Mansory’s Work Remains An Acquired Taste
German tuner Mansory has a unique style that isn’t for everyone, and the company’s latest work isn’t likely to win any converts. Its Venatus body kit clothes the Lamborghini Urus in carbon fiber, but whether it actually improves the looks of Lambo’s sole SUV is questionable.
Angelenos will now get an opportunity to see a Urus with this body kit up close to judge for themselves. RDB LA has completed the first of these builds in the United States, adding the Mansory kit to an Urus Performante. RDB is no stranger to modifying high-end SUVs, having just installed a widebody kit from 1016 Industries on a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II.
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The Venatus body kit follows the typical Mansory approach of adding more of everything. The front air intakes are bigger, and now have more complex styling details, including triangular lights similar to the daytime running lights on the Lamborghini Revuelto supercar.
Moving along the sides of the car, the kit adds aerodynamic flics, extended fenders, and front fender air vents. The back of a Venatus—equipped Urus is awash in diffuser strakes and still more vents, plus not one, but two rear spoilers.
According to its website, Mansory built a handful of cars itself, which also received some mechanical upgrades boosting output to 900 horsepower. It’s unclear if this car has those modifications, but the Urus Performante already extracts 657 hp from its twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8. Lamborghini says this version of the Urus will do zero to 62 mph in 3.3 seconds and reach a top speed of 190 mph.
Urus Evolution Continues
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Introduced in 2022, the Performante was dropped from the lineup after a recent facelift which also heralded the arrival of the 789-hp Urus SE plug-in hybrid. However, recent spy shots hint at a new Urus Performante, presumably with even more power than both the previous version and the Urus SE. An all-electric Urus is also expected, but not until 2035.
The Urus has been the driver behind Lamborghini’s remarkable sales figures but, to the relief of fans of the automaker’s traditional supercars, Lamborghini isn’t planning any more SUVs. The automaker will continue to explore other body styles with its first EV, which is expected to be a high-riding sedan based on the Lanzador concept. But that model has also been delayed as Lamborghini re-evaluates its EV timeline.
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