Lamborghini wants the crown. The performance SUV title belongs to them now. They are launching the new Urus SE Performante. It is the hottest derivative of their family hauler yet. No kidding.
The powertrain is a plug-in hybrid. It pairs the familiar 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 with a single electric motor. The numbers look good. Combined outputs hit 800 bhp and 737 lb ft. That is up 11 bhp. Why? Free-flowing exhausts and rewritten engine software. Simple changes. Big result.
Sound matters to Lamborghini. So did the old setup. Not anymore. A new Akrapovic system replaces the SE’s cross-pipe configuration. That old thing had pipes meeting in the middle then running the length of the car. Messy. This version splits them. One pipe per bank. Exhaust gases escape faster. The tone? Lamborghini claims it is “more powerful”. The pipes are aluminium too. That sheds 10 kg.
Weight reduction is the obsession here. Look at the carbon fibre usage. The bonnet is carbon. The roof, the wings, the side skirts, the rear diffuser—all of it. It adds a stark aesthetic while stripping mass. A new brake and stability controller loses 4 kg. Lightened sound deadening drops another 3 kg. Leather seats are gone, swapped for ‘Corsa Tex’ Dinamica material, saving 2.7 kg. Total savings? 32 kg against the regular SE. The car tips the scales at 2,473 kg. Heavy? Yes. But lighter.
Control gets smarter, too. The Performante borrows the ‘6D’ drive computer from the Temerario supercar. It tracks acceleration on the X, Y, and Z axes. Pitch. Roll. Yaw. Every movement is measured. The computer adjusts dynamics finer than before. It knows when you are drifting. You might not.
The look is outlandish. Intentionally so. Chunky splitters. Skirts. Spoilers. These bits aren’t just for show. They maximize aerodynamic performance. Downforce increases by 23% compared to the SE. An S-duct integrated into the front bumper and bonnet pushes the nose down as speed climbs. Physics doing its thing. And here is the kicker: despite all those spoilers, drag drops by 5%. The underbody is smoother. The rear diffuser is the largest ever fitted to a Urus. It works.
Will you hear it coming? Definitely.
