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Lamborghini’s call to traction

Does the world really need an off-road Huracán? Andrew Frankel wasn’t sure... until 60 seconds into his test drive
The Sterrato’s extra LED lights on the front, raised ground clearance and ruggedised bodywork might come in handy should you ever dream of taking it off-road

Itry hard, as hard as I can, not to pre-judge cars. Let them stand or fall on their own merits rather than your preconceptions of how they’re likely to be. But sometimes it’s difficult, and this was one of those times.

The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, a transparent attempt to rekindle interest in a car that was never a patch on its rivals from McLaren and Ferrari. A little unkind? Maybe, and there have been one or two Huracáns I’ve genuinely enjoyed – the rear-wheel drive version in particular. But this isn’t even that. It’s an essentially standard all-wheel-drive Huracán jacked up to give it some ground clearance and some ugly plastic addenda to its body, spoiling the look of the car which was always its strongest attribute. Now in its tenth year was this really going to reveal itself as anything more than a last-gasp marketing department special intended to breathe life into an old dog? Well, now you mention it…

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