2019 Lamborghini Urus Review: The Rational Member of the Family
Auto123 test-drove the 2019 Lamborghini Urus, the second SUV ever produced by the renowned supercar brand. Can you name the first?
Just my luck. As fate would have it, the first Lamborghini I got the opportunity to test-drive was a… truck! Of all the fantabulous creations to come of the Italian firm’s Sant’Agata design centre, I had to get my baptism in the most rational of the current trio of Lamborghini products, the other two being the Huracan Evo and Aventador S.
The 2019 Lamborghini Urus is actually the second utility model produced by the brand, after the more-military – and much rarer – LM0002 in the 1980s. And on top of being the most “rational” of the company’s products, it’s also the most important commercially. The mission of the Urus is simple: it must single-handedly double Lamborghini sales worldwide. And according to Bernard Durand, sales representative at Lamborghini Montreal, it has already attained that objective.
The Lamborghini arrives like the cavalry for a brand forced to adapt to an era marked by the ascent of the sport utility vehicle. My goal was to determine if this rival to the likes of the Porsche Cayenne and Bentley Bentayga, among others, was worth the $232,000 or more buyers need to fork over for the privilege of owning a high-sitting Lambo. Not exactly a bargain, you’ll agree…
No doubt this is a Lambo
I described the Urus as the most rational member of the Italian carmaker’s lineup, and this is in part because the model’s format and look are necessarily saner than those of the brand’s exotic cars, which show much more of the DNA of the 1971 Countach LP400 prototype.