Lamborghini Urus S Review: The Tamest Raging Bull Still Has Some Wild DNA

Lamborghini Urus S Review: The Tamest Raging Bull Still Has Some Wild DNA


PROS ›› Great performance, fun exhaust, luxurious materials throughout, distinctive design
CONS ›› We’d rather it had a V12 or V10, truly frightening real-world consumption

Across the globe, there isn’t a single wild bull living today. Sure, there are plenty of dangerous bulls but every single one of them is domesticated to one degree or another. Despite that, Ferrucio Lamborghini respected bulls (and bullfighting) so much, that he linked his company to them – and many of its supercars, starting with the Miura, were named after famous bulls. Plus, Ferrucio was born under the zodiac sign of Taurus, so in a way it made sense.

Today, much like the animals, Italian raging bulls on wheels have changed a lot over time. The Urus is only the most obvious example of this. Lamborghini’s range is fully electrified now. It no longer makes a V12 that doesn’t employ some hybrid assistance. It will also, for the first time ever, have an EV in its range before the end of the decade.

How good could the Urus S even be, then? After all, it shares some of its underpinnings with an Audi SUV. In fact, it uses a similar twin-turbocharged V8 as the RS Q8. It’s not actually made to destroy lap records. It’s full of driver assistance technology like stability control, lane-keep assist, blind-spot mitigation, and more.

These are the thoughts I had before a week of driving the Urus S in Los Angeles of all places. That’s right, my first opportunity to drive a Lamborghini came in one of the most densely packed places in America. The streets are flooded with cars and I’m in a Lamborghini worth north of $300,000. It turns out, there’s still some wild DNA under this Italian sheet metal.

No doubt the main party trick of the Urus is its engine. The world is overrun with SUVs and crossovers these days but few have a twin-turbocharged V8. Even fewer make 657 hp (489 kW) and 627 lb-ft (849 Nm) of torque. Those figures are important as they serve as one clear sign of the delineation between this car and an Audi or Porsche that might share some components.

Lamborghini reworks the Urus engine before it leaves the factory. It gets new tuning to enable that additional power. It also uses a unique setup for the all-wheel drive system and the gearbox to give the Urus its own unique character. In addition, it provides several driving modes.

They include Strada or street for everyday driving, Sport for a bump in performance on the road, Sabbia for sand, Terra for “dominating off-road terrain,” Neve for snow and ice, and finally Corsa for driving on a race track. That last one is important, but we’ll circle back to it later.

Lamborghini says this car will get up to 14 mpg in the city and 19 on the highway, with a combined rating of 16 mpg. In our testing, it managed only a meager 8 mpg (more on this later, too). In its entire life, around 2,000 miles, it’s achieved around 14 mpg according to the on-board computer.



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