RE: Lamborghini Huracan Performante - video review
Saturday 20th May 2017
PH is on the launch for the Huracan Performante (someone had to and all that) and ahead of the full review we've got a bit of a scoop with a videoblog-type talkaround the car and some quick driving impressions around the Imola circuit that's hosting the event. Very quick - as in a single lap. Hopefully you get a sense of what the car's about with a more in-depth analysis to follow in due course. For now here's some noisy V10!
Lamborghini Huracan Performante - video review
Exclusive video first drive in the Lamborghini Huracan Performante, live from the Imola launch
Discussion
Evidently some extremely clever aero engineering going on and unusually for Lamborghini, mostly quite subtle in its application (although obviously devastatingly effective in practise). I have to take my hat off to them - they've managed to maintain their external aesthetic and mix it with the kind of thinking I'd usually expect from the likes of McLaren. I guess it also shows that the base platform on which this car is built was very well thought out too.
Equus said:
Perhaps that's because it's not really Lamborghini doing the thinking: it's McLaren's Formula 1 F-duct reinvented.
Following your logic I could say that perhaps Mclaren didn't really do the thinking as they simply re-invented what Karl Benz came up with in 1885...The concept may be from McLaren but its application here would still require a LOT of thinking and effort as this cars dimensions/requirements are totally different from F1 and there's obviously more to what Lamborghini have engineered into the Performante than simply control of drag/downforce.
sidesauce said:
Following your logic I could say that perhaps Mclaren didn't really do the thinking as they simply re-invented what Karl Benz came up with in 1885...
You were talking about aero engineering. I merely pointed out that the clever bit of the aerodynamic concept on this car is cribbed from McLaren. If we'd been talking about how clever it was to use an internal combustion engine to drive a wheeled road vehicle, then I would agree with you.
Karl Benz wasn't noted for his vehicle aerodynamics, however.
Equus said:
sidesauce said:
Following your logic I could say that perhaps Mclaren didn't really do the thinking as they simply re-invented what Karl Benz came up with in 1885...
You were talking about aero engineering. I merely pointed out that the clever bit of the aerodynamic concept on this car is cribbed from McLaren. If we'd been talking about how clever it was to use an internal combustion engine to drive a wheeled road vehicle, then I would agree with you.
Karl Benz wasn't noted for his vehicle aerodynamics, however.
I wasn't just talking about aero though - my last sentence regarding the platform (and yes, that meant the engine/drivetrain/transmission) referred to that.
Well, Lambo haven't got a racing pedigree so no wonder they looked for some aero tips from McLaren.
That said, it seems to be a good car but I can't personally make myself like the styling.
The Lamborghini design theme works so well on the Aventador but the Huracan just looks too short and stubby.
On a tour of the AudiSport factory (where these are made) an Audi engineer told me how they despaired that Lamborghini insisted on chopping a couple of inches off the front of the chassis to make the nose slope down more aggressively. As a result the R8 is much more stable at speed. "Why would they do that?" is all he kept saying.
That said, it seems to be a good car but I can't personally make myself like the styling.
The Lamborghini design theme works so well on the Aventador but the Huracan just looks too short and stubby.
On a tour of the AudiSport factory (where these are made) an Audi engineer told me how they despaired that Lamborghini insisted on chopping a couple of inches off the front of the chassis to make the nose slope down more aggressively. As a result the R8 is much more stable at speed. "Why would they do that?" is all he kept saying.
Edited by Maldini35 on Sunday 21st May 10:24
PurpleAki said:
Any evidence of this other than Chinese whispers?
Well, I worked for Audi for 5 years and toured the Audisport factory and test track and met with the senior engineers for both road and race cars, so my sources are pretty solid.It's not the sort of thing they issue in a press release so you may have to go digging around online to find some more details.
If you book a visit to the factory (they do public tours too) You can actually see the difference in when you place the Huracan and R8 chassis next to each other.
Or alternatively you can take it from somebody who knows - me.
Edited by Maldini35 on Sunday 21st May 10:25
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