If you can’t beat them... Lamborghini joins the SUV set

Able to gobble up roads, trails and dunes … as well as your nest egg

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[AndrewClarke]

To me this looks like a small station wagon, or a large hatchback, but not an SUV. I'm not really sure in what way this qualifies as an SUV. Because it has AWD? Because it has more ground clearance than most Lamborghinis, albeit no more than most station wagons?

I guess really you can call your car whatever you want, so it's an SUV because that's what Lamborghini called it.

 

[Statistical]

To me this looks like a small station wagon, or a large hatchback, but not an SUV. I'm not really sure in what way this qualifies as an SUV. Because it has AWD? Because it has more ground clearance than most Lamborghinis, albeit no more than most station wagons?

I guess really you can call your car whatever you want, so it's an SUV because that's what Lamborghini called it.

Everything in those categories (at least in the US) will be called an SUV. If a car manufacturer makes a largeish vehicle and calls it a hatchback or worse station wagon it would undersell the identical vehicle marketed as an SUV.

That is why I don't understand why "SUV purists" (not you but in general) freak out that xyz is not a "real SUV". Today SUV is little more than a marketing term. If calling this vehicle a station wagon would sell more vehicles than they would call it a station wagon and then I guess station wagon pursist would say it isn't a station wagon it is a small long SUV.

 

[moosemaimer]

i laugh at how many hours i dont have to be enslaved when i see someone with a stupid expensive pile of garbage.... keep on working for the man so you can afford that car to sit and do nothing except get you to work and back, and in no more fun or glorious fashion than a yaris would... because you will still be stuck in rush hour traffic.... hahahahahahaha

i owe nothing on any of my vehicles.

Cars like this always make me think of an article about the Maybach from Car&Driver, where a guy was ordering two for himself and his wife, and when the dealer mentioned something else was coming out he asked to reserve one of those as well.

It said something to the effect of "this is a car for billionaires. A billionaire spending $300,000 on a car is like an average person spending $14 on a shirt."

These people aren't worried about how many hours they're going to work to pay it off, because they aren't worried about how many parking spots are left in the garages in their houses (Plenty).

 

[AntiochusTG]

If you mash up an X6, and a GLE Coupe, and a Range Rover Sport... tell me you don't end up with an Urus.

https://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/x-models/x6.html

https://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicles ... ystyle-CPE

https://www.landroverusa.com/vehicles/n ... index.html

 

[Th3 Duk3 0f Sav0y]

i laugh at how many hours i dont have to be enslaved when i see someone with a stupid expensive pile of garbage.... keep on working for the man so you can afford that car to sit and do nothing except get you to work and back, and in no more fun or glorious fashion than a yaris would... because you will still be stuck in rush hour traffic.... hahahahahahaha

i owe nothing on any of my vehicles.

Nobody who buys something like this finances it.

 

[simonov]

To me this looks like a small station wagon, or a large hatchback, but not an SUV. I'm not really sure in what way this qualifies as an SUV. Because it has AWD? Because it has more ground clearance than most Lamborghinis, albeit no more than most station wagons?

The only difference between a modern SUV and a station wagon is you don't have to crouch down to get into the SUV.

 

[pr0t0]

The LM002, or "Rambo Lambo" was one of the weirdest and coolest cars from the 1980's.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_LM002

Glad someone else remembers this thing.

I loved the LM002! LL Cool J drove one in the movie "Toys".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epsscw9hixE

 

[effgee]

... When I was a kid, we had SUVs. They were called "station wagons" and looked like this:

They are alive and well in many (sensible?) countries. One example, the utterly insane and equally entertaining Audi RS 6 Avant Performance. Performance is pretty much identical to the Urus, and since they're all in the VW family I'm guessing the engine block may be the same as well. An Autobahn-monster par excellence, not unlike Mercedes' AMG E63 station wagon.

 

[Dr Gitlin]

I really don't get the market for this. If you want a track car, you don't need an SUV. If you want to go offroad, you wouldn't use this either. If you want to move your family around, there are far more luxurious offerings at a much lower price.

All well, I guess there must be some perpetual 12-year-olds that inherited a lot of money out there.

You're not far off; I was astounded when I found out the average age of a Lamborghini customer is something like 31 or 32.

