“IT PROVES HUGELY CAPABLE AND,
WITHOUT QUESTION, THE MOST
FUN I HAVE HAD IN A SUPERCAR”
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standard dampers. Increase the track by 30 mm. Leave the wheel
size the same at 20 in, but fit special high-profile balloon tyres
developed with Pirelli to work on-road and off. Move the front
a xle 30 mm for ward by redesigning the suspension geometr y,
ensuring the wheels clear the arches on compression, and revise
the front wings to accommodate the 30 mm shift. Add a new steel
front splitter, cladding around the wheelarches and side sills, and
a reinforced undertray. To help the engine breathe and prevent
the V 10 from swallowing much dust, add aero flicks in front of the
air intakes and fit a revised air filter. Finally, add roof rails, a light
bar and two front spotlights (anyone else think it should be a
five-light cluster?) and you have a Huracán Sterrato. Inside, it’s
familiar Huracán, but a titanium rollcage, new adjustable sports
seats (comfy), four-point harnesses (fiddly) and aluminium
flooring differentiate it from the ‘regular’ car.
Presentation finished, Nardò health and safety briefing done
(which seems to consist mostly of warning us not to feed the
animals), it’s time to find out what the Sterrato feels like on
the 3. 8 -mile tarmac handling track.
The short answer is: comfy, rear-biased and amusing to drift.
The more detailed analysis is that, thanks to the Sterrato’s
increased ride height and tyre sidewalls, the car pitches and
squats on braking and acceleration, which is unnerving at first
and feels slightly foreign in a modern Lambo. But the R&D teamLAMBORGHINI HURACÁN STERRATO