Lamborghini Urus review

The driver sits properly in an Urus. Despite its size and quasi-utility remit, it’s a car you quickly feel part of. It’s less commanding than a Range Rover, but that’s an important distinction: the Urus is a car you really want to drive.

The changes inside compared to the outgoing model are modest but effective. There’s a redesigned centre console with a slightly bigger 12.3in touchscreen, related to the system in the Audi SQ7 but finished with Lamborghini-specific graphics. Lots of hexagons.

It’s straightforward to use and has a superior feel to its German cousin’s system whose onscreen tiles often need more than one push to function. We found some of the information on the main instrument display a little hard to read, and there’s obviously more to take in than before. There’s a read-out that tells you whether you’re in hybrid or recharge mode, but it’s so small we didn’t notice it for the first few hours.

It’s a cabin that’s also full of physical switchgear. As with Bentley and Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini figures, quite rightly, that spending £208,000 should equate to tactile buttons, leaving hapless haptics to much cheaper cars. We’re not sure it’s the prettiest looking cockpit, with proceedings dominated by that huge ‘tamburo’. But it feels extremely well made, and the material fit and finish is exemplary. The options list positively groans with expensive possibility, but you can’t beat leather and Alcantara.

It’s also practical, as you’d hope, with room for four plus-size adults. The luggage compartment can accommodate 616 litres, the same volume as before despite the addition of the battery pack under the floor.