 

[Jim Z]

I'd rather have my H3

why? it's garbage.

your car (whatever it is) is a piece of shit too.

seriously, knock it off. shitting on people for not having the "right" brand of something is what middle school brats do. what's your excuse?

 

[flyingq]

People seem to forget that Lamborghini make tractors. The real country vehicle.

 

[dlux]

Think of it as a fast minivan...

Minivans have a real purpose and can actually hold things. This is a cramped toy.

 

[dlux]

People seem to forget that Lamborghini make tractors. The real country vehicle.

Including, aparently, Lamborghini.

 

[AndrewClarke]

i laugh at how many hours i dont have to be enslaved when i see someone with a stupid expensive pile of garbage.... keep on working for the man so you can afford that car to sit and do nothing except get you to work and back, and in no more fun or glorious fashion than a yaris would... because you will still be stuck in rush hour traffic.... hahahahahahaha

i owe nothing on any of my vehicles.

Cars like this always make me think of an article about the Maybach from Car&Driver, where a guy was ordering two for himself and his wife, and when the dealer mentioned something else was coming out he asked to reserve one of those as well.

It said something to the effect of "this is a car for billionaires. A billionaire spending $300,000 on a car is like an average person spending $14 on a shirt."

These people aren't worried about how many hours they're going to work to pay it off, because they aren't worried about how many parking spots are left in the garages in their houses (Plenty).

Or, they're a wannabe "YouTube star" who's stretched their budget to be able to afford a lease on a Lamborghini, even though they live in an apartment with 3 roomates. Ref: http://www.wbangca.com/the-truth-about-tai-lopaz/. Apparently Lopez' rebuttal was something along the lines of, "I didn't RENT the Lamborghini and mansion, I LEASED them!"

When I see someone driving a fancy car, all it means to me is that someone decided they could afford the payments. Or they borrowed it.

 

[Digital_Dreamer]

J. Resnik - In the image of the dashboard console, what is that icon on the far left? "Reset Values with OK" what car component is that data referencing?

Looks to be measuring g-forces.

 

[Th3 Duk3 0f Sav0y]

Or, they're a wannabe "YouTube star" who's stretched their budget to be able to afford a lease on a Lamborghini, even though they live in an apartment with 3 roomates. Ref: http://www.wbangca.com/the-truth-about-tai-lopaz/. Apparently Lopez' rebuttal was something along the lines of, "I didn't RENT the Lamborghini and mansion, I LEASED them!"

When I see someone driving a fancy car, all it means to me is that someone decided they could afford the payments. Or they borrowed it.

Somehow I doubt this is "normal" owner. It sounds more like some type of compulsive behavior.

 

[moosemaimer]

People seem to forget that Lamborghini make tractors. The real country vehicle.

I bet you Ferrari haven't forgotten.

 

[Lostfanboi]

i laugh at how many hours i dont have to be enslaved when i see someone with a stupid expensive pile of garbage.... keep on working for the man so you can afford that car to sit and do nothing except get you to work and back, and in no more fun or glorious fashion than a yaris would... because you will still be stuck in rush hour traffic.... hahahahahahaha

i owe nothing on any of my vehicles.

You obviously know nothing of the market these sorts of vehicles are created for. Hint: They are the sorts of folks who don't have to worry too much about commutes or car payments. For them, buying one of these is the equivalent of you picking up a value menu $1 burger at McDs.

 

[Digger]

I'm glad they brought up the LM002. 6 dual throat downdraft Weber carburetors... in the desert. I'm sure maintenance guys loved it. It had off road tires exclusive to that model, with a lip around the rim to help flotation in sand. A legend.

For the record, Webers aren't hard to keep in tune. I had a car with 3 twin throat webers. Maybe an hour of my mechanic's time to keep them in sync. You can quite easily get foam 'pods' on each throat that act as an air filter.

SU carbs....on the other hand (shudders at the memories of keeping them in synch)

 

[cactusbush]

I really don't get the market for this. If you want a track car, you don't need an SUV. If you want to go offroad, you wouldn't use this either. If you want to move your family around, there are far more luxurious offerings at a much lower price.

