hey Lawrence Ulrich here chief auto critic with the drive thanks for tuning
in we have Alessandro Farmeschi the chief operating officer of Lamborghini America
and that is a fun company to be operating I imagine that these days tell
me tell me about what we have behind us here here behind us we have the brand
new Huracan Performante that is the car that completes let's say the product
line of Huracan with the so called the raging technology and what we
mean with a raging technology is a car that fits perfectly in a race track so
this is this is like the gym toned version of a Huracan basically it's
got the tighter it's lighter it's got tighter abs the tighter stronger
everything what are some of the gains from the original Huracan on this car let's
start from the name of the car that is Huracan Performante
because when we designed the car we challenged the engineers to come up with
a car that could be the winner and the fastest car in a racetrack and to get
there we imagined to have a car that could perform in all our levels you know
in each single part and components of the car therefore with this car we have
in an answer the power output of the engine -- to 644 -- exactly that is plus 30
horsepower more than the normal Huracan coupe four-wheel drive and then on top
we have also a lighter car thanks to the use of the carbon fiber forged composite
material that is a patented technology owned by a Lamborghini and the car
weights almost 88 pounds less lighter exhaust system lighter exhaust system
but it's not just only that I would say that a big part of the advancement and
the technology that is in the car is also the active aerodynamics system and
that is that is the real trump card this car tell us about active Lamborghini
aerodynamics or a Ala Ala Ala that stands for active Lamborghini
there is also a game of words because A-L-A, ala, means wing in english is a
system that helps the car to accelerate really really fast in the
straightforward situation on the roads and to have the highest downforce when
is necessary during the turns the system works with a frontal lead that is in the
front bumper that gets open and close is a flap that reduce completely the
downforce when is open or when is closed you can get the highest downforce while
in the back there is a fixed wing that apparently someone could say is fixed so
why we speak about active and this is the real trick part of this car exactly
this is the really new thing that we are the only one in them at the moment in
the market having it is a feature because the wing is fixed but the two
supports of the wing has inside two ducts
-- the stanchions for the wing are hollowed out -- exactly inside there is a
duct so that when the ALA system is on the air gets into the two ducts that in
the wing and the air is spread out so gets out from a few outlets that are
under the wing and this effect creates a stall of the wing and basically we
eliminate the downforce and we reduce the drag and off you go
and as opposed to a hydraulic wing something with that adds weight and
complexity and slow movement this this can make changes what in just a matter
of milliseconds yeah the activation is 500 milliseconds and the system is 80% a
lighter than the standard hydraulic systems that are in the market now
and there's another trick feature it actually performs a torque vectoring
function as well as explained yeah this is another that's a important part of
the active aerodynamic system because the system is not on or off during the
straight forward the piece pieces of the over track or during a curve
when you turn the inner side of the wing is off meaning that you have the
highest downforce -- so you turn right and you
shut the right flap to add downforce to the right corner -- exactly and the other
side is on meaning that you don't have downforce and this creates a sort of a
pivotal effect like ask when you ski or when you use a bobsled and you put the
lever and you have this tendency to curve and this helps the car to have a
less steering wheel so I mean it's more agile and this fastest and this is also
let me say that one of the key features that allowed us to be the number one in
the Nurburgring in in Germany -- I was gonna say the numbers speak for
themselves of course so many enthusiasts focus on Nurburgring numbers and six
minutes 52 seconds now when we first saw that time I think a lot of people a lot
of pundits said that was unbelievable but but you but you believe it and we
should and we should believe it yeah and this is the result as I said at the
beginning of the full performance of the car as a package so it's not just only
the engine it's not just only the lightweight material used in this car
but is also a matter of aero vectoring, is a matter of having a new suspension
systems, new bushing stiffness that are reviewed and redesigned specifically
-- for the bushings roughly 50 percent stiffer, more roll stiffness
stiffer dampers and the tires and a special and unique
tire application as well -- exactly we developed together with Pirelli the
tires the Pirelli Corsa for this car and these all together gives the car
this incredible performance -- you add it up and this is the fastest car the fastest
production car that's ever circled the Nurburgring more numbers for this car
zero to 62 miles an hour zero to 100 kilometers an hour in 2.9 seconds estimate
versus what believe 3.2 seconds for a standard model and an incredible number
to my mind 0 to 124 miles an hour in 8.9 seconds that's a full second quicker
than the standard Huracan. So what's the price of this one.
It is two hundred seventy four thousand dollars and
that's about thirty five thousand dollars more roughly than a standard
Huracan -- yes -- there's some cool interior changes as well I saw the optional sport
seats inside there and then the changes to the virtual cockpit as well -- yes also
because for us Lamborghini we care a lot about also the feeling that the driver
has to have with the car and having all the systems under control the cockpit
changes based on the driving condition we have the Animus system that is the
active network intelligent management system -- multi access -- exactly that's based
on the selection of the Strada, Sport, and Corsa mode, that means, Strada, means
it's a regular way of driving in a city the
street mode, the Sport is more exciting more fun to drive, and Corsa as the
highest performance, changes the cockpit based on these on the needs and
it changes the behavior of the car -- gotcha, we call that "balls-out mode" here
at The Drive -- when you buy a car like this you must have it.
you