Thursday 25th May 2017

Lamborghini Huracan Performante: PH Video

Time to see and hear the ultimate Huracan at Imola!

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There is much noise being made about and by the Lamborghini Huracan Performante. You will know by now about the incredibly advanced aero technology, the even more powerful V10 and the weight saving methods employed. Well now's your chance to see all of them!

Here Dan will talk you around the Huracan's 'ALA' aero withcraft at Imola, as well as everything else outside that distinguishes the Performante from a regular model. It's more than just a bodykit, put it that way!

And Imola was not simply used because it's close to Bologna. Oh no. There were laps too - alright, one lap in this video - where the improvements made for the Performante could really be shown off by chasing down a standard car. Even with better tyres, the 'regular' Huracan can be seen rather struggling to maintain the pace and, well, the video can show you in far better detail what happened. Look for a bit of last minute Super Trofeo-style braking too!

This video is a little shorter than a usual PH videoblog, but certainly packs plenty into six minutes. And just wait for the noise!

Watch the video here.

 

[lukelovescars]

Grammar, gentlemen...it's 'Time to see', not 'Time too see' : ) Nice vid.

[Maldini35]

It looks like a decent steer but given the standard car is known for its limited ability on track (understeer and lack of feel) it might be too late to save the Huracan's reputation.

[icebite78]

Maldini tut tut
Read the reviews before you embarrass yourself even more.

[donutskidmark]

I think it appears to be awesome- they've hit the nail on the head-but despite it being superb I'd still feel too conspicuous driving around in a Lamborghini........

[Maldini35]

icebite78 said:

Maldini tut tut
Read the reviews before you embarrass yourself even more.

Not sure you understood my point - the Performante looks a good car on track but the standard Huracan hasn't been regarded as great on track. Or do you dispute?

[icebite78]

@maldini
Not sure I do understand your point actually
We are discussing the track focused huracan and you are telling us the standard model is not good on track....so I don't understand the connection.....big waiting list for the HP so I'm not sure anyone else understands your point neither.

[Maldini35]

icebite78 said:

@maldini
Not sure I do understand your point actually
We are discussing the track focused huracan and you are telling us the standard model is not good on track....so I don't understand the connection.....big waiting list for the HP so I'm not sure anyone else understands your point neither.

Ok, so you did misunderstand my original post. It's ok to admit it. Tut tut

Your last point is more pertinent - If there are strong orders then perhaps you're right - the average performance of the standard car isn't negatively impacting the Performante.

My original point was that if a car has a luke-warm reception at launch, sometimes it can be hard to win people back once you've fixed the problem with a special edition later in the product cycle. Often the damage has been done.

I don't know the Performante order bank status so it was only ever a query.

[Never you mind]

Maldini35 said:

Ok, so you did misunderstand my original post. It's ok to admit it. Tut tut

Your last point is more pertinent - If there are strong orders then perhaps you're right - the average performance of the standard car isn't negatively impacting the Performante.

My original point was that if a car has a luke-warm reception at launch, sometimes it can be hard to win people back once you've fixed the problem with a special edition later in the product cycle. Often the damage has been done.

I don't know the Performante order bank status so it was only ever a query.

The problem with the Launch hurracan was I believe down to the assisted steering thingy. That is an optional extra?

Order an HP now and you'll be waiting till October next year or so I was told by one dealer who had at least 40 orders in and that was a few months ago.

[Yipper]

Maldini35 said:

It looks like a decent steer but given the standard car is known for its limited ability on track (understeer and lack of feel) it might be too late to save the Huracan's reputation.

Lambo did mess up the first launch of the standard Huracan, but they tweaked it mid-cycle to improve the steering and it is now generally accepted to be faster than the Fezza 488 round the Ring. Add in that Lambo now have more models under the 7min mark at Ring than all of Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche put together, and you can see Lambo have very quickly learnt from the first-gen Huracan (mis)launch.

[Maldini35]

Yipper said:

Maldini35 said:

It looks like a decent steer but given the standard car is known for its limited ability on track (understeer and lack of feel) it might be too late to save the Huracan's reputation.

Lambo did mess up the first launch of the standard Huracan, but they tweaked it mid-cycle to improve the steering and it is now generally accepted to be faster than the Fezza 488 round the Ring. Add in that Lambo now have more models under the 7min mark at Ring than all of Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche put together, and you can see Lambo have very quickly learnt from the first-gen Huracan (mis)launch.

Performante ring lap didn't last long...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4UD2N0EAdo