Lamborghini’s chief technical officer, Maurizio Reggiani, said the STO had been created for the road but set up for the world’s most demanding tracks. “The extensive technical solutions and intelligence gained from both our Super Trofeo and GT3 programmes has been refined and embodied in the Huracan 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.”
All that and a price from around £260,000 with orders being taken now and first deliveries promised for spring 2021.
The new car’s unveiling was timed to coincide with the announcement that back in the driving seat at Sant’Agta is the man credited with the company’s success within the Audi group, Stephan Winkelmann. The new president and CEO left Lamborghini to be president of Bugatti in 2016 after 11 years at Sant’Agata. Outgoing CEO Stefano Domenicali is leaving to head up Formula 1.
“Stephan Winkelmann has decisively shaped the history of Lamborghini,” says Audi chairman Markus Duesmann. “No one else stands more clearly for the Lamborghini brand, and he is exactly the right person to lead this unique brand into a successful future.”
What the new car’s unveiling was likely not timed to coincide with was Mercedes’ announcement today that its AMG GT Black Series has grabbed the ‘Ring record for a production sports car from the Lamborghini Aventador.
Can’t see the new boss putting up with that for long, can you?