MORE Australian girls, per capita, purchase a Lamborghini in contrast with another nation during which the Italian supercar-maker performs – and Australia is the model’s tenth largest market.
No shock that with the entrant of a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model of its ‘household centered’ Urus SUV, the model will acquire an excellent higher viewers and a development in girls house owners.
The Urus SE, the PHEV that replaces the first-gen petrol-only Urus, goes on sale this week at a cool $457,834 (plus on-road prices) and already the 2025 allocation has been accounted for with 2026 supply slots now being stuffed.
Lamborghini area director of Asia Pacific, Francesco Scardaoni, mentioned that in Australia, girls account for greater than 20 per cent of consumers “which is the very best share on the earth”.
“Why? I feel I might say Lamborghini design suits with the style of feminine automotive drivers right here,” he informed GoAuto on the Urus SE launch in Perth.
“Lamborghinis are vehicles in which you’ll be able to dwell your goals and likewise use them day-after-day. Of all of the Lamborghinis, the Urus is fairly straightforward to drive and use for commuting and if in case you have children, it has the consolation of an SUV with the house to carry as much as 4 children, or three plus the husband.”
The Urus SE supersedes the petrol Urus first launched in Australia 2018. The most recent model runs a 456kW/800Nm 4.0-litre biturbo V8 connected to a 141kW/483Nm electrical motor – for a mixed 588kW/950Nm – mated to an all-new all-wheel drive system.
Though it appears just about the identical, the newest mannequin shares little with its predecessor.
The drivetrain is now hybrid, the physique panels and accoutrements like headlights and taillights are completely different, and the drive goes from all-wheel drive via a centre diff to a Haldex system that allocates torque facet to facet, again to entrance, relying on a traction-focused digital monitoring system.
Mr Scardaoni mentioned the brand new drive system enabled Lamborghini to combine torque vectoring.
“It permits us to have this fun-to-drive feeling,” he mentioned.
“Drifting an SUV will not be one thing that you just’d usually consider as being doable. However within the Urus, with this new drive design, it’s straightforward and even pure to float. And, in fact, to have a lot enjoyable.”
Placing all of it on the street chops 0-100km/h acceleration down to three.4 seconds and a dash to 200km/h in 11.2 seconds, topping out at 312km/h.
Mr Scardaoni mentioned Lamborghini began its hybridisation program in 2023 and mentioned it’s now on its method to being the primary supercar producer to have all its fashions with some type of electrification.
Unusually, no different Lamborghini mannequin shares the identical expertise. The Urus SE is a plug-in hybrid with a 4.0-litre V8 and an electrical motor; the Revuelto (changing the V12 Aventador) is a plug-in hybrid with a V12 engine and three motors for 747kW/807Nm; and the Temerario enters subsequent 12 months with a 4.0-litre V8 and three motors for 676kW/730Nm.
Mr Scardaoni mentioned the primary manufacturing all-electric Lamborghini will probably be debuted globally in 2026. The Lanzador, the fourth of the model’s mannequin vary and which appears like a high-riding Revuelto, is a 2+2 with room for 2 youngsters within the rear.
“It’s essential for us that every new mannequin we current performs higher than the one it replaces,” Mr Scardaoni mentioned.
“However it is usually essential that we preserve the interior combustion engine obtainable for so long as doable. The plan for us is to maintain going with hybrid powertrain as a lot as we will.”
Electrification additionally suits into an setting focused by Lamborghini – town dweller.
“It permits the automotive to be much more comfy in crowded situations,” Mr Scardaoni mentioned of the hybrid system.
“Should you’re driving out of a basement parking zone, for instance, you do not disturb the neighbours as a result of it operates as much as 60km on electric-only drive.
“In lots of cities in Europe, the downtown space is restricted from ICE vehicles for noise and emission causes. The hybrids are ultimate in these circumstances.”
The Urus SE additionally options 11 driving modes triggered by the ‘tamburo’ drive mode selector that permits the driving force to flick via six driving modes – Strada, Sport, Corsa, Sabbia, Terra and Neve – plus entry one other 4 ‘power’ modes.
It additionally has adaptive air suspension, carbon-ceramic brakes (440mm diameter on the entrance, 410mm on the rear) and 23-inch wheels.
Lamborghini claims a gas consumption common of two.08 litres/100km (with a full battery providing 60kmâ¯vary) and when the battery is depleted, a median of 12.9L/100km.
The Urus SE has a three-year, limitless distance guarantee however the model has an choice of a three-year guarantee extension.
