterrato has to be the craziest (and most Lamborghini-like) of them all.