2024 Lamborghini Urus SE: Prices and specs

2024 Lamborghini Urus SE: Performance and specs

But don’t worry, the V8 remains. Still 4.0-litres and still with two turbochargers, its 620PS is now augmented by a 192PS electric motor, for a total system output of 800PS (588kW) and 950Nm (701 lb ft). 

That motor is located within the eight-speed automatic transmission, meaning all the power goes to all four wheels. It also means that the Urus SE can be all-electric and all-wheel-drive at the same time. Performance as you would imagine, is fairly spectacular, with 62mph possible from a stop in just 3.4 seconds on the way to a 193mph top speed.

Power sent to the front and rear can vary thanks to a new clutched longitudinal electric torque vectoring system. A new rear limited-slip differential then splits that power side to side, at least at the back, for ‘on demand oversteering to convey the feel of a purebred super sportscar’.

In terms of the battery and electric range, it’s a healthy 25.9kWh in size, sits below the boot and can be plugged in and charged. The battery makes the Urus SE good for 37 miles of all-electric driving at speeds of up to 80mph.

It also, obviously, means you can get away from a stop nice and quietly so as not to cause a scene, which of course, is a major worry for Lamborghini buyers. The Urus faithful will also be elated to read that their number one concern, reducing emissions, has been addressed massively, with the electrified Urus SE sporting a drop of 80 per cent by comparison to ICE-only Urus variants.

2024 Lamborghini Urus SE design

The Urus SE also sports the biggest changes to the car’s design since it was first revealed seven years ago. The new lights, re-profiled droop snoot and gently revised front bumper are the big changes making this a facelift in the most traditional sense. 

There’s some fake hexagonal venting at the back that connects carryover rear lights, which Lamborghini (rather blasphemously, we think) claims is a callback to the Gallardo. There’s also a new diffuser, a subtle boot lip and some new wheel options (how does a 23-inch ‘Galanthus’ rim sound to you?) but otherwise, it’s largely Urus as-was in its silhouette.

The changes made overall Lamborghini says, have resulted in 25 per cent more downforce at the rear, while re-profiled air ducts mean that the flow of cooling air to the bits that need it has increased by 15 per cent. Brake cooling has improved by some 30 per cent. Interestingly there’s no mention of any reduction in drag to help eek out those extra battery miles.

Inside the 2024 Lamborghini Urus SE

Where cars are aging the most quickly these days as technology moves on, is on the inside. Happily, the cabin of the Urus SE has been brought up to date, if only subtly. Is it totally re-profiled? No. But there are some Revuelto-inspired Y-shaped trim elements, a larger 12.3-inch infotainment display and a larger 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster. The software, as you’d expect, is all bang up-to-date and in-line with the newly-revealed flagship hybrid V12 supercar.

Being newly-hybridised, there are also added options on the ‘Tamburo’ selector unit for the driving modes, with four new Electric Performance Strategies – EV Drive, Hybrid, Performance and Recharge. They join the Strada, Sport, and Corsa modes for asphalt, and the Neve, Sabbia, and Terra modes for off-road surfaces.

Lamborghini Urus SE: Price and release date

Lamborghini has yet to release pricing or indicate when buyers can expect to take deliveries of the Urus SE, though we’d hazard to suggest it’ll be on sale before the end of this year. 

Pricing is a curious one. While the Urus SE is very different powertrain wise to the cars that came before it, it is definitely a replacement rather than an added version in the range. As such, it shouldn’t stray too far from the c/£190,000 that the outgoing Urus Performante and Urus S cost. That is, before you get stuck into the Ad Personam customisation options...