Motor Australia – May 2019

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LEFTFrontbrakes

thebiggestofany

productioncar:

440mmcarbon-

ceramicdiscswith

10-pistoncalipers

ABOVE

Notsincethe

RamboLambohas

a productionmodel

fromSant’Agatahad

somuchspaceinthe

back– orrearseats...

finallymaketheirpresencefelt.A

betterapproachis toslowtheUrusand

thenuseitstotaltractiontounleash

themonsterunderthatchiselled

bonnet.The4.0-litretwin-turboV8is

familiarfromthePorschePanamera

Turbo/PorscheCayenneTurbo/Bentley

BentaygaV8butin theUrusit’satits

mostpowerful(478kW/850Nm)and

byfaritsmostferocious.Lamborghini

tradesonitsretentionofnaturally

aspiratedpowerforitssupercarsbut

theUrusprovesa turbochargedBullis

nothingtofear– theprospectofthis

enginein a Huracanis a fearsomeone.

Evenin Stradamodeit snarlsand

selectingCorsaseemstodeletethe

mufflerscompletely,full-throttle

upshiftsbecomingasconspicuous

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tooverwhelmtheoutsidefronttyre
thetorquevectoringyanksthenose
aroundlikea dogthat’shaditslead
pulledtorotatetheUrustowards
cornerexit.Infast,openterritorythe
speedandcomposureit displaysis
face-meltinganditsabilitytostopis
remarkablethankstothelargestbrakes
everfittedtoa productioncar:carbon-
ceramicrotorsmeasuring440mmfront
and370mmrearwith10-pistonand
single-pistoncalipersrespectively.
Intighterturnsit’slesscomfortable.
DespiteLamborghini’sclaimsof“a
greateroversteercharacter”in Sport
orCorsathereisn’tthethrottle-
steerabilityofa RangeRoverSport
SVRorMercedes-AMGGLC63;the
electronicsstarttofightasphysics

DOESIT MATTERTHAT MUCH OF THE URUS

INTERIOR IS LIFTED FROMITS AUDI SIBLINGS?

asthecolourscheme.Thesprintto

100km/his claimedtotake3.6sec,

200km/his reachedin 12.8sec(0.7sec

slowerthanthenew 992 911)and

topspeedis a whopping305km/h.

Moreimportantthanthenumbers,

though,is thesensation;thepowertrain

is incrediblyaggressive,yetthe

supplenessofthechassisallowsSport

tobeusedasthedefaultmodewithout

theneedtoresorttoEgo.

TheLamborghiniUruswillnotbefor

everyone.Withanas-testedpriceof

$463,701that’sstatingtheobvious,but

eventhosewiththemeansarelikelyto

bedivided.It’sbrashandostentatious,

anautomotiveextrovert,butthe

subtletyofthesuspension,itsabilityto

comfortoccupantsratherthanpummel

themwith‘sportiness’,makestheUrus

a purchasethatcanbemadewiththe

headaswellastheheart.Ortheego.

Whateveryouropinionofit,thenext-

generationAventadorandHuracanwill

bebettermachinesforitssuccess.