With Porsche
introducing an SUV in 2003, it was only a matter of time before the
other premium sports car and supercar manufacturers joined in the fun.
After years of rumors, whispers, and planning, Lamborghini is the next to cross over into the high-performance soccer mom world, AKA the SUV realm, with the oddly named Urus.
Though
the name sounds odd, it is very appropriate for the model. The urus,
also called the aurochs, is an ancient ancestor of the modern day cow,
which went extinct in 1627. These things were massive, ranging from 61
to 71 inches tall at the shoulders and weighing in at 1,500 lbs – phew,
that’s a lot of quarter pounders. This makes the urus one of the largest
bulls ever recorded, which is appropriate, considering the Lamborghini
Urus is almost certainly going to end up being the largest to boast the
raging bull emblem.
Now that we have turned off Animal Planet, we can continue with the Lamborghini Urus
and not the extinct cow relative. There is some debate as to whether
Lamborghini can actually support an SUV, especially after the LM002, the
original Lambo SUV, fizzled out in 1993 with only 328 models ever
produced.
