Classic pearls of the future - Lamborghini Huracán STO
12/09/2021
The Lamborghini Huracán STO is, so to speak, the latest evolutionary stage of the rear-wheel drive variants that have been on the market since 2015. With 640 hp (at 8000 rpm) and 565 Nm of torque (at 6500 rpm) developed by the V10 engine with a displacement of 5.2 liters, there is certainly hardly anything left to be desired in terms of performance. Combined with a low kerb weight of 1339, this results in truly sporty performance.
The STO is actually a tamed racing car with road approval. Or as chief engineer Maurizio Reggiani put it:
"The Huracán STO offers the fun of a very balanced, lightweight and aerodynamically superior super sports car that reflects the driving feel and excitement of the Super Trofeo. It is perfectly tuned for the world's most demanding racetracks, but was created for the road. The extensive technical solutions gained from our Super Trofeo and GT3 programs have been refined and implemented in the Huracán STO so that the driver can experience the emotions of a racing driver every day in a road-legal Lamborghini super sports car that is also capable of setting lap records."
Lamborghini is asking around EUR 300,000 for the "Super Trofeo Omologato" in 2021 and for this you get a not entirely inconspicuous spoiler package on four wheels, which is hardly suitable for a longer weekend vacation and which, according to Chris Harris from Top Gear, doesn't even offer cupholders. Those who can do without such things and are prepared to pay more than for a more luxurious all-wheel drive version can look forward to super-sporty handling and lots of driving fun on the racetrack.
The STO will almost certainly remain a rare sight on public roads and the small number of units will prevent the price from falling too low until it starts to rise in value, in line with the motto that the STO was one of the last super sports cars with a combustion engine to be put on the road at the beginning of the 2020s using classic recipes. That really sounds like the ideal starting point for a classic pearl, doesn't it?
