If you've got 4.9 crores to spend on something, the sensible thing to do would be to buy a
house or to put into an investment, but, what if you had everything you actually needed?
You had a fancy house, you had a fancy car, a whole bunch of fancy cars and you wanted a toy,
a toy, that'll just put a smile on your face and nothing else.
Well, in that case, there is an alternative, the new Lamborghini Huracan STO.
Now, this, of course, is the first time that we've seen in India, as I mentioned, costs
4.9 crores ex-showroom and that's without actually specking it up to what this level
of spec is, this of course, a very highly specked demo car or display car.
It is a right-hand drive car, but it will be going back out of the country soon.
It's only here for like a, like the launch, that's today
but, I think what I need to do is run you through how special this car is.
Now, Lamborghini's always had a very long run with all its cars, the V12 Aventador
it's now been 10 years since that's been launched and we've seen
a multitude of different special editions.
Huracan, same thing, but now in the facelift version with the EVO, the first-generation
had the Performante, this is the sort of the evolution of the Performante.
If you think the Performante was hardcore, this thing takes it to an absolutely new level.
So let me give you some basic run throughs.
This is the widest Huracan ever, this is the most powerful rear-wheel drive Huracan ever,
this is by far the most extreme looking Huracan ever and this is also one of the lightest
ones that they've actually made and all in all, I think this is a future classic in the making.
Now, let me just sort of start with the front because obviously there's a lot more aero,
it's lot more aggressive, but it's not as simple as it seems, Lamborghini have really
taken it to the next level with this, for example, all of this, the whole front end
that you see in front of the A-Pillar, it's all one single piece of carbon fibre,
it's called Cofango.
In case you're wondering what that is, it's go cofano, which means bonnet, in Italian
and parafango, which means the fender in Italian, it's a amalgamation of all of that together,
one word, Cofango, and it opens in the front.
But basically, it's a nod back to the Miura or in recent times to the Sesto Elemento and
honestly, it's a big nod to the racing cars because when you need to access stuff really
quickly when you're racing, the Le Mans or Daytona or Nurburgring, 24 hour races you
need to really quickly access stuff so, that whole thing opens up, of course you've got
brand new aero in the front, a lot more aggressive, it's the Lamborghini ALA technology.
Big vents in the front, sort of bonnet, to give it better cooling and you've got the
new vents on the fender to aid brake cooling.
Now the fender itself is a much wider fender because this of course is modelled after the
Super Trofeo race cars, now,
in essence, the STO, Super Trofeo Omalogata, means a race car, Super Trofeo series, homologated
for the road, now this is like a joint project between Centro Stile, which is the design
department of Lamborghini and Super Trofeo, which is the race division of Lamborghini.
So, let's move on, let's move to the back here.
Obviously as I mentioned the fender's much wider but it's not just the front fender
look at this.
It's like a little wide body aftermarket car almost, it's like, a like a Liberty Walk car,
now I know all you guys watching know what Liberty Walk means
because they are like the coolest things in the aftermarket tuning scene right now,
so this is very similar to that.
Of course you've got this big manually adjustable wing.
How nice it looks, all satin black and all carbon fibre, these end plates that go in.
And my favourite part of the whole car, is this, come in, come in here.
Now that is an air intake. Now, let me tell you a little story, right.
Every time I drew a little car as a kid, a supercar or like a sports car,
one of these was always on there,
it's excess and that's what Lamborghini does really well.
Honestly, we've seen before in the Diablo GT, it's something that's really cool.
It just gives a little bit more excitement, doesn't it?
It's not like an air intake, so it doesn't suck in air, but it's just a little vent to cool the engine down.
Of course, it's just, I mean look at it, look how cool this all looks,
and just like the front, this whole engine cover, that single piece can actually be opened
up and taken apart and kept on the side.
And of course taking inspiration from that Super Trofeo race car is that central fin.
Now that adds, just in general, it adds dynamic stability on higher speeds
and if there's a difference in pressure between the two sides, that sort of equates it out,
so better handling. Now, obviously, there are other bits and pieces too,
like you've got a bigger diffuser, you've got a new exhaust system which sounds,
it sounds like Mozart and Beethoven having things that I can't talk on video.
Anyways, you've got a brand-new diffuser at the back,
you've got new exhaust system that I spoke about, but just look at the girth of this thing,
I mean, normally a Huracan would end about here, but just see how much wider this is,
in fact, you can actually see the exposed tyre, back there.
This is what'll get a lot of stone chips, so PPF probably on that,
maybe a better idea if you're actually going to buy one.
I mean, just, don't you think this is going to be a future classic?
I think this is, the Huracan is of course one of the better driving Lamborghinis,
it's much better to drive than the Aventador, so don't you think it's going to be
just the coolest car considering the fact that this might just be the final Huracan?
Will it be though? I don't know,
I mean, knowing Lamborghini in the past, they might have another special edition, another
something special coming along the way, but just, I mean, it's a very, very cool car.
