On a wet road where grip and traction can be overcome, the hotter Urus can flow or handle perfectly, and prefers the latter, with a chassis that moves casually, disarmingly easy, between grip and slide. It may be a tough SUV, but it can be turned into a compact on the throttle and always hides its bulk.
This means the Urus Performante can be genuinely fun, composed and intuitive, even if its exterior personality emerges entirely from the powertrain and chassis. With every heavy-duty, high-speed brute, adequate driving satisfaction is always elusive.
Also, the penalty for operator manipulation is very high. The new suspension is perma-reactive and the ride quality is acceptable only when the road surface is intact or when heavy loads are placed on the suspension. So maybe five percent. The rest of the time would be better in a regular car or even better in Aston’s DBX 707. The truth is, the Urus Performante is clearly ill-suited for this country’s roads and you can tell from the first to the last minute of your journey, luxurious cabin or not.
Like a great, asphalt scraper, Lamborghini would argue that anything using the ‘Performance’ name must be a complete, unabashed dynamo. Hurricane performs. Fair point, but even in this era of wild chimera creations, you could easily argue that infusing the Urus with Performante DNA might be genetic editing too far.
On a wet road where grip and traction can be overcome, the hotter Urus can flow or handle perfectly, and prefers the latter, with a chassis that moves casually, disarmingly easy, between grip and slide. It may be a tough SUV, but it can be turned into a compact on the throttle and always hides its bulk.
This means the Urus Performante can be genuinely fun, composed and intuitive, even if its exterior personality emerges entirely from the powertrain and chassis. With every heavy-duty, high-speed brute, adequate driving satisfaction is always elusive.
Also, the penalty for operator manipulation is very high. The new suspension is perma-reactive and the ride quality is acceptable only when the road surface is intact or when heavy loads are placed on the suspension. So maybe five percent. The rest of the time would be better in a regular car or even better in Aston’s DBX 707. The truth is, the Urus Performante is clearly ill-suited for this country’s roads and you can tell from the first to the last minute of your journey, luxurious cabin or not.
Like a great, asphalt scraper, Lamborghini would argue that anything using the ‘Performance’ name must be a complete, unabashed dynamo. Hurricane performs. Fair point, but even in this era of wild chimera creations, you could easily argue that infusing the Urus with Performante DNA might be genetic editing too far.
