Urus Meets ULEZ

Hybrid assistance makes the SE the most powerful Urus ever

- Georg Kacher

H ERE IS THE FIGURE THAT TELLS you what you need to know about the new plug-in hybrid version of the Urus: the Lamborghini SUV will reach 200 km/h from zero in 11.2 seconds or 1.3 seconds faster than the Performante. The Performante, you will recall, is the lower, firmer, wilder, and trackfriendly version of the Urus. Thus, although the SE will soon be the only Urus available, as the Performante and S disappear from the range, the move towards electrification is clearly not about Lamborghini going soft.

The other key statistic is not yet available, but the SE will end up with one of those WLTP combined fuel economy figures, along with a drastically reduced CO2 output, that puts the Lamborghini on the right side of various tax and emission restrictions, even though figures obtained on our test drive in Lapland in a preproduction SE suggest that without frequent stops for recharging the battery, the actual fuel economy will be as poor as it always is when you combine a twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 with a heavy body.