The Lamborghini Huracán STO
In the first part of our Super Powers series from the Spring/Summer 2023 issue, LUX?s car reviewer gets behind the wheel of a Lamborghini Huracán STO
In the car world, it is generally accepted that the next generations ? Gen Z and younger ? are not interested in cars as anything other than Uber- type appliances to get them from A to B cheaply, while they sit in the back seat making TikToks.
Evidently, someone forgot to send the memo to the summertime population of East Wittering, a village on the south coast of England. We parked the Lamborghini on the village?s beachside promenade, ready to get some good photography, and were soon swamped ? not by water from the English Channel, but by people. Small boys and girls were desperate to have a look inside the car or touch the outside, as if it were an alien spaceship ? which it does resemble a bit. People in their twenties told us this was their dream car and could they please have their photo taken with it. One young woman suggested her boyfriend propose to her on the occasion of having their picture taken. Another lady, with three pre-teen children, asked to lean on the car for her photo, then told us she had been a racing driver when she was younger, that her husband had left them that morning, and that this was a great tonic. Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine
We had expected attention of some sort, but it was notable that it was all positive. Teenage boys on bicycles stopped and gave a t...