So now that we've talked about how it looks, and obviously it looks spectacular, honestly,
we've seen the international car, and blue and orange paint scheme, more like a gulf livery,
this is a little more subdue, little more mature,
well mature is, it's a relative term, but dark blue and yellow, it looks really cool.
I'm going to obviously say what the colours are
because sometimes I do get a mess of it
and I don't want the internet to come and completely destroy me.
I do think that's yellow, Midas though, I think, don't, if I'm wrong, please don't come and
completely slaughter me, right.
Dynamic abilities though, that's the key thing.
So you've got, of course, a lot more downforce, even more downforce than the Performante,
hell a lot more downforce than the Performante on the lighter than the Performante as well
Still has the 5.2-litre V10 at the back, stil l naturally aspirated.
So it makes an absolute racket as I talked about earlier, but it's the, as I mentioned,
the most powerful rear-wheel drive Huracan ever, that's an important thing, because
on a track, you don't want to have that extra weight from four-wheel drive, even the
the direct rival to this, maybe the GT2 RS is still rear-wheel drive.
So this takes on that, honestly, I can't wait to take it on the BIC and see how close
I can get to some of the records that have been set out there, it will be very, very, very quick.
It also has rear-wheel steering, which of course aids to the dynamic abilities of the car.
So under certain speed it sort of, the rear wheels move in a different direction as the
front ones above a certain speed, move in the same direction, it's pretty much standard spec
on a lot of high-performance cars today.
But you can also get it with stuff like an optional roll cage in the back
which adds to that little bit of rigidity.
And honestly, if I was getting one, I'd have the roll cage, I'd have the most extreme seats,
I'd have the four-point harnesses, just make it into a completely unusable track car for the road
because at the end of the day, that's what this car is all about, isn't it, it's just an
expression of complete craziness and that's what Lamborghini do so well.
I'm even doing the hand movements like an Italian does.
So, you can clearly see that this car has me all sort of gushing and red.
Obviously, we talked about the exterior, we talked about dynamic abilities
and now I'm going to try and get into the car and not look like a complete doofus doing
it because, of course, it is something that's difficult to get into with my girth,
but well nonetheless.
So it is a bit of a squeeze and the Huracan honestly always has been,
but it's also typically very Huracan inside, so it's all very basic,
it's all very cool, all very sort of driver oriented here, you've got the different drive
modes on this car, the STO, the STO mode is actually the road mode,
that's the, sort of the normal mode, the Trofeo,
I mean even sounds cool, Trofeo. Trofeo is of course the track mode,
and then you've got Pioggia, which is the rain mode, which is sort of what cuts down
the power a little bit,
turns on all the aids and you just have a little bit of a easier driving experience.
Of course, you've still got the flip-up switch to have the start button exposed, much like a
fighter pilot would, to sort of have this sort of firing trigger.
And on the whole, you've got Alcantara everywhere, you've got these seats, obviously,
these racing seats, I remember driving the Performante not too long ago
and these racing seats are a little bit more comfortable,
they're a little bit more padded as compared to the Performante and
that's an actual issue that a lot of owners gave a feedback about, because the Performante
was just very, very difficult to drive considering how uncomfortable it was on the road.
See these little red tabs, that's weight saving for you.
It's the little tab to open the door and of course you've got raw carbon fibre everywhere
so Lambo has gone back to raw carbon fibre, I love the way standard carbon fibre weave looks.
Honestly, I'm not a fan of the forged carbon fibre at all.
I think it looks messy, doesn't look symmetrical,
I love the way this simple raw carbon fibre looks.
If I have a personal choice, I would have obviously had it in gloss carbon,
but the raw matte carbon is a very modern, very current trend that's sort of going on
in the automotive world in the high-end car business.
Of course you've got these paddle shifter that are static,
they're on the steering column, on the whole, Alcantara steering wheel as well, flat bottomed.
I can't wait to get behind the wheel of one of this and take it absolutely flat out because
as I said, this thing will be an absolute maniac on the track.
So, Lamborghini, if you're watching this, shout out to you if you're watching this,
please give us the chance to take it and completely go berserk over a weekend because I think
I need a little bit of STO in my blood.
So that's it.
That's the, sort of, wrap up of the Huracan STO, I'm going to try and get out now,
without banging my head on the top.
There we go.
The easiest way of getting out. You might need to be a little more fitter than I am to actually
get in and out of this car a little bit easier,
but there you have it, the new Lamborghini Huracan STO,
the most extreme Huracan ever made
and I think honestly, it's going to be the most desirable Huracan ever made as well,
if not the best driving Lamborghini, roadgoing Lamborghini, that we've seen in a long, long time.
So what do you think about the car? Would you buy one of these over say, GT2 RS or
over one of the, more limited-edition Ferraris? Tell us in the comment section below.
And as always, thank you so much for watching.
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hopefully behind the wheel of the STO.