Behind the Wheel: Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato

From the Department of WTF: Lamborghini has built a one-off

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00:00 A Lamborghini did not forget where this thing comes from, man.

00:03 It's just a ball of fun.

00:05 A little drift, a little drift.

00:07 It's just a wild car, man.

00:13 Hi there.

00:24 Johnny Lieberman, world's luckiest man reporting for duty.

00:28 Turn one of the Nardo handling track inside of the Lamborghini Huracan Strato.

00:35 Now, Strato in Italian means wild road.

00:39 You can think of it like an unclouded field.

00:42 And that's what they've done.

00:43 They've literally built an off-road Huracan.

00:47 Think of it as a rally car.

00:49 It's just great.

00:50 I mean, it really-- I just haven't driven a car that's so rear-biased.

00:55 OK, what's different?

00:57 4.7 centimeters higher, has a 30-millimeter wider track,

01:02 and it's got these crazy-looking balloon tires on it.

01:06 It's drift crazy.

01:08 This thing wants to drift everywhere.

01:10 It's hysterical.

01:11 It's got much softer spring rates.

01:13 It's got a softer suspension.

01:14 It's an easy car to drive sideways, even for someone like me,

01:18 who's not so skilled.

01:21 It's so easy to drive.

01:25 OK, let's go to the dirt track.

01:28 This is crazy.

01:38 Now, the other part of this is it's meant to go off-road,

01:41 so it has a lot of armor plating.

01:43 So they've taken the Huracan Evo, jacked it up in the air a couple of inches,

01:47 and widened the track, and they put on these crazy prototype balloon tires.

01:51 Very high sidewall, and they're designed for not only track use,

01:55 but for driving in the dirt, too.

01:58 It really leans in and oversteers.

02:01 That's its first instinct, case in point.

02:04 It's just a wonderful, wonderful thing to drive.

02:13 Let's try it.

02:16 [engine revving]

02:19 (upbeat music)