Oh boy...you really want to push my buttons.
The Performante was the Huracan before the Evo and the Evo costs, with a few options, as much as a Performante. Actually, most of the cars my dealer sold were around 2-3k EUR more expensive than my Performante and I basically ordered everything available, with the exception of a special color.
Now start to think logical: If Lamborghini would advertise worse performance numbers for the Evo, would someone want to buy it? When I ordered my Performante, I could have ordered an Evo as well, the order books were already open.
When a friend drove the Evo in Bahrain, he knew already that the Evo is no (emotional) match for the Performante. The instructors there claimed that the Evo sounds the same. I doesn't. They claimed that the Evo feels like a Performante, just more comfortable but when he switched to Corsa, it lacked all those crackling, rattling, etc. sounds the Performante creates and on the track, the Evo was a bit too soft and less direct for his taste.
Then, there was an event in Austria where many Huracan but also Performante owners were invited. One of the guys invited was my foil guy, who owns a Performante. He told me that the Evo disappointed vs. the Performante.
I then had the chance to drive the Evo together with GerCollector and Johnny Cecotto's son at an event in Bavaria. Very comfortable and nice car but not even close (drive feel) to the Performante (go-kart feel). I was quite relieved that I made the right choice with the Performante because when I ordered it, the dealer gave me a choice.
Long story short (and no, I won't explain anything anymore because I slightly get the feeling that this is some sort of fun you guys try to have and I won't do this dance anymore, just because I take this serious and you don't): There is a big difference between both cars, a difference which you can only know if you have access to the full technical data (similar to the Handbuch Technik at Porsche, not intended for the public or customers) and if you drove them both in comparison. Case closed (for me).
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Lamborghini Huracan Performante (2019), Mercedes GLC63 S AMG (2020), Mercedes C63 S AMG Cab (2019), Range Rover Evoque Si4 Black Edition (2019)