Lamborghini Is Planning A Semi-Off-Road Huracan And We've Never Been So Conflicted

Lamborghini good, SUVs bad. Huracan good, big wheels on dirt tracks bad. A Huracan with height-adjustable suspension and bash plates? Well, we just don't know what to feel
Lamborghini Is Planning A Semi-Off-Road Huracan And We've Never Been So Conflicted

If ever any news story should leave you totally unsure of how to feel, this is it. Lamborghini is rumoured to be planning a semi-off-roader based on the Huracan, with height-adjustable suspension, chunkier wheel arches and under-body bash plates.

You got it: the project is essentially a Lamborghini rallycross legend in the making. Sort of. Maybe. Either way, it’s possibly the most emotionally confusing thing ever to come out of Sant’Agata, but we bet it would look fantastic with a big machine gun on top. Well-heeled preppers have probably already placed their orders.

Lamborghini Is Planning A Semi-Off-Road Huracan And We've Never Been So Conflicted

Putting the ‘sports’ firmly into SUV, the ‘Huracan Safari’ idea comes from the Audi Nanuk concept of 2013, which had adjustable air suspension for a 70mm variance in ride height… and the V10 diesel engine from the old Q7. The idea wouldn’t be to create a proper off-roader, but a sports car that could also be used in the parts of Italy where the roads were last surfaced in the 1960s.

Naturally it will be four-wheel drive, and you have to expect that higher-profile tyres would be essential. Even light off-roading on 35-section tyres would be agonising. We don’t have any indication as to whether the Huracan’s high-revving V10 petrol engine would remain, or whether – brace for impact – they might consider loading it with a big diesel like the Nanuk, but we’d suspect the former.

Lamborghini Is Planning A Semi-Off-Road Huracan And We've Never Been So Conflicted

On one hand this feels so woefully contrived that we feel slightly sick about it, but on the other hand it could be an absolutely epic adventure road trip-mobile. We’ll let you know when we’ve decided how we feel…

Source: Automobile

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*Stanced Mitata* (MiataSquad) (JDM Squad) (RX-7Squad) (Stan

they just ruined that r8

08/25/2017 - 14:46 |
1 | 6
*Stanced Mitata* (MiataSquad) (JDM Squad) (RX-7Squad) (Stan

In reply to by *Stanced Mitat…

nm i didnt read it it just looks like an r8

08/25/2017 - 14:47 |
0 | 6
TurboToddler (Straight-five)

Maybe it’s just the Tax The Rich special

08/25/2017 - 14:46 |
222 | 0

Lmao I remember that. Also Huracan is AWD, so I think this will be badass

08/25/2017 - 14:57 |
38 | 4

I doubt he would take offroad something designed for off-road. Next time he’s probably going to try to do rally stage with a FXX K

08/25/2017 - 16:00 |
34 | 0

That guys pisses me off, abusing his supercars for views

08/25/2017 - 22:41 |
5 | 28

You mean a The Crew special?

08/26/2017 - 20:24 |
1 | 1
BenPaye(JDMSquad)(MX5Squad)(LFAsquad)(Subie Squad) (Rotary F

Audi could really help with this

08/25/2017 - 14:46 |
5 | 1
Jakob

Something tells me that the target for this car isn’t Monte Carlo but rather the Emirate of Dubai. You know, for the people who like falconry but feel that the Range Rover is not expensive enough.

08/25/2017 - 14:47 |
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Ali Mahfooz

In reply to by Jakob

Nah. Those guys have their own off road supercar company called Zarooq Sandking. Looks like a lifted sportcars from a video game lol.

08/25/2017 - 15:01 |
9 | 0
Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Jakob

They still can have a gold-plated Bentayga

08/25/2017 - 15:56 |
5 | 0
Anonymous

Me when the car is “leaked”

08/25/2017 - 14:47 |
12 | 1
Anonymous

Audi?

08/25/2017 - 14:48 |
1 | 0
Kavinda Bandara

Somebody did that already…..well sort of

08/25/2017 - 14:53 |
32 | 3
Anonymous

Horizon 4 cover car on the horizon…
And a new Pegassi in about 2 months…

08/25/2017 - 14:54 |
16 | 1
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Lmao pegassi always releasing new vehicles

08/25/2017 - 14:59 |
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Tomislav Celić

HYPEEEEE

08/25/2017 - 14:56 |
2 | 0
Anonymous

Name Idea: Lamborghini Tutta la Strada (Italian for Allroad)

08/25/2017 - 14:59 |
3 | 1
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Too bad they can’t use Multistrada. Ducati already has that one.

08/25/2017 - 15:27 |
2 | 0

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