Lamborghini Urus

Cabin

You expect a luxury cabin, and you get it, along with plenty of comfort and features. The first thing you notice in the cockpit is the dashboard, which has a broad, hexagonal theme running through it, mirroring the Aventador and Huracán rather than borrowing from any conventional SUV playbook. The multi-function steering wheel sits ahead of a fully digital instrument cluster, and a fighter-jet-style starter button, guarded under a flip cover, sits at the base of the center console alongside toggle switches for the drive modes.

Next is the dual-screen infotainment setup that handles navigation and climate separately, with haptic feedback replacing traditional buttons on the lower touchscreen. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto come standard, and the system supports over-the-air updates, so the car’s software keeps improving without a trip to the service center.

You can specify your preference of leather, Alcantara, wood, carbon fiber, and aluminum trim in almost any combination through Ad Personam, and the optional Bang & Olufsen sound system runs 21 speakers through the cabin, tuned specifically for the Urus’s interior acoustics rather than borrowed wholesale from a passenger car.

Front Seat

• Sport seats with power adjustment and memory function
• Heating and ventilation on higher trims
• Deep side bolstering for cornering support
• Carbon fiber-backed shells available through Ad Personam

Rear Seat

• Individual rear seats rather than a bench
• Proper legroom for two adults on longer drives
• Rear climate vents and USB charging points
• Reclining backrests for added comfort

Unlike Lamborghini’s two-seat cars, the Urus actually works as a car for four, and this is the part of the cabin that convinces most first-time Lamborghini buyers that the badge can fit into daily family life rather than just weekend driving.

Climate Control

The four-zone automatic climate control keeps front and rear occupants at their own preferred setting, with a cabin air filtration system that matters more here than on most SUVs, given how much dust and sand ride on the wind across the UAE for parts of the year.

Storage

• Deep center console bin with wireless charging
• Door pockets sized for bottles and phones
• Rear seat pockets and center armrest storage
• Underfloor cable storage for the plug-in hybrid charging cable

Boot Space

The usable space is 616 liters with all five seats in place. It is not class-leading against a Range Rover, but it comfortably fits a family's luggage for a weekend trip. The electrically operated tailgate sits low and wide, making loading easy, and if you do fold the rear seats using their 40:20:40 split configuration, capacity expands dramatically to 1,596 liters, opening up real space for larger items or longer journeys.

• Eight airbags across the cabin
• Forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking
• Lane departure warning and lane keep assist
• Adaptive cruise control on higher trims
• High beam assist and 360-degree camera system
• ISOFIX child seat mounting points in the rear

The 360-degree camera helps compensate for the limited rear visibility created by the sloping tailgate, and it makes threading the Urus through older multi-story car parks in Sharjah or Deira far less stressful than the car’s size on paper suggests.

Front

Clearly, it is now sharp, with the angular LED headlamps at either side of a wide, low grille, giving the Urus a face that looks aggressive without needing a single chrome accent to make its point. A deep front splitter and prominent air intakes below the headlamps feed the engine and brakes, and the whole nose sits lower and flatter than a typical luxury SUV, closer in stance to the Aventador than to any rival SUV parked next to it at a Downtown Dubai valet stand.

Side Profile

At just over five meters long, the Urus carries real bulk, but Lamborghini hides it well with a roofline that slopes back sharply and a beltline that rises toward the rear, borrowing cues straight from the brand’s sports cars. The trapezoidal wheel arches, finished in gloss black on higher trims, frame wheels that reach up to 23 inches, while pronounced haunches over the rear arches add visible muscle rather than just decoration. The high ground clearance also keeps the practical SUV brief intact despite the sporty shape.

Alloy Wheels

The standard wheels are 21 inches, with 22- and 23-inch options available depending on trim, covered in performance rubber developed specifically for the car’s weight and power. The larger wheels sharpen the Urus’s steering response and help it change direction with more precision, though buyers should know that bigger rims also transmit more of Dubai’s rougher road surfaces straight into the cabin.

