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.