The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato will be the firm’s final model to be powered purely by a combustion engine when it is unveiled in December.
The Italian firm confirmed the news today, as it revealed that the off-road-oriented version of the Huracán will be uncovered at Art Basel in Miami (between 1-3 December).
This will bring to an end almost seven decades of pure Lambo sports cars, which have been joined by the Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica and Lamborghini Urus Performante this year.
Autocar revealed the Lamborghini Aventador’s replacement will get a hybrid power boost. Due in 2023, the electrified powertrain will continue to draw the bulk of its power from a highly strung, large-capacity V12 engine – but with a new hybrid element that, suggest bosses, will make it significantly more powerful than today’s model.
Yet before its arrival, the firm’s final ICE-only car – a road-going version of 2019’s Sterrato concept – has been seen testing in snowy conditions.
It will essentially launch in a segment of its own as a high-riding, off-road-ready supercar.
Speaking previously about the car, boss Stephan Winkelmann told Autocar: “We have to play out of the normal field, and I think we have a great opportunity to do something special in the super-sports car business which hasn’t been seen so far.”
Asked if ‘unexpected’ cars such as this are more interesting for him than retro-inspired creations like the Countach LPI 800-4, Winkelmann said: “For sure. Retro cars are good from time to time. I think the Countach was a great thing. But our brand has to look forward. We have to have a big windscreen and small rear-view mirrors.
“It’s important to understand the history, to look into what happened in the past, but the projection has to be that we have to be innovative; we have to be disruptive and always unexpected.”