Although the current supercar setting and tuning is mostly towards "comfort" and "humanization", and in order to comply with increasingly stringent emission and fuel consumption regulations, the transmission system has long begun to "shrink displacement", "reduce the number of cylinders", "turbo" and "electrify", but the stubborn bull from Sant'Agata Bolognese in Italy is the opposite, not only has it been told that the next generation of "big bulls" will still carry the V12 strong heart, but also in Huracán The end of the product life cycle brings fans this unruly Huracán STO!
Factory racing cars that can be legally listed on the highway
The Huracán STO, which debuted online in November 2020, is the ultimate time-limited version of the Huracán car series, developed by the original design department and Lamborghini Squadra Corse Motorsport, the "STO" in the name, which is an abbreviation for Super Trofeo Omologato in Italian, in addition to clearly marking it as a "professional car that can be legally listed on general roads", but also explains why it can be worn The Huracán Super Trofeo EVO and Huracán EVO GT3 are the air power kits for two factory race cars.
In addition, because it is a race car that can be used on the road, after installing accessories such as headlights and direction lights that comply with road regulations, the Huracán STO with 75% sheet metal parts is made of carbon fiber, and it is also equipped with a front-flip carbon fiber integrated front end called "Cofango", which combines the entire front cover, front bumper, lower spoiler and front leaf sheet metal into one, which not only greatly reduces the weight of the body (Huracán STO weighs only 1,339 kg, compared to Huracán EVO). Coupé is 83 kilograms less), and can also speed up repairs and replacements during races or track day events.
The huracán STO's mid-body section is replaced by a redesigned and quickly manually removable (with a 3D printed key) basket-empty hood, which is equipped with roof air intakes to increase the cooling efficiency of the engine, and the vertical wings of the shark fin increase the stability of the vehicle at high speeds and corners, and can be introduced into the ALA (Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva) active aerodynamic system with three-stage adjustable tail fins at 200 km/h, Producing up to 440 kg of downforce (53% more than Huracán Performante and 37% more air efficiency), it's a combat aesthetic.
Lightweight minimalist cockpit with racing configuration
In a two-seater space with almost the same layout as the Huracán EVO Coupé, the Huracán STO was replaced by two carbon fiber adjustable sports car seats that manually adjust the front/rear and backrest angles, aluminum pedals, and a multi-function control steering wheel with Alcantara suede on the sides and a toggle button embedded in the driving mode (STO, TROFEO Track and PIOGGIA Rain Battle) underneath, and replaced the traditional foot pads with carbon fiber foot pads. It was replaced with carbon fiber door interior panels, simplified the opening and closing doors to a drawstring design, and additional optional racing fire extinguishers, track telemetry systems, and a titanium roll cage (which can reduce the weight of stainless steel roll cages by 40% less than stainless steel roll cages) and four-point seat belts that were not present in the test drive, Lamborghini and Akrapovi.
Directly in front of the driver's seat is a full-digit 12.3-inch TFT dashboard with multiple display modes, while the center console is an 8.4-inch HMI touch screen that can be touch-screened or set for air conditioning, navigation, Bluetooth communication, LDVI body dynamic integration system, tire pressure, brake temperature and other very detailed information.
As for the lower part of the 8.4-inch HMI touch screen, Lamborghini arranged the Engine Opening and Closing buttons shaped like a fighter missile launch button for the Huracán STO, the R (Reverse) lever, the P (Park) and M (Hand) modes buttons, and a P Auto Park function switch, which is simple and clear.
The track is the playground for this racing mad cow
Interestingly, the Huracán STO's engine room is equipped with a 5.2-liter V10 naturally inlet petrol engine (actual displacement of 5,204c.c.) shared with the Huracán EVO series, and the maximum horsepower output is adjusted to be the same as that of the Huracán EVO Coupe, which can produce 640 hp at engine speeds of 8,000 rpm, but because of the Huracán STO and Huracán Super The Trofeo EVO and Huracán EVO GT3 are both factory cars with the same rear-wheel drive setting, so the maximum torque has been reduced to 565N.m, exactly between the 600N .m of the Huracán EVO Coupe and the 560N .m of the Huracán EVO RWD .
Thus, with the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, even with less grip and trackability on the first two wheels, the Huracán STO still accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h from 3.0 seconds (the 4WD Huracán EVO Coupé takes just 2.9 seconds), sprints from stationary to 200 km/h at the same time as the Huracán EVO Coupé, and the top speed is only 310 km/h due to the impact of the airbox ( The Huracán EVO Coupé has a top speed of 325 km/h).
In addition, the Huracán STO has a wider wheelbase, a tracked suspension system, a retuned anti-roll bar, and comes standard with LMR 2.0 active electromagnetic suspension, rear steering, and a Brembo CCM-R carbon-ceramic brake system with F1 racing technology, which offers better durability, 4 times more thermal conductivity and 60% more pressure resistance than traditional carbon fiber ceramic brake discs. In order to make it have the handling and braking performance of the direct-pointing car.
And unlike the general Huracán EVO series, Lamborghini has also reset the Huracán STO with a total of 3 exclusive driving modes including STO, TROFEO Track and PIOGGIA Rain Battle (the standard Huracán EVO series is equipped with 3 modes of STRADA Street, SPORT Sport and CORSA Track), and the driver can switch only through the ANIMA Dynamic Mode Selector under the steering wheel; STO The mode is the only self-driving mode suitable for driving on general roads, TROFEO mode is set for track driving with hard-core output and settings, PIOGGIA is a track driving mode used in rain, and unlike the general simple mode of reducing output, there are special adjustments for torque distribution, ABS, suspension and track control.
However, even in the STO mode that is the most suitable for general road driving in the 3 modes, after tapping on the accelerator on the road, you will not only immediately find that the Huracán STO is very close to the CORSA track mode of the Huracán EVO car series, regardless of the real-time degree of power emergence or suspension bounce, and you will also feel its impatience in the full and thick exhaust explosion sound, as if urging you to take the "ya" down the track as soon as possible to relieve the pressure.
Moreover, although the planning of pure rear-wheel drive, so the front wheel of the Huracán STO does not have to bear the work of power output, in exchange for better cornering directivity, but such a change does not detract from the grip and trackability of the Huracán STO, the limit in the corner is still unfathomable, only in the process of full linear sprint, you will feel that it is a rear-drive bull that is pushing the vehicle forward from behind.
Unfortunately, because there was no track test drive arranged this time, and there was only a little drizzle in the early morning on the test day, we only had a short experience of Huracán STO's TROFEO track mode on the mountain road after lunch at noon; however, even if it was only "conservatively" driving back and forth on the mountain road, but the Huracán STO in this mode, not only the good ball belt of power output will be fully advanced again, so that you have more sufficient reaction time. Straight forward suspension setting, but also let the small roll rice noodles just "live" again, brutal and unreasonable handling and power tone, really very close to the factory car, only to take the commute is very wasteful (not to mention that it is only a small pitiful luggage space), and the small modification after the control characteristics of the approachable Huracán EVO car series is very different, but also and all the current non-limited commercial supercar is not the same, the only close, should be like the Huracán Super Trofeo EVO is a uniform-spec race car based on a production supercar!