Lamborghini Huracan Performante Spyder Spied At The Ring

Seeing a Lamborghini drive slowly around the Nürburgring is a rare sight, particularly for the Huracan Performante that’s capable of a lap record around the famous circuit. However, this video of the Performante Spyder limping around the ‘Ring offers a fantastic opportunity to check out the droptop supercar ahead of its full debut.

Early in this clip, there’s a crash along the side of the track that forces the Performante Spyder’s driver to go so slow. For whatever reason, they don't significantly increase the car’s speed once the road is clear, though.

Based on this video and earlier spy shots, it appears that the Performante Spyder has all the coupe’s go-fast goodies plus the ability to lower the roof. The front fascia, big wing, and high-mounted exhausts on this test mule look identical to the components on the hardtop.

It uses the same naturally aspirated 5.2-litre V10 as the Performante Coupe. The engine pumps out 630 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque. Extensive use of Lambo’s Forged Composite carbon fibre allows the Performante hardtop to shed 40 kilograms over the standard Huracán, so expect a similar diet for the droptop. 

While not evident in this video, the increase in power and drop in weight allows for a major improvement in performance. The tweaks for the coupe slice 0.3 seconds off the run to 62 miles per hour, and the acceleration upgrade should apply to the Spyder, too.

Since engineering for the Performante coupe is already complete, Lambo’s engineers shouldn’t need to do much extra work for getting the Spyder ready. A public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September seems possible. The hardtop sells for £173,271 in the UK: needless to say, the convertible will start at an even higher price.

Source: Automotive Mike