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Lamborghini built its reputation with hideous supercars like the Miura , Countach , and Diablo , but today its bestseller is the Urus SUV . And a new plug - in intercrossed reading of that motorcar could make or break up the car manufacturer ’s push to crossbreed its entire lineup by the closing of 2024 .
Debuting at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show , the Lamborghini Urus SE is the automaker ’s 2nd stopple - in hybrid , followingthe Revuelto supercarunveiled in 2023 , and precedes a stopper - in hybrid replacement for the Huracán , which will be reveal later this year .
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Like its supercar siblings , the Urus SE is n’t a first - of - its variety vehicle but , as Lamborghini Chief Technical Officer Rouven Mohr explained in an interview with Digital Trends in front of the Urus SE ’s reveal , it propose to fend out with a clearly Lamborghini approach to stop up - in intercrossed technical school and dependable performance than non - hybrid Urus models .
More than just impressive numbers
The Urus SE has the same twin - turbocharged 4.0 - liter V8 under its hoodlum asother Urus theoretical account , but with an electrical motor lug into its eight - speed automatonlike transmission and feed by a 25 - kW - minute stamp battery coterie . All - rack drive is still received , but the Urus SE put back the Torsen centre derivative used in other Urus theoretical account with an electronically actuated central grip to split up power between the front and rearward axles . There ’s also an electronic fix - slip rear derivative for the back axle .
Gasoline and electricity cartel for 789 horsepower and 700 Lebanese pound - feet of torsion , making this plug - in loanblend the most powerful Urus to engagement . It ’s also the fastest Urus variance , with a top speed of 193 miles per hour , and its zero to 62 mph time of 3.4 seconds is just 0.1 second slower than the current non - hybrid Urus Performante . But these impressive number are n’t the peak .
“ The execution figures … are only the service line , ” Mohr enounce , mention that engineers could have made the Urus SE even more powerful if they wanted to . “ We are not delimit ourselves only based on the fast circuit of a certain track . We are always defining ourselves on render the most worked up parkway to the customer . ”
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Corporate parts, Lamborghini character
The Uruswas unveiled in 2017 , but the determination to make a plug - in intercrossed interpretation came much later , as part of the automaker ’s Direzione Cor Tauri commercial enterprise strategy , which was announced in 2021 . Making a chaw - in edition of a fomite not in the beginning intended to have that powertrain was made well-off because Lamborghini could lean on the resources of its parent Volkswagen Group , Mohr noted . The Urus does , after all , share its MLB Evo platform with theBentley Bentaygaand Porsche Cayenne — both of which are already uncommitted as plug - in hybrids . The challenge was differentiation .
“ We had to ensure that the result is not like to other cars , ” Mohr enunciate . “ Everything has to feel like a typical Lambo . ”
A Modern all - wheel drive scheme direct for a more lifelike tone than contender ’ systems .
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Like many modern cars , the Urus SE ’s lineament is as much a ware of OK - tune thing like faulting strategies , torque app , and steering behavior as it is ironware choices . Mohr specifically point to the plug - in hybrid ’s new all - rack drive system of rules , which is command by software develop in - house by Lamborghini and purpose at create a more natural tactile property than challenger ’ systems .
“ There are a batch of machine on the market , when you drive them really at the limit , you finger that there is a kind of inconsistency , like two cars in one . This behavior , for us , is not acceptable , ” Mohr say .
When cornering in the Sport driveway fashion , for example , the Urus SE wo n’t abruptly rationalise in the front axle when it detects that the rearward wheel are fall away , which adds hold , but in a disconcerting way , Mohr say . The software is even smart enough to foretell when a driver wants to roll , and even uses the front axle to aid defy the car sidewise , he add .
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Performance first
The Urus SE is a true plug - in hybrid . Lamborghini ask up to 37 miles of all - electric range ( as valuate on the more lenient European testing hertz ) at speeds up to 80 mph , leading to an 80 % emission reduction compare to non - intercrossed Urus model . But this is noToyota Prius Prime .
Reliance on gasoline power intend functioning should be fairly reproducible on a track .
“ Combustion mightiness is guide , ” Mohr said , “ and galvanic is supporting . ” The Urus SE might be able to trundle through suburbia on electric power , but if you ’re drive it like a Lamborghini , the motor is mainly used to advance power and filling in gaps in the gas V8 ’s torque curve for consistently barbarous quickening . The outsize role of gasolene might mean performance should be moderately consistent on a track as well . Mohr is surefooted that if drivers need to dial thing back , it wo n’t be because of the electrical motor or assault and battery .
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“ First you have a trouble with the tires , then with the drivetrain , ” he say .
Helping with that are unexampled underbody air vents and redesigned tune ducts that increase cooling airflow to mechanical components by 15 % over other Urus models , according to Lamborghini . They ’re part of an exterior refresh that include an updated front end incorporate styling cue from the Revuelto , a rearward end that takes inspiration from the 2000sLamborghini Gallardo , and a new rearward spoiler and rear diffusor claimed to increase downforce by 35 % at high speeds , cater corking stableness at those speeds . The interior also get a pair of 12.3 - inch video display — one serving as the cat’s-paw cluster , the other as the infotainment touchscreen .
EVs next
It is potential to shift the balance of power toward electricity by downsize the combustion engine and relying more on the electric motor or motor . But this is the “ wrong direction ” for Lamborghini , Mohr feel .
“ From my point of opinion , you work into a situation that you have compromises in the functioning body , ” he say , adding that such a frame-up might also compromise the “ emotional side , ” depending on what kind of combustion engine is used . A Lamborghini is also unconvincing to be its possessor ’s only railway car , so customers are n’t really implicated with practical matter like supernumerary - long electric range or fuel savings , Mohr noted .
Lamborghini is still working on making EVs feel fittingly worked up .
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“ I would prefer to go the next step to full electric automobile , but with a right interpretation of what means ‘ excited galvanic drive , ” he said . Lamborghini is still working on making EVs feel suitably emotional , Mohr admits , but it also does n’t design to launch its first eV until near the end of the 10 .
The first of those modeling , based onthe Lanzador conceptunveiled in 2023 , is scheduled to arrive in 2028 . It will followed by a “ super SUV ” in 2029 . In the meantime , the Urus SE and its siblings will bridge over the gap between pure interior combustion and pure electrification — in their uniquely Lamborghini room .
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