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The New 2021 Lamborghini Huracán STO Unveiled
Lamborghini’s new Huracán STO is the street legal culmination of the Squadra Corse’s Huracán Super Trofeo EVO and GT3 EVO racing cars.
Lamborghini has unveiled their newest supercar: the Huracán STO “Super Trofeo Omologata”. It is the road-homologated super sports car born out of the collaboration between Lamborghini’s R&D, Squadra Corse, and Centro Stile departments.
Designed as a road car with track performance, the new rear-wheel-drive Huracán STO is the street-legal combination of both the Huracán Super Trofeo EVO and the three-time 24 Hours of Daytona/two-time 12 Hours of Sebring champion winning Huracán GT3 EVO.
With track racing performance DNA in its bones, the Huracán STO has been stripped of unnecessary features and with a 75% carbon fiber body weighs 95lbs (43kg) less than the Performante, offering 53% more downforce to deliver a track experience in every day driving.
At the heart of the Lamborghini Huracán STO is the same naturally aspirated V10 engine as shared by the Huracán EVO and Super Trofeo, offering 640hp and 565 Nm of torque at 6,500 rpm and the ability to reach 0-62mph (100km/h) in 3 seconds and boast a top speed of 193mph (310km/h).
“The Huracán STO is the purest incarnation of Lamborghini Squadra Corse heritage, directly transferring technologies from the Huracán Super Trofeo EVO and drawing on the Huracán GT3 EVO’s unique accomplishment of winning three consecutive times in the Daytona 24 hours,” says Automobili Lamborghini Chairman and CEO, Stefano Domenicali.
Lamborghini’s Chief Technical Officer Maurizio Reggiani also shared his thoughts, saying, “The Huracán STO delivers all the excitement of a beautifully balanced, lightweight and aerodynamically superior super sports car, mirroring the driving feeling and exhilaration of Super Trofeo, and perfectly set up for the world’s most demanding tracks but created for the road. The extensive technical solutions and intelligence gained from both our Super Trofeo and GT3 programs has been refined and embodied in the Huracán STO, allowing the pilot to experience the emotions of a racing driver, daily, in a road-legal Lamborghini super sports car able to take lap records.”
Lamborghini Huracán STO Exterior Design
The Lamborghini Huracán STO’s exterior design has also been completely revised to optimize airflow and increase aerodynamic efficiencies as demanded in motorsports. It borrows heavily from the aerodynamic solutions deployed by Squadra Corse race cars, including the following features:
Cofango with air ducts, front splitter, and louvers
Like the Lamborghini Miura before it, the Huracán STO sees the return of the “cofango” – a design element that sees the front bonnet, fenders, and the front bumper built out of one single component.
Combining the words’ cofano’ (hood) and ‘parafango’ (fender), the “cofango” design is not only lightweight but also a timesaving access feature when it comes to motorsports.
The addition of new air ducts on the front bonnet also helps increase the airflow through the central radiator, improving engine cooling and helping generate downforce. The cofango also incorporates a new front splitter, directing airflow to the car’s newly designed underbody and the rear diffuser.
Rear fender with NACA air intake
An element taken from the Super Trofeo EVO that makes its appearance on the Huracán STO is the rear fender with NACA air intake, which reduces drag and increases rear downforce.
Rear engine bonnet with air scoop
The Huracán STO’s revised rear hood design also sees an integrated air scoop to improve air-cooling at the rear underhood. Dedicated air deflectors, integrated in the rear bonnet’s frame, manage the significant incoming airflow from the snorkel according to the temperature regulation needs of the engine and exhaust outlet.
Shark fin
An integrated ‘shark fin’ on the rear bonnet improves the Huracán STO’s ability to corner and regulate airflow onto the rear wing, increasing wing efficiency when cornering.
Adjustable rear wing
A new single slotted wing with a double airfoil allows the front part of the airfoil to rotate into three positions to enhance rear downforce. The aero balance of the car can thus fluctuate by 13%, adapting the STO to different driving styles and conditions as demanded by the driver.
Lamborghini Huracán STO Driving Modes
Another change to the Huracán STO is the three new driving modes found on the steering wheel buttons. Instead of the familiar “Strada (street), Sport or Corsa modes, drivers will now have the option of the new “STO,” Trofeo and Piogga modes.
STO Driving Mode
The default STO mode is for road driving and fun on curving roads. Every aspect of the Lamborghini Veicolo Dinamica Integrata (LDVI) vehicle dynamics system is optimized for all road conditions and coupled with a road-oriented suspension setting. The fully active ESC can be switched off for maximum driving fun while still supporting the driver.
Trofeo Driving Mode
In Trofeo mode, all systems are optimized for dry asphalt and the fastest lap times on the track. The LDVI assures maximum performance through dedicated torque vectoring and performance traction control strategies for both straight sprints, in ESC ON mode, as well as for lap timing, in ESC OFF. The new Brake Temperature Monitoring (BTM) estimation algorithm allows the driver to continually check the braking system’s temperature and manage the system’s wear during its life cycle.
Piogga Driving Mode
Pioggia (rain) mode optimizes traction control, torque vectoring, rear-wheel steering, and the ABS on wet asphalt. Traction control and the braking system are calibrated to minimize loss of grip and engine torque cut, with the LDVI system employing precise estimation to deliver only the torque needed in wet situations. The torque-vectoring reflects the low adhesion conditions and ensures better cornering, while the suspension is calibrated to maximize grip and improve load transfer.
Lamborghini has announced deliveries for the Huracán STO will begin spring 2021 with prices starting from USD 327,838 / EUR 249,412 / GBP 216,677.
