I have to imagine that's true. Most of the time I'm not going nuts and it's still the best car I've ever driven.I can't speak to the Performance model but I have had my non-P AWD for 3 days now and it's everything I could have hoped for and more. In my personal situation, I can't imagine justifying the extra price for P now that I've experienced my regular AWD car. Trust me, it's PLENTY.