Like the STO, the Huracan Tecnica is a 631-hp rear-drive monster. Unlike the STO, it has a usable trunk.
The Huracan STO is the most track-focused Lamborghini road car ever. It’s magnificent. Today, Lamborghini has unveiled the Huracan Tecnica, a car that takes some of the best elements of the STO, and puts them in a slightly more road-focused package.
As with the STO, the Tecnica gets the most potent iteration of Lamborghini’s amazing 5.2-liter V-10, with 631 hp and 417 lb-ft of torque. All of that goes to the rear wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch.
The big difference between STO and Tecnica is with the bodywork and aerodynamics. Gone are all the STO’s race-car-inspired aero devices in favor of more traditional bodywork. Consequently, the Tecnica has a slightly higher top speed than the STO—202 mph to the STO’s 193 mph. Still, Lamborghini says that the Huracan Tecnica is capable of 35 percent more rear downforce than the base Evo RWD model, thanks to the new wing at the back, and in spite of its presence, overall drag is reduced by 20 percent.
New bodywork also gives the Tecnica a very different look than other Huracan models. At the front, there’s a new “ypsilon” design motif inspired by Lamborghini’s Terzo Millenio electric hypercar concept, and the whole thing is 2.4 inches longer than a Huracan Evo. The side profile was inspired by the Essenza SCV12 track car, while a new flat engine cover out back improves visibility while still maintaining the requisite visual drama.
Lamborghini talks a lot about how the rear-wheel steering system was tuned specifically for the Tecnica, and how it interacts with the car’s specific traction control and torque vectoring settings. In Strada, or street, the system provides additional low-speed maneuverability and high-speed stability; in Sport, the system works with the traction control to allow for more oversteer; in Corsa, or race, grip is optimized for faster lap times.
Inside, it looks like a more luxuriously trimmed STO, with height-adjustable sport seats and lots of Alcantara trim. You still get the STO’s all-carbon door cards, though, which are excellent. Lamborghini quotes a dry weight—i.e. without any fluids—of 3040 pounds, which is less than 100 pounds more than the STO. (Note that our colleagues at Car and Driver measured the curb weight of an STO as being 3351 pounds. Expect the curb weight of the Tecnica to be somewhere under the 3500 pound mark.)
Pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but figure the Tecnica coming in somewhere below the STO’s $330,000-plus MSRP. This is the first of four new Lamborghini models set to arrive this year, which interestingly, will be the company’s last non-hybrid models. The Aventador replacement, due next year, will be a hybrid, while plug-in versions of the Urus and Huracan are coming in 2024. According to the U.K.’s Car magazine, the Huracan hybrid will get a new, Lamborghini-developed V-8. So, the Tecnica could be one of the last Lamborghinis to get the V-10. If that’s the case, this will be a classic.
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