LAMBORGHINI has unveiled a hardcore Performante model of its Urus SUV in Sydney simply weeks after this new high-performance variant’s worldwide launch in Rome, with Australian buyer deliveries to begin in Could.
Priced from $465,876 (excluding on-road prices), the Performante is headlined by a 47kg discount in general weight, decrease and firmer suspension with metal springing, and enhanced acoustics for the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 it shares with the Urus S – now producing 490kW at 6000rpm (in comparison with 478kW within the outgoing Urus) and the identical 850Nm from 2300-4500rpm.
Talking to Australian automotive media on the Urus Performante’s Sydney debut, Oceania space supervisor, Peter Crombie-Brown, mentioned he expects the Performante to account for round 50 per cent of Urus quantity in Australia – regardless of providing the identical engine outputs because the $56,000-cheaper MY23 Urus S (attributable to arrive shortly) – with a waitlist time already stretching to 18 months.
“We’ve had automobiles constructed, we’ve obtained automobiles on boats on the best way, and the sellers are about to have their first showroom automobiles arrive. So, from subsequent month, clients will begin taking supply – round Could or June,” mentioned Mr Crombie-Brown.
“We’re seeing round 50:50 break up (between Performante and Urus S) in the intervening time however that might change as quickly as we begin seeing automobiles on the street as a result of (the Performante) just isn’t a limited-edition mannequin,” he mentioned, stating that there’s a diploma of flexibility with the MY23 Urus mannequin break up as a result of Performante’s full-production standing.
First revealed on the Pebble Seashore Concours in California in August 2022, the Urus Performante favours weight discount, suspension finessing and aerodynamic enhancements to claim its place on the high of the Urus SUV line-up.
A carbon-fibre bonnet (painted in physique color however optionally out there with seen carbon-fibre), entrance bumper and splitter in carbon-fibre (with new black air intakes to extend cooling), carbon-fibre wheel arches, carbon-fibre decrease rear bumper and diffuser, an non-obligatory carbon-fibre roof, and a light-weight titanium Akrapovic exhaust system assist cut back the Urus Performante’s general weight by 47kg to a kerb weight of 2150kg.
Lamborghini claims the Performante’s new rear spoiler improves rear downforce by 38 per cent, and it achieves a ten per cent general achieve in aerodynamic effectivity attributable to a brand new entrance air curtain, new bonnet air retailers and lowered suspension top.
The Performante’s metal springs (changing adaptive air springs) are 20mm decrease, its tracks widths are 16mm broader, and it rides on solid 22-inch alloys (23s are non-obligatory) sporting Pirelli P Zero tyres (285/40 entrance, 325/35 rear) or an non-obligatory P Zero Trofeo R semi-slick different.
The front-wheel steering has been recalibrated for enhanced suggestions whereas the rear-wheel steering is now faster to enhance turn-in agility, together with adaptive damping, energetic anti-roll bars, optimised torque distribution, and torque vectoring on the rear differential in each on- and off-road modes.
The Performante’s drive modes have been expanded to incorporate a brand new Rally mode that enables for elevated wheelspin and extra oversteer character on dust tracks, becoming a member of the prevailing Strada, Sport and Corsa modes.
Sport enhances throttle response, hastens gearshifts, sharpens the rear-wheel steering at low speeds and will increase stability at excessive speeds, whereas Corsa amps every part, together with exhaust acoustics.
Mixed with normal carbon-ceramic brakes – 440mm entrance discs with 10-piston calipers, and 370mm rear discs – Lamborghini claims the Urus Performante can dash from 0-100km/h in 3.3 seconds (in comparison with 3.5sec for the Urus S and three.6sec for the earlier Urus), brake from 100km/h in 32.9m and obtain a high velocity of 306km/h.
The Urus Performante lately set a brand new Manufacturing SUV report of 10:32.064 on the Pikes Peak Hillclimb – beating the earlier report by 17 seconds.
Inside, the Performante options Nero Cosmus black Alcantara upholstery with hexagonal stitching as normal, a matte-black steering wheel with a leather-based/Alcantara rim, black anodised aluminium trim, and a Performante-specific HMI graphic on the centre-console display screen and important instrument show.
An non-obligatory ‘Darkish Bundle’ extends the matte-black therapy all through the inside, together with the lever of Lamborghini’s Tamburo management set-up that features the drive-mode selector and a brand new resting pad on your wrist.
In 2022, the Urus achieved 90 gross sales in Australia – a 41 per cent improve over the earlier yr. In the course of the first quarter of 2023, the Urus has managed 15 gross sales, a determine that doesn’t embrace the yet-to-arrive MY23 fashions.