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Lamborghini Reveals Countach LPI 800-4 Revival
Lamborghini is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Countach with a special edition LPI 800-4 model debuting at this year’s Monterey Car Week.
In celebration of the Countach’s 50th anniversary, Lamborghini has unveiled a special limited edition Countach LPI 800-4 as a futuristic tribute to the poster car of the 1980s.
While sharing the same name and drawing on the visual legacy of its predecessor, the new Countach LPI 800-4 is powered by Lamborghini’s aspirated V12 engine combined with new hybrid supercapacitor technology initially developed for the Sian.
Delivering 802hp maximum combined power (rounded to 800 for the sake of its model name), the LPI 800-4 can reach 0-62mph acceleration in just 2.8 seconds and hit a top speed of 220mph.
“The Countach LPI 800-4 is a visionary car of the moment, just as its forerunner was,” says Automobili Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann. “One of the most important automotive icons, the Countach not only embodies the design and engineering tenet of Lamborghini but represents our philosophy of reinventing boundaries, achieving the unexpected and extraordinary and, most importantly, being the ‘stuff of dreams.
“The Countach LPI 800-4 pays homage to this Lamborghini legacy, but it is not retrospective: it imagines how the iconic Countach of the 70s and 80s might have evolved into an elite super sports model of this decade. It upholds the Lamborghini tradition of looking forward, of exploring new design and technology avenues while celebrating the DNA of our brand. It is a Lamborghini that innately expresses the marque’s enduring and emotive power: always inspirational and thrilling to see, hear and most of all drive.”
Inspired by the Countach’s distinctive silhouette, sharp angles, and wedge shape, the Countach LPI 800-4’s exterior inspiration was taken specifically from the Quattrovalvole edition in the bold lines of the front bonnet with long, low rectangular grille and headlights, as well as in the wheel arches with their hexagonal theme.
Unfortunately for fans of the Wolf of Wall Street Countach, there’s no fixed rear wing on the latest model. However, there are still air scoops integrated fluidly into the car’s shoulders and the distinctive Countach slatted “gills” and famous scissor doors.
The rear of the Countach LPI 800-4 still features a distinctive inverted wedge shape, with the rear bumper featuring a lower, sleeker line and the hexagonal rear light design similar to that of the Sián.
Lamborghini has revealed only 112 models of the new Countach LPI 800-4 will be produced (a number chosen in honor of the internal project name “LP 112” used for the original Countach development) with allocations already fulfilled prior to the public launch.
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Porsche & Manthey Racing Collab on Limited Edition 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25
Porsche Motorsport celebrates 25 years partnership with Manthey-Racing and reveals the limited edition 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25.
Porsche Motorsport is celebrating 25 years of collaboration with Manthey-Racing GmbH and has unveiled the limited edition 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25 to commemorate.
Founded by racing driver Olaf Manthey in 1996, Manthey-Racing GmbH is responsible for running the Porsche 911 RSR of the factory squad in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and has made a name for itself in both the motor racing world and as a GT road car specialist.
The basic concept and technical ideas for the new special edition was provided by Manthey and based on the 911 GT2 RS Clubsport with Porsche providing the final design.
Developed specifically for track days and circuit racing, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25 is powered by a 3.8-liter flat-six twin-turbo engine and produces 515 HP directed to the rear wheels through Porsche’s seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox (PDK).
Taking inspiration from Manthey’s 911 GT3 R, known as the “Grello” because of its distinctive green and yellow livery, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25 sports a similar green and yellow color scheme to highlight functional areas of the vehicle and adopts many vehicle components and elements from future Porsche racing cars.
“The design of the 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25 expresses the long-standing collaboration between Porsche Motorsport and Manthey,” emphasizes Grant Larson from Style Porsche. “It amalgamates the respective strengths of each partner into one racing car, and at the same time bridges the gap between the 991 and 992 model generations of the 911.”
The Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 25 is limited to 30 vehicles in total (only six are allocated for North America) with deliveries expected to begin in early 2022.
To order, customers will need to email 911GT2RSClubsport25@porsche.de directly and have a spare $620,00 on hand.
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Pagani to Reveal Huayra BC Pacchetto Tempesta at Monterey Car Week 2021
The new Pagani Huayra BC Pacchetto Tempesta is set to make its debut at this year’s Monterey Car Week and celebrates ten years of the Huayra supercar.
This year at Monterey Car Week, Pagani celebrates ten years of the Huayra with the world premiere of the new Pagani Huayra BC Pacchetto Tempesta.
Based on the Huayra BC, the new Pacchetto Tempesta package means the Huayra BC’s high-performance platform can be equipped with a range of “state-of-the-art technical and artisan solutions” to maximize the car’s racing abilities and achieve an 8% power increase to deliver 827 hp and 1,100 Nm torque.
Pagani has only teased several introductory images of the green carbon fiber bodied beauty ahead of the premiere, and although full details are yet to be shared, Pagani has noted that the Pacchetto Tempesta features a new front splitter, dedicated air intake, rear wing with an integrated central fin, and six-pipe exhaust system to maximize aerodynamic efficiency.
A tweaked suspension system and the addition of an all-new “Soft Driving mode” also ensure drivers are afforded maximum comfort in the aggressive Huayra BC Pacchetto Tempesta.
The Huayra BC Pacchetto Tempesta will make its debut at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering event on Friday 13th August at Monterey Car Week 2021 and will be seen alongside the Huayra R project and an up-close-and-personal look at the all-new Pagani V12-R engine, six-speed sequential gearbox.
While no prices have been revealed yet, the Pagani Huayra BC Pacchetto Tempesta will no double start above the $2.25 million price tag of the Huayra BC.
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