Performante! Lambo's hardcore Urus thrashed on track and off road – JamesTaylorCAR is your guide...
The Lamborghini Urus Performante costs approximately £209,000 on the road in the UK, versus £188,000 for the Urus S .Compared with the original Urus, the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 has been mapped to 657bhp versus the original Urus’s 641bhp. Torque remains at a hefty 627lb ft. The power increase comes from software adjustments rather than mechanical changes, although there’s a small amount of benefit from the new titanium exhaust system too.
Cooling for both engine and brakes is improved over the regular Urus, and aerodynamics has also been a focus. A revised air curtain designed into the front bumper tidies airflow around the front wheels, and is styled to make the already steroidal Urus look even butcher. Longitudinal vents sliced into the bonnet help extract hot air and a tailgate spoiler significantly cuts lift at the rear, balanced by the spoiler surfaces at the front.
Take the fiddly hairpins towards the end of the lap. Normally in a four-wheel-drive car, including the regular Urus, they’d require patience on the throttle. Get on the power too early and you’d expect an armful of understeer. The Performante picks up its inside rear wheel like a hot hatch on the way into the corner, then follows its front wheels unerringly as you put the power down, going exactly where you point it.
As well as changing direction well and maintaining its line under acceleration in the slow corners, the Performante also displays decent high-speed stability through the daunting fifth-gear sweepers which open the lap. The drive mode switch is set to the new Rally mode and it feels well judged – enough slip allowed for the wheels to spin to keep momentum, and the tail to hang out of first and second gear corners while retaining an electronic safety net to lean on.
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