New Lamborghini Huracan - You won't believe what this super car has just done
THE Lamborghini Huracán Performante is being unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show 2017 next week but is already making a splash by smashing a Nürburgring record.
Introducing the new Lamborghini Huracan Performante
There is a lot of anticipation around the new Lamborghini Huracán Performante ahead of its Geneva debut.
The Performante is a stripped back and lighter version of the standard 10-cylinder 600hp Huracán, which can charge from 0-60mph in 2.8 seconds.
On 5 October 2016, the Huracán Performante set a new production car lap record of 6:52.01 min on the a Nordschleife in Germany.
The Italian car giant were only given 15 minutes and one attempt to break the record in the development camouflage wrapped Huracan Performante.
Lamborghini test driver Marco Mapelli was behind the wheel on the test, the Aventador SV to its Nürburgring sub seven-minute lap time in 2015.
The Lamborghini team of R&D engineers, technicians and drivers, together with Stefano Domenicali, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Maurizio Reggiani, Board Member for Research & Development, watched the Performante rip around the 20.6 km track.
“This was an incredible and emotional moment,” says Stefano Domenicali.
This was an incredible and emotional moment
“Together with Maurizio Reggiani we agreed during the car’s development that with the technical and performance prowess of the Huracán Performante, not only was a sub seven-minute lap at the Nordschleife possible, but the lap record too.
“We wanted to achieve the Nürburgring victory in advance of the Performante’s launch, which was a challenge in terms of weather and availability of the Nordschleife.
“Not only did we take the lap record, we took it by some seconds
The new Lamborghini Huracán Performante set the Nürburgring record lap for a production car
The Huracán Performante set a new production car lap record of 6:52.01 min
“To make this happen is something that every one of the R&D team who worked on this car can share in: it will forever be a defining moment in their careers,” concludes Stefano Domenicali.
“I am so proud of everything achieved by Lamborghini people that day and extremely privileged to have witnessed it.”
The Huracán Performante is revealed officially by Automobili Lamborghini at Geneva Motor Show on 7 March 2017.