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What do you get when you cross a Lamborghini Huracan with the Urus super-SUV? This, apparently. It's called the Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato Concept and, yes, it's a crossover-supercar with aspirations of venturing off-road. Sheesh.
The Sterrato, which is Italian for 'dirt', is based on the Evo version of the Huracan, which means it has the 5.2-litre, 640hp naturally aspirated V10 petrol engine. The Huracan Evo's Lamborghini Dinamica Veicolo Integrata (LDVI) control system oversees all of the Sterrato's four-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, modified suspension and torque vectoring. Calibration work has tweaked the software to be able to cope with low-friction surfaces, such as sand and mud and so on.
Visually, the Sterrato is as per any number of crossover estates you can think of - so the ride height is jacked up by 47mm, the approach and departure angles are enhanced by 1 and 6.5 per cent respectively, the track width is bolstered 30mm on both axles, the wheel arches jut out with dark-plastic addenda, 20-inch wheels with all-terrain tyres are fitted and there are aluminium bits underneath the body, to reinforce and protect the Huracan's structure. It also has an LED off-road light package, incorporating a full-width roof bar and bumper lights with a 'flood' function.
Inside, there's a titanium roll cage, four-point seatbelts fitted to carbon bi-shell sports seats and aluminium floor panels. Yup, this is the answer to a question no one ever thought to ask.
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Maurizio Reggiani, chief technical officer of Lamborghini, said: "The Huracan Sterrato illustrates Lamborghini's commitment to being a future shaper: a super-sports car with off-road capabilities, the Sterrato demonstrates the Huracan's versatility and opens the door to yet another benchmark of driving emotion and performance. Lamborghini's R&D and design teams are constantly exploring new opportunities and delivering the unexpected as a core characteristic of our DNA, challenging possibilities while inspired by Lamborghini brand heritage."
Of course, those of you with long memories might remember Lambo's old test driver, Bob Wallace, adapting two models of the 1970s for off-road racing - creating the 1973 Jarama Rally and the 1974 Urraco Rally in the process. Even so... no thanks from us on this one, Lamborghini.