SUV's aren't made for off-road, they are made for soccer moms. They might do OK when there is a little snow on the highway, or for dirt driveways. But there delicate, flimsy and glass jawed if you were to take them off road.

Once my ex-father in law gave my ex-wife a brand new Eddie Bauer edition Ford Explorer. We took it on a little camping expedition one time in Utah. We followed a dirt road 15-20 miles until it came to the river and then backed up under a tree to unload. The wife backed into a pointed rock which was hard to see but sticking up out of the sand about 6 inches. The cheap bell housing of that rear axle was made of plastic or nylon. Naturally the oil began pouring out.

 

[fellow human]

I really don't get the market for this. If you want a track car, you don't need an SUV. If you want to go offroad, you wouldn't use this either. If you want to move your family around, there are far more luxurious offerings at a much lower price.

All well, I guess there must be some perpetual 12-year-olds that inherited a lot of money out there.

If you have more money than you know what to do with,
AND you don't really want to drive a supercar because they're low-slung and cramped and impractical and can't fit kids or a dog or baggage,
AND you look at a class 8 Freightliner and say "you know, I think I want more torque & power than that thing",
AND you want the cameras to swing your way when you pull up to the Ritz-Carlton for a Saturday night gala,

If you fall into this category then learn how to wield power responsibly. Buying this monstrosity means you haven't figured it out yet.

I'll stick to the Model X and leave this ugly douchewagon in the dust.

 

[elh]

I kind of like it, in the sense that almost no one needs more than basic, utility car and this Lambo is a very immature kid's dream car - it's bug, powerful, all terrain and looks exactly like a kid would design it, complete with 'rocket launcher' switches.

 

[charlie don't surf]

This vehicle is useless without gun turrets.

 

[Nachowarrior]

I'd rather have my H3

why? it's garbage.

It's a pig, but you try it out with a supercharger, a tune and the catalytic converters removed. It's like a whole different vehicle.

expensive and underpowered. the H series now shares the same chassis, drive train etc as many other gm vehicles... they ruined saabs little secret and started stuffing chevy chassis in em instrad of the old subaru ones amd they are now garbage too. i see the h3 as a toy compared to the purpose built vehicle that they share the same name with. the military grade h1. the h3 is essentually a chevy blazer with a v8 instead of the 4.3 v6. looks and styling nonwithstanding. i thi k people have weird imaginations for what they will actually use a car for. not me, got a used wagon, fits junk inside, roof rack for on top, awd, manual. gets good milage and was very affordable. i do a bit of offroading when i go backpacking and camping, but mainly i use a toyota crayolla for in town driving and save the impreza for when i go on trips or decide to go have fun in the snow or do have some fun on dirt/gravel roads, ie: amature rally hour. i sitll only paid like 5 grand for it. I spend less than 1000$ per year on cars, maintenance, and purchase costs. i pay more for insurance than i do for the damn cars... which is a scam. but someone hit me, i repaired it myself for under 500 bucks, and got paid out some 4k+ dollars... got paid 1300 when someone hit my old beater accord that i paid 400 bucks for... so you cant really convince me that an h series or any other plastic pile of crap is worth anything but forcing me to work longer and harder hours to achieve the same shit...

 

[Nachowarrior]

i laugh at how many hours i dont have to be enslaved when i see someone with a stupid expensive pile of garbage.... keep on working for the man so you can afford that car to sit and do nothing except get you to work and back, and in no more fun or glorious fashion than a yaris would... because you will still be stuck in rush hour traffic.... hahahahahahaha

i owe nothing on any of my vehicles.

You obviously know nothing of the market these sorts of vehicles are created for. Hint: They are the sorts of folks who don't have to worry too much about commutes or car payments. For them, buying one of these is the equivalent of you picking up a value menu $1 burger at McDs.

you obviously know nothing of how few of those people there are, and how dumb they are

 

[biffbobfred]

I miss the contact paper on the sides that looked like real wood!

We had a Ford LTd estate rust bucket. (Chicago winters, lots of salt). My mom out real Contact Paper on the liftgate to cover it up. Orange mushrooms if I remember correctly (was close to 40 years ago)

 

[Th3 Duk3 0f Sav0y]

you obviously know nothing of how few of those people there are, and how dumb they are

And they're also making very few. So I guess it all works out and everyone is a winner.

