Lamborghini Urus

The Lamborghini Urus has a striking exterior design but its interior looks very sophisticated. Step inside the cabin and one can instantly feel that it screams luxury and sportiness. The dashboard of the Urus, just like most other Lamborghinis, feels like the cockpit of an aircraft. The Urus gets a very sporty three-spoke flat-bottom steering wheel with large paddle shifters and Lamborghini’s large logo at the centre. The cockpit of this super SUV is oriented towards the driver and it gets a large TFT display as the instrument cluster that displays a ton of info.

Moreover, the Urus also gets a large touchscreen infotainment system that comes loaded with a lot of tech and gets all sorts of connectivity features. We also have a secondary display at the lower half of the central console that is primarily to control AC and other functionalities. The Urus gets rectangle-shaped AC vents that look very sporty. The new Lamborghini Urus gets a dual-tone cabin along with silver accents on the dashboard. It even gets Lamborghini’s insignia embedded on the dashboard. The Lamborghini Urus gets a beige and black interior theme that looks very premium and also there are several sporty accents all-around inside the cabin.

The new Lamborghini Urus is powered by a 4.0-litre, twin-turbo V8 petrol engine that churns out a massive 650 PS of maximum power at 6000 RPM and a whopping 850 Nm of torque between 2250 - 4500 RPM. These are mind-blowing figures and these figures certainly make it one of the most powerful SUVs on the planet. The engine comes mated to a ZF-sourced 8-speed torque converter automatic transmission and it gets paddle shifters too. Moreover, there are multiple driving modes in this car and what sets the Urus apart from other vehicles is that it responds differently in each and every mode. 

The Lamborghini Urus gets a total of six driving modes which can be toggled via its anima lever. There are three driving modes for its on-road manners while the other three are for off-road as at the end of the day, it’s an SUV. The different riding modes for its on-road characteristics are Strada (street), Sport and the final one is the full-blown Corsa (which is the track mode). The off-road specific modes of the Urus are Sabbia (sand), Terra (mud) and Neve (snow). The Urus offers ballistic performance and the ZF-sourced gearbox offers lightning-fast gear shifts. In terms of fuel economy, the Urus has an ARAI-claimed mileage of 7.87 kmpl

The Lamborghini Urus is a super SUV but it handles like a sports car, such a capable machine it is. In fact, the Urus is an engineering marvel as it defies the laws of physics and accelerates rapidly from nought to ton and even reaches its electronically limited top speed in just no time, provided you have enough tarmac left to hit that speed. The Lamborghini Urus offers a crazy amount of thrust and this super SUV does 0-100 kmph run in just 3.6 seconds, 0-200 kmph in 12.8 seconds and the top speed of the SUV is limited at 306 kmph.

The Lamborghini Urus measures 5 metres long and it is 2 metres wide. In fact, this SUV offers a massive maximum ground clearance of around 250 mm, but despite all that, it handles brilliantly well and there is absolutely no body roll at all, even at seriously high speeds around the twisties. This is possible all thanks to its four-wheel steering tech, torque vectoring and active roll stability control. The Urus offers a stiff ride quality, however, it doesn’t feel uncomfortable at all and it is a perfect super powerful SUV for our Indian roads too.  

The Lamborghini Urus is loaded with several active and passive safety features. Moreover, it is built on the Volkswagen Group’s popular MLBevo platform that underpins a lot of other VW Group cars like the performance-oriented Audi RS Q8, etc. The Lamborghini Urus hasn’t been crash-tested yet by any testing agency, not even by NHTSA and its primary reason could be the exclusiveness and hefty price tag of the Urus. However, NHTSA has crash-tested the Audi Q8 and it bagged an impressive overall 5-star safety rating. 

Since the Audi Q8 series and the Lamborghini Urus are based on the exact same platform with no major structural changes, one can expect the Urus to perform similarly in the NHTSA crash test. If we talk about safety features, so the Lamborghini Urus gets all-wheel disc brakes. In fact, it gets a massive 440 mm diameter carbon-ceramic disc at the front and a 370 mm disc at the rear. It also gets eight airbags, ABS (Anti-lock Braking System) with EBD (Electronic Brakeforce Distribution), front and rear parking sensors with a 360-degree parking camera and a host of other features.