It’s been a while since we brought you updates on the most performance-focused iteration of the Lamborghini Urus, but as the winter testing season draws to a close, Sant’Agata’s most powerful SUV has been caught playing in the snow. For the first time, the Performante name will be applied to a hybrid, building on the performance potential of the Urus SE PHEV and its hybridized 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8. The latter already develops a combined total of 789 horsepower, so it’s highly likely that over 800 hp will be possible for the new range-topping SUV.
Subtle Upgrades for 2027 Urus Performante
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The last time the Urus got a Performante badge, it came with a little less weight, slightly bigger wheels, and more carbon fiber highlights. The same is expected to be true for the 2027 model, and the prototype in these spy shots reveals subtle styling changes. The side intakes are connected to the headlights with a more vertical strake than the current Urus SE, and the lower intake appears to be thinner and taller. We predict that the black tape on this prototype’s front fascia will be transformed into gloss black accents on the production design to show a closer familial resemblance to the Revuelto.
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Elsewhere, the side skirts appear to be a little different, and at the back of the super SUV, an integrated ducktail spoiler sits below the rear windshield, atop which there’s a spoiler borrowed from the old Performante. New wheels will surely be fitted, too, but the light clusters front and rear look pretty much unchanged from those on the SE. Presumably, this Urus will be the last of its kind before a new super SUV comes along.
Lamborghini Urus Likely to Live Beyond 2030
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With Lamborghini recently canceling the all-electric Lanzador, which was previously expected to arrive by 2030, we suspect that the concept of the Urus will live on, albeit almost certainly with a new name. When this Urus Performante entered development, Lamborghini had expected hybridization to be a bridge to all-electric vehicles, but now that a Lambo EV is off the cards for the foreseeable future, the Italian automaker will have to get creative. Lamborghini has confirmed that the 10,000-rpm twin-turbo V8 in the Temerario will be around for at least two life cycles, and to ensure that its development can recoup costs (and to help the successor to the Urus feel special), it seems highly likely that the new V8 will find a home in Lamborghini’s next SUV. That’s still some way off, with the Urus Performante only likely to arrive in the second half of 2026, making news of a replacement only probable in 2027 at the earliest.
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