 

[lewax00]

I love the lever marked "EGO". Kind of want to put a lever in my car with that on it. Doesn't even need to do anything.

 

[Fatesrider]

Lol! The engine Start/Stop button appears to have a safety switch.

Is that a hint that just starting the engine is something to take very seriously??

Odds heavily favor the likelihood that they don't want someone accidentally turning off the car while it's on the freeway by trying to put their morning Starbucks in the cup holder.

 

[fastlanestranger]

All that LM002 needs is a pair of Gargoyle sunglasses to complete the picture.

 

[Statistical]

Lol! The engine Start/Stop button appears to have a safety switch.

Is that a hint that just starting the engine is something to take very seriously??

Odds heavily favor the likelihood that they don't want someone accidentally turning off the car while it's on the freeway by trying to put their morning Starbucks in the cup holder.

I have never know a stop engine button to act as a dumb kill switch. I pushed the stop button on a rented Ford Mustang while on the highway because I had to know. Yeah not the smartest thing but I was ready to restart or pull over. Nothing happened.

Maybe this car is the exception but my guess is the uber protection on the switch is tacticool.

 

[Nachowarrior]

i laugh at how many hours i dont have to be enslaved when i see someone with a stupid expensive pile of garbage.... keep on working for the man so you can afford that car to sit and do nothing except get you to work and back, and in no more fun or glorious fashion than a yaris would... because you will still be stuck in rush hour traffic.... hahahahahahaha

i owe nothing on any of my vehicles.

Cars like this always make me think of an article about the Maybach from Car&Driver, where a guy was ordering two for himself and his wife, and when the dealer mentioned something else was coming out he asked to reserve one of those as well.

It said something to the effect of "this is a car for billionaires. A billionaire spending $300,000 on a car is like an average person spending $14 on a shirt."

These people aren't worried about how many hours they're going to work to pay it off, because they aren't worried about how many parking spots are left in the garages in their houses (Plenty).

Or, they're a wannabe "YouTube star" who's stretched their budget to be able to afford a lease on a Lamborghini, even though they live in an apartment with 3 roomates. Ref: http://www.wbangca.com/the-truth-about-tai-lopaz/. Apparently Lopez' rebuttal was something along the lines of, "I didn't RENT the Lamborghini and mansion, I LEASED them!"

When I see someone driving a fancy car, all it means to me is that someone decided they could afford the payments. Or they borrowed it.

you can get a better idea of how many people borrowed the cash by taking national income statistics and looking at national car sales numbers and tossing them into some charts. just a quick look at average cost of a new car, 33560$. keeping in mind that only a handful of americans will ever buy a new car; look at income brackets and how many people are in each... the numbers are appalling... don't beleive me? check it out,and wonder why there are so many title loan places and the ever present rip off "buy here pay here" lots with cars that are jacked up and price and fees on the backend of the loan... it is really bad. so when some conceited trashy fuck that never had to work for a damn thing in his/her life shows up anywhere ina fucking porche, it makes me want to take a shit in the sun roof. Saving Capitalism the documentary and the xkcd:money chart are two excellent resources to quickly and effectively ahow you how much slavery is alive and well in america, and just gow few people can afford a new car, even at 33k...

 

[Nachowarrior]

People seem to forget that Lamborghini make tractors. The real country vehicle.

Mercedes does too, it is callled the unimog, and it is awesome.

 

[Th3 Duk3 0f Sav0y]

i laugh at how many hours i dont have to be enslaved when i see someone with a stupid expensive pile of garbage.... keep on working for the man so you can afford that car to sit and do nothing except get you to work and back, and in no more fun or glorious fashion than a yaris would... because you will still be stuck in rush hour traffic.... hahahahahahaha

i owe nothing on any of my vehicles.

Cars like this always make me think of an article about the Maybach from Car&Driver, where a guy was ordering two for himself and his wife, and when the dealer mentioned something else was coming out he asked to reserve one of those as well.

It said something to the effect of "this is a car for billionaires. A billionaire spending $300,000 on a car is like an average person spending $14 on a shirt."

