AutoTrader Find of the Week: Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato Would Make a Great Winter Beater

I’m not a fan of supercars.

Like any red-blooded auto enthusiast, I can certainly appreciate the heritage, engineering, and performance of supercars. And as someone with Italian heritage, I can’t help but feel a sense of pride and attraction to machines that teem with such flair, drama, and bravado.

I also couldn’t swear under oath that, if given the means, I wouldn’t buy a supercar. I would fail a lie detector if put to the test.

But my problem has always been not so much with the machines, but the customers. Especially if you live in the heart of a major city, you know all too well the tendency of the average Lamborghini owner to completely ruin your patio dinner with an asinine acceleration blow-by at 40 km/h. It seems Lamborghinis aren’t bought by daredevil playboys and certified baddies who push their nerves to explore the limits of performance. They’re typically bought by crypto-bros, social media influencers, and sweaty drip lords who need to pull up to the club in something that might finally make the opposite sex notice them.

I have never once (hand on my heart) seen the driver of a Lamborghini not texting while driving. Not once.

Lamborghini itself is pretty transparent about the fact that it will market as many products as it can as fashion accessories. You can’t fault the strategy. The brand is selling more cars than ever, and if it helps it continue to make bonkers supercars, I won’t grief them about it.

Still, it’s refreshing when Lamborghini decides to make a car that can’t possibly be seen as a fashion statement — a car that the Gucci slipper crowd wouldn’t be caught dead in. Something made to be driven down a dirt road (or sterrato in Italian).

That’s why I think that if you can afford a Lamborghini, the one to get is unquestionably this 2024 Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, offered for sale through Grand Touring Automobiles in Vaughan, Ont., on AutoTrader.

This particular car went through Lamborghini’s “Ad Personam” customization program and is  finished in Arancio Xanto Shiny with Nero Ade interior featuring Arancio Leonis accents. This example is also without the $2,600 optional rally lights — an absence that maintains the Huracán’s sweeping silhouette without interruption.

This is one of only 1,499 units produced. Though, because all Sterratos have a plaque that reads “1 of 1,499,” it’s not clear exactly which of the 1,499 units this is.

I know, I know. You’re wondering, “Of all the special edition Lamborghini Huracáns, why would I get the one with the plastic trim on it?”

Of course, you could have an Evo, Performante, or STO for the same sort of money.

And true enough, the 602-horsepower V10 only propels the Sterrato to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds – 0.3 of a second off the pace of the Huracán Evo.

So why this Huracán above all others?

Well, for starters, you can drive this one in the winter thanks to Bridgestone Dueler All-Terrain AT002 tires, rally-tuned suspension, and undercarriage protection. It’s even got a roof rack for your skis or whatever it is the rich do in the winter.

But perhaps best of all, if you live in a city and have driven any kind of hunkered-down sports machine before, you know the sheer puckering dread of potholes and warped road surfaces.

Its 1.7 inches of lift means you won’t be that person who floors their Lamborghini on a city street only to blow a tire on a pothole. In fact, the Sterrato is touted as one of the more comfortable-riding Huracáns, and that’s something your passenger will thank you for.

However, don’t think it’s all health and safety. Those all-terrain tires are actually low-grip, and as a result, drivers report feeling like they can explore the limits on public roads without terrifying themselves or their passengers.

And because the Sterrato has an off-road rally mode, it’s loud, even by Lamborghini standards. At 100 decibels, the Lambo V10  is loud enough to earn you a ticket in the city of Toronto for a noise violation.

To me, this is what a supercar should be — a laugh. Despite its gargantuan sticker price, the Sterrato isn’t a status symbol. It isn’t a fashion accessory. And it isn’t even a piece of precious art to avoid getting fingerprints on.

It’s a tool for fun. And if I was going to spend $460,000 on a car, I’d want it to be just that. Fun.

That’s why the Sterrato is the Huracán to get. Because while every other supercar owner is miserable breaking their back on potholes, praying it doesn’t rain, and wondering why everybody doesn’t love them, you’ll be driving something for the sheer joy of it — something you can drive for the sheer joy of it.