Rear

The rear is where the Urus appears to be a lot different, and not everyone is a fan of it. While the slim, angular taillamps stretch across the tailgate, they are joined by a black garnish panel that some buyers find dramatic and others find busy compared with the cleaner front and sides. A rakish rear windscreen and a subtle roof spoiler round off a design that prioritizes attitude over the quiet, low-key tailgate treatment most luxury SUVs go for.

Colors

Lamborghini’s UAE dealer stock typically carries a carefully curated palette designed to suit different buyer preferences. You can choose from the following colors offered by the brand: 

• Blue
• Verde British
• Giallo Modena
• Mars Grey
• Bronze
• Grigio
• Rosso Folgore
• Nero
• Bianco Canopus

Both variants share a similar dash to 100 km/h, but the Performante’s extra carbon fiber body panels shave roughly 32 kg off the SE’s weight, and that difference shows up most in how eagerly the car changes direction rather than in a straight line, where the two feel remarkably close. 

City and Everyday Driving

Clearly, this is where the Urus separates itself from every other car Lamborghini builds. In electric-only mode, you can drive through Downtown Dubai and DIFC almost silently, which suits slow valet queues and school pick-up lines far better than a V8 idling in traffic ever could.

The plug-in hybrid battery gives a usable stretch of electric-only range for short errands, and switching between Strada, Sport, and Corsa modes changes the throttle mapping enough that the same car can feel relaxed on a school run and urgent on the way out of town twenty minutes later.

• Electric-only mode keeps the cabin silent in slow traffic
• An elevated driving position helps judge gaps in busy roundabouts
• Terrain modes cover sand, snow, and off-road situations needed in the UAE, but reassuring to have
• Charging at home or at a UAE public charger keeps the electric range topped up for daily use

Performance and Handling

Away from the city, the Urus stops feeling like an SUV altogether. The air suspension and active anti-roll technology work together to keep body movement in check through fast direction changes that would unsettle most vehicles of this height, and the standard rear-wheel steering shrinks the car’s effective wheelbase at low speed while adding stability during high-speed lane changes on Sheikh Zayed Road.

If you push the Performante into Corsa mode, the extra downforce from its bigger rear wing and enlarged front air intakes becomes noticeable above 200 km/h, holding the car flat when a standard luxury SUV would already be running out of composure.

• Rear-wheel steering sharpens low-speed agility and high-speed stability
• Torque vectoring pushes power to the outside rear wheel through corners
• Carbon-ceramic brakes on Performante shed speed with real confidence
• Rally mode on the Performante is tuned specifically for loose surfaces like Liwa’s dunes.

Urus SE

This is your newest entry point into the range, combining the twin-turbo V8 with a plug-in hybrid system for a combined 800 CV, aimed at buyers who want Urus performance with a real step down in daily running costs over the old non-hybrid cars.

Urus SE Performante

This variant is the sharper of the two, with nearly 32 kg less weight, a dedicated Rally drive mode for loose surfaces, and extensive carbon fibre body panels, built for buyers who want the Urus’s outright dynamic ability rather than just its badge. 

Zigwheels Recommendation

The Urus, for its everyday usability, its electric-only running around town, and its badge at the school gates, is best considered in SE form, since it already delivers more performance than most owners will use in a year of ownership.

But those of you who want thrilling performance, sharper handling, and the extra visual appeal of the carbon fiber body kit should stretch to the Performante. This is particularly suited to buyers who plan to actually use the Rally mode on a desert weekend rather than leave it untouched in a showroom brochure.

Looking at the Urus, it appears as though it is not a Lamborghini, as it has five doors, which is not how we see the brand. But the Urus works, plain and simple. It drives sharper than an SUV this heavy has any right to; the hybrid system provides real power without hurting everyday use, and the cabin still feels like a true Lamborghini, not just a brand stuck onto a regular SUV.

But like everything else, it is not perfect; nothing ever is. You may feel the ride turns firm on the bigger wheels; what is also to be noted is that the rear design will not suit every buyer, and at over two tonnes, it can never fully hide its weight. But it does the one thing a Lamborghini SUV needs to do and what most owners expect: deliver real supercar performance in a shape they can actually use every day, whether in city driving or the desert. That mix is hard to find anywhere else. It is also why the Urus remains Lamborghini’s best-selling car by a wide margin.

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