These people aren't worried about how many hours they're going to work to pay it off, because they aren't worried about how many parking spots are left in the garages in their houses (Plenty).

Or, they're a wannabe "YouTube star" who's stretched their budget to be able to afford a lease on a Lamborghini, even though they live in an apartment with 3 roomates. Ref: http://www.wbangca.com/the-truth-about-tai-lopaz/. Apparently Lopez' rebuttal was something along the lines of, "I didn't RENT the Lamborghini and mansion, I LEASED them!"

When I see someone driving a fancy car, all it means to me is that someone decided they could afford the payments. Or they borrowed it.

you can get a better idea of how many people borrowed the cash by taking national income statistics and looking at national car sales numbers and tossing them into some charts. just a quick look at average cost of a new car, 33560$. keeping in mind that only a handful of americans will ever buy a new car; look at income brackets and how many people are in each... the numbers are appalling... don't beleive me? check it out,and wonder why there are so many title loan places and the ever present rip off "buy here pay here" lots with cars that are jacked up and price and fees on the backend of the loan... it is really bad. so when some conceited trashy fuck that never had to work for a damn thing in his/her life shows up anywhere ina fucking porche, it makes me want to take a shit in the sun roof. Saving Capitalism the documentary and the xkcd:money chart are two excellent resources to quickly and effectively ahow you how much slavery is alive and well in america, and just gow few people can afford a new car, even at 33k...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GI4rwSqrEk

 

[Nachowarrior]

you obviously know nothing of how few of those people there are, and how dumb they are

And they're also making very few. So I guess it all works out and everyone is a winner.

go ahead and keep on trading your time for garbage, and perpetuating slavery. i bet you think diamonds have worth and value too.... pppfffttt.. haha.

 

[thesixgoddess]

This one is a miss by Lamborghini in my opinion. Focused too much on the engine but not the design. Looks pedestrian like a KIA with some muscular features thrown in. There's nothing exciting about this SUV. Go back to the drawing board

 

[BulkyZ]

I really don't get the market for this.

You're not one of the 3000. They're not selling 100,000 and it needs to make sense to you. I saw two Jaguar SUVs this morning in a 15 minute drive. SUVs make a lot more sense to marques that I never would have thought 10 years ago.

Don't think of it as an offroader. Think of it as a fast minivan, a car that can actually haul stuff while hauling ass. A tall Panamera.

So it's a minivan without all the stigma of a minivan. And worse fuel economy. Got it

 

[Th3 Duk3 0f Sav0y]

you obviously know nothing of how few of those people there are, and how dumb they are

And they're also making very few. So I guess it all works out and everyone is a winner.

go ahead and keep on trading your time for garbage, and perpetuating slavery. i bet you think diamonds have worth and value too.... pppfffttt.. haha.

You OK bro?

 

[Fatesrider]

Lol! The engine Start/Stop button appears to have a safety switch.

Is that a hint that just starting the engine is something to take very seriously??

Odds heavily favor the likelihood that they don't want someone accidentally turning off the car while it's on the freeway by trying to put their morning Starbucks in the cup holder.

I have never know a stop engine button to act as a dumb kill switch. I pushed the stop button on a rented Ford Mustang while on the highway because I had to know. Nothing happened.

Maybe this car is the exception but my guess is the uber protection on the switch is tacticool.

The placement of the switch near the cup holder suggests the possibility of accidentally hitting the switch when keeping one's eyes on the road while holstering the cup. If something "bad" might happen if it was pressed while the car was moving, then a cover makes sense. After all, functionally speaking, that's what one of those things is supposed to do: Prevent someone from accidentally pressing the button.

That said my opinion of added complexity/bling to something like this would likely be unpopular, so I'll just say, you may very well be right about a totally unnecessary step involved in starting the thing and leave it at that.

Car makers do strange things at times, after all...

 

[solomonrex]

I really don't get the market for this. If you want a track car, you don't need an SUV. If you want to go offroad, you wouldn't use this either. If you want to move your family around, there are far more luxurious offerings at a much lower price.

All well, I guess there must be some perpetual 12-year-olds that inherited a lot of money out there.

I'll have you know, the fictional Urus is phenomenal offroad in fictional Australia (FH3). A great videogame car, maybe a hall of famer already.