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Mansory’s “Soft” Lamborghini Urus SE Is Anything But

If this is what Mansory considers subtle, we’d hate to see what it calls outrageous.

The Lamborghini Urus has spent years dominating the super-SUV segment, becoming the brand’s best-selling model and proving that buyers can’t get enough of a 5,000-pound vehicle capable of embarrassing sports cars. Now the plug-in hybrid Urus SE has landed in the hands of Mansory, the German tuner renowned for turning already attention-grabbing exotics into rolling exercises in visual excess. Surprisingly, Mansory describes its latest creation as a “soft kit.” Relative to the company’s usual standards, perhaps that’s true. Relative to reality, not so much.

One glance at the front end confirms that this is no ordinary Urus SE. The standard Lamborghini fascia has been reworked with an aggressive new splitter, additional aerodynamic winglets sprouting from both sides of the bumper, and fresh carbon-fiber detailing surrounding the SUV’s cavernous air intakes. The result is a front end that looks ready to inhale smaller crossovers whole.

The visual drama continues along the flanks. Dominating the profile are enormous 24-inch wheels, available in seven different designs. The example shown by Mansory pairs black spokes with vivid green accents, creating a look that somehow manages to be both tasteful and completely impossible to ignore. Aggressive side skirts, bespoke mirror caps, and prominent carbon-fiber trim on the C-pillars complete the transformation.

Mansory’s “Soft” Lamborghini Urus SE Is Anything But

Around back, subtlety remains absent. A massive roof-mounted spoiler crowns the tailgate, joined by an additional lip spoiler and a redesigned rear diffuser. New quad tailpipe surrounds finish off a rear-end treatment that ensures nobody will mistake this SUV for something factory-built.

As dramatic as the styling changes are, Mansory wasn’t content to stop with appearance upgrades. The Urus SE’s hybrid powertrain already delivers formidable numbers from the factory, combining a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 with an electric motor for a total of 800 horsepower and 701 pound-feet of torque. For most manufacturers, those figures would represent the absolute limit of sanity.

For Mansory, they merely represent a starting point.

Through a series of engine and software modifications, the tuner has pushed output to a staggering 1,100 horsepower and 922 pound-feet of torque. Those numbers place the Urus SE firmly in hypercar territory despite its SUV body style, transforming Lamborghini’s family-hauler into something capable of delivering acceleration figures that would have seemed absurd just a few years ago.

No, nobody actually needs 1,100 horsepower in a luxury SUV. Then again, nobody really needs a Lamborghini SUV in the first place. The entire appeal of the Urus has always been rooted in excess, and Mansory’s latest project simply doubles down on that philosophy. The styling is louder, the wheels are bigger, and the power output has climbed to levels normally reserved for seven-figure hypercars.

Mansory may call it a soft kit, but the numbers—and the appearance—tell a very different story.

Source: Mansory

Lava, Luxury, and Lamborghini: The Urus SE Conquers Lanzarote

If you ever wondered what it feels like to pilot 800 hybridized horses across the surface of a sleeping volcano, Lamborghini’s latest Esperienza Avventura had the answer — and it came wrapped in basalt, sea spray, and Italian flair.

Lanzarote, the most otherworldly of the Canary Islands, looks less like a holiday destination and more like a sci-fi set designer’s fever dream. Crusted black lava fields, jagged coastlines, and wind-carved craters stretch as far as the eye can see — a place where Earth seems to have hit pause just after creation. Into this surreal landscape came the Lamborghini Urus SE, the marque’s first plug-in hybrid Super SUV and the star of a four-day odyssey that redefined what “driving experience” really means.

An Island Fit for an Italian Super SUV

Lamborghini doesn’t do ordinary. While most brands host press launches at racetracks or luxury resorts, Sant’Agata’s finest prefer their playgrounds volcanic. The Esperienza Avventura is part of Lamborghini’s global suite of experiences — somewhere between a masterclass, a luxury retreat, and a pilgrimage for the brand’s most devoted. Think of it as glamping for the super-rich — but instead of tents, you get a convoy of Urus SEs and Michelin-star dinners.

The journey began at the Paradisus by Meliá Salinas — a César Manrique-designed haven that blends whitewashed modernism with nature’s chaos. Guests eased into island life with an aloe vera workshop (yes, really) before indulging in a dinner at La Graciosa — proof that even when Lamborghini slows down, it does so at 200 km/h in style.

From Silent Grace to Thunderous Power

Day two, and the calm was over. A fleet of Urus SEs rolled out across Lanzarote’s obsidian roads, their sculpted silhouettes mirrored by the island’s sharp ridgelines. Coffee at Mirador del Río provided the caffeine — and the view — before the hybrid V8 did the rest.

The Urus SE’s 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8, paired with an electric motor, delivers a combined 800 CV (789 bhp in old money). That means zero compromise between silent, electric serenity and volcanic fury. In EV mode, the Urus glides through Manrique’s dreamlike roads like a stealth bomber; tap the throttle, and the V8 erupts — a thunderclap that ricochets off lava cliffs.

Lunch was served in Museo LagOmar, Omar Sharif’s former house carved straight into volcanic rock — because of course it was. It’s part home, part labyrinth, part Bond villain lair. Fitting, really, for a car that looks ready to star in the next 007 chase sequence.

When Horsepower Met Actual Horses

Because contrast is key, Lamborghini swapped leather seats for saddles in the afternoon. Guests went horseback riding across the volcanic trails — a reminder that horsepower doesn’t always come with a turbocharger. Dinner followed in the La Geria wine region, where vines grow improbably in black ash, and conversation inevitably turned to torque curves and carbon emissions.

Lava, Luxury, and Lamborghini: The Urus SE Conquers Lanzarote

Hybrid Heart, Pure Lamborghini Soul

Day three was a masterclass in contrasts — a day that showcased exactly why Lamborghini’s electrified future still crackles with emotion. The Urus SE flowed effortlessly from silent EV mode through quaint villages to full-throttle assaults on empty ribbons of tarmac. On Lanzarote’s sweeping switchbacks, the plug-in system proved its worth: instant torque meets volcanic traction.

Lunch at Mirador de las Salinas came with views of crystalline salt flats, before the evening turned maritime — catamaran cruising at sunset, champagne in hand, and a fleet of Urus SEs cooling quietly onshore.

A Farewell to Fire

By the final morning, guests had driven, ridden, and sailed their way through Lanzarote’s soul. A last coffee stop at El Chupadero, surrounded by jagged lava rock, set the stage for reflection. The Urus SE had proven itself not just as a Super SUV, but as a bridge — between past and future, between combustion and electrification, between raw performance and refined consciousness.

Lamborghini calls this philosophy Direzione Cor Tauri — the path toward a brighter, greener future, led by the heart. And somehow, on an island forged by fire, it all made perfect sense.

The Lamborghini Urus SE isn’t just a plug-in hybrid — it’s a rolling contradiction that works. It’s brutal yet beautiful, sustainable yet savage, a leather-clad love letter to innovation. On Lanzarote’s alien soil, it didn’t just drive; it belonged.

TopGear says: “Proof that you can save the planet — and still set your hair on fire doing it.”

Source: